Elise Weber Class: Senior Hometown: Elk Grove, IL High School: St. Viator Academy Last College: Wisconsin Height: 5-7 Position: Defender Birthdate: 07/26/1987 Club Team: Eclipse Select

Rare transfer addition to Notre Dame program who has two years of eligibility remaining, after being as a starter at Wisconsin in 2005 and '06 ... played all three primary field positions in her Wisconsin career, serving mostly as a flank midfielder in her sophomore season ... prime candidate to convert to outside back in Notre Dame's system, which does not utilize flank midfielders but features outside backs regularly making runs into the attacking third ... expected to compete for starting spot, as Irish look to replace graduated left back Christie Shaner while possibly shifting senior Ashley Jones from right back to her natural midfield role ... athletic and tenacious player with an attacking flair that includes great pace on the flanks and excellent ability taking on opponents in wide areas of the field ... has plenty of familiarity with Notre Dame and the BIG EAST Conference, as a Chicago native who hails from the same Eclipse Select program that produced five other current Irish players (plus three 2007 graduates) - in addition to being the sister of former Marquette midfielder Laura Weber and playing two seasons at Wisconsin with current senior midfielder Marissa Sarkesian (sister of former ND midfielder/captain Mia Sarkesian) ... other current Eclipse products on the 2007 Irish squad include junior Brittany Bock (her former teammate on the 2004-05 Eclipse team), sophomores Michele Weissenhofer and Amanda Clark, and freshmen Brittany Johnson and Erica Iantorno ... played one season alongside Johnson at St. Viator Academy ... her club-soccer age group was one year ahead of Clark and Weissenhofer and two years behind the 2006 seniors (Jen Buczkowski, Jill Krivacek and Kim Lorenzen, who were part of the initial Eclipse team that merged from the old Chicago Sockers) ... totaled 21 points (8 goals, 5 assists) while appearing in 43 games (38 starts) with the Badgers ... excellent student who compiled 3.62 cumulative GPA at Wisconsin ... one of 17 Illinois natives to play for Notre Dame women's soccer (10 in the past three years alone) ... inherits number-23 jersey worn the past four seasons by forward Molly Iarocci ... four of her former Eclipse teammates play in the BIG EAST: Elizabeth Eng (Connecticut), Christy Zwolski (Marquette), Stephanie Zare (Georgetown) and Dominique Locascio (DePaul).

AS A SOPHOMORE (at Wisconsin): Ranked fifth on team with nine points (3G-3A) while starting all 19 games for squad that finished seventh in the Big Ten and lost to Illinois in first round of conference tournament (3-0) ... received Academic All-Big Ten honors, after helping women's soccer squad compile best 2006 fall semester team GPA (3.56) of any Wisconsin varsity program ... assisted on 62nd-minute goal by Sarkesian (1-2) as Badgers overcame two-goal deficit to beat Creighton (3-2) ... gave team 1-0 lead at Pepperdine (23rd minute), after intercepting free kick, taking a couple touches and blasting 35-yard shot (ended in 1-1 tie) ... her corner kick assisted on a 54th-minute header by Kara Kabellis, for 1-0 win over Kentucky ... assisted on 31st-minute tying goal by Kabellis (1-1) and then scored on a rebound for 4-1 lead at Minnesota (5-1) ... converted a pass from Taylor Walsh for 2-0 lead on Northwestern (5-0).

AS A FRESHMAN (at Wisconsin): Named team's freshman of the year after starting 19 of 24 games and ranking fourth on squad in goals (5), plus sixth in points (12; with 2A) ... her 60th-minute goal - a shot to the lower-left corner, after intercepting an outlet pass - capped 2-0 opening win at Creighton for the 25th-ranked Badgers ... her cross assisted on Amy Vermuelen's back-post header (51st minute) in 1-1 tie with Oklahoma State ... rose to the challenge versus 2nd-ranked Penn State, after dribbling past several defenders and beating All-America goalkeeper Erin McLeod for tying goal in 80th minute (PSU won 2-1 in overtime) ... scored another tying goal in 75th minute versus Indiana, on shot from left side after taking pass from Marisa Brown (IU also won 2-1 in OT) ... scored for 4-1 halftime lead in 6-1 win at Wisconsin-Green Bay ... praised by coach Dean Duerst for her strong all-around game in regular-season finale at Northwestern (1-0) that clinched a spot in the Big Ten Tournament ... scored in 71st minute of that game, after dribbling around the 'keeper and scoring into the left side (goal was set up by a pass from Allison Preiss and Vermuelen's flick) ... Wisconsin earned spot in NCAAs by winning Big Ten Tournament as seventh seed ... her pass assisted on Vermuelen's 24th-minute goal to open scoring in 3-0 quarterfinal win over second-seeded Purdue, followed by 2-1 win over Michigan State (winning goal at 89:43) and 3-1 title-game victory over host Michigan ... season ended in 1-0 NCAA loss at 12th-ranked Marquette.

NATIONAL TEAM/CLUB HIGHLIGHTS: Named to the 2007 USASA Under-23 National Select team) ... also named MVP of the 2007 Donnelly Cup (national a,amateur tournament) ... served as co-captain of Eclipse Select '86-'87s team that advanced to the four-team national tournament in 2003 (U-16) and was a 2005 Region II finalist (U-18) before reaching the 2006 national championship game (U-19), in Des Moines, Iowa ... the Eclipse battled back from a 2-0 deficit in the 2006 U-19 title game but lost 3-2 to a Colorado Nike Rush team that included 16 future Division I players (among them Ameere Abdullah of Florida, which will face ND in 2007) ... team posted wins at nationals over the Rush (3-2) and Chantilly (Va.) Inter Milan (2-1) before losing to Dallas Sting (0-1) ... the 2006 Region II title (in The Fox Cities, Wis.) included 1-1 ties with JB Marine (Mo.) and the Carmel (Ind.) United Heat, plus a 2-1 win over their city rival the Windy City Pride, a 2-1 semifinal with the Heat and a 2-1 final versus the Kansas City (Kan.) Dynamos ... posted 4-0 win over the Pride to win 2006 state cup ... lost 2005 Region II U-18 title to Dynamos in PKs (1-1), in Sioux Falls, S.D., following a 3-2 semifinal with Ankeny (Iowa) Premier and group games versus the Dynamos (0-2), Michigan-based Vardar (1-0) and the St. Croix (Minn.) Elite (3-1) ... qualified for 2005 regionals despite losing to Pride in state final (0-1) ... advanced to 2003 nationals (U-16) after topping Dynamos in Region II final (in Des Moines), with the San Diego Surf ultimately edging Bethesda (Md.) Excel in PKs for the national title.

PREP & PERSONAL: Captained St. Viator Academy to 2005 state title as a senior, playing on earlier state-title teams in 2003 and '04 (both nationally-ranked)... played midfield and forward during prep career ... two-time team MVP who earned all-state honors from Chicago Tribune in final two seasons ... racked up 82 points as a senior (31G-20A) while being named to IHSSCA all-state team ... selected as 2005 East Suburban Catholic Conference player of the year (also Great Northwest player of the year) ... named all-sectional as a sophomore, all-conference as a junior ... a Daily Herald all-area pick all four seasons ... helped team win conference and regional titles all four years ... lettered as a sophomore guard on basketball team at St. Viator ... member of the National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society and a 2005 Illinois State Scholar ... her sister Lauren played soccer at Marquette from 2003-06 while her father Bill was a three-sport athlete (baseball, golf and basketball) at the U.S. Military Academy (Army) ... born July 26, 1987, in Elk Grove, Ill. ... daughter of Bill and Terry Weber ... full name is Elise Marie Weber ... a political science major, in the College of Arts and Letters.

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