Overview:
The most experienced player on the roster, Wilson has played in 151 games in her career ... A shortstop throughout her prep career, she has started 150 games at second base in her collegiate career ... Gives the Braves a solid glove in the field, while also providing pop in the middle of the lineup ... Ranks as the team’s active career leader in at bats (422), hits (99), walks (25), putouts (345) and assists (295) ... Needs 31 games to break into the Braves career top 10 for games played and is 49 games short of becoming the fourth player in program history to appear in 200 games.
2006 Season (Junior): Ranked fifth among the team’s regulars in batting average (.273), she started all 48 games of the season at second base ... Tied for second on the team with eight doubles and her 17 RBI was tied for third on the squad ... Hit .279 and collected six of her eight doubles on the season in Missouri Valley Conference play where she boasted a .412 slugging percentage ... Drove in 10 of her 17 RBI with two outs ... Had a team-best eight-game hitting streak, hitting .360 with three runs, two doubles and one home run during that stretch ... Opened the season hitting just .204 (11-for-54) in the first 22 games, but went 25-for-78 (.321) over the final 26 games of the season with 12 RBI and a .474 slugging percentage ... Started out the late season surge with a 4-for-4 outing with one double and one home run at Loyola.
2005 Season (Sophomore): Played in 46 games, starting every game she appeared in ... Ranked third on the team with 12 base on balls and hit .200 on the year ... Raised her average to .211 in Missouri Valley Conference play ... Had four multi-hit games ... Ranked second on the team with 217 fielding chances and boasted a .963 fielding percentage ... Helped the Braves turn a school season record 21 double plays ... After a 1-for-15 start to the season at the plate, she collected nine hits in her next 33 at bats (.273) ... Went 2-for-2 with one RBI in the Braves 4-3 victory against Indiana State.
2004 Season (Freshman): Started 56 games at second base, hitting .228 ... One of three players on the team to drive in 20 runs, she ranked second on the team in home runs (3) and RBI (22), while also ranking third in doubles (9) ... Had 12 multi-hit performances on the season ... Smacked six of her nine doubles during conference play ... Went 2-for-2 with two runs scored and two RBI in her first career game against Jackson State ... Belted a walk-off three-run homer to give the Braves their first-ever victory against Illinois ... Had a 13-game stretch midway through the season in which she hit .400 (16-for-40) with three doubles, two home runs, seven RBI and five runs scored.
High School: Lettered in both basketball and softball ... Earned all-state 3A honors following her sophomore, junior and senior seasons ... Also named first-team all-district each of her four seasons as a Crusader and earned Rookie of the Year honors as a freshman ... Earned four letters in basketball and was part of the Missouri 3A state-championship squad in both 2001 and 2002.
Personal: The daughter of Mark and Loraine Wilson, Liz was born Sept. 28, 1984 in Kansas City, Mo. ... Majoring in psychology ... Has one brother, Brian (23).... Named to the Bradley Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in six of her first seven semesters at Bradley.
