- "I made Virginia Wesleyan my No. 1 choice because of the good academics and athletics and it's close to home, but I can still live on campus"
- Selected Virginia Wesleyan over Ferrum College, Randolph College, Lynchburg College and the University of North Carolina-Wilmington
Career Highs
Kills: 1 – (Southern Virginia – 8/30/14)
Assists: 1 – (4x, most recent, Nazareth – 10/11/14)
Service Aces: 3 – (at Eastern Mennonite – 9/17/14)
Digs: 18 – (at Roanoke – 11/1/14)
Total Blocks: 1 – (Trinity (Tx.) – 9/6/13)
Sophomore (2014): Saw increased playing time as a sophomore, appearing in 28 matches and 95 sets… Had 174 digs on the season, including 18 at Roanoke College on November 1… Posted double-digit dig numbers in six matches on the season… Had three service aces without registering an error at Eastern Mennonite on September 17.
First-Year (2013): Appeared in eight matches as a first-year, playing in 12 sets overall… Recorded two digs at Bridgewater College on October 9… Had a block against Trinity (Tx.) University on September 6.
Academic Accomplishments: Presidential Scholarship recipient
Before VWC: Competed in volleyball, indoor track, cross country and softball for Greenbrier Christian… Recorded 113 digs and 372 assists as a senior; recorded 40 assists in a 3-2 victory over Churchland, 14 digs in a 3-0 win over Bishop Sullivan… Recorded 49 hits, 31 runs batted in, a .563 batting average and a .619 slugging percentage as a senior, helping Greenbrier Christian to a 27-0 softball record… Helped guide Greenbrier to its fifth straight Virginia Independent Schools Division II state championship… First team Tidewater Conference of Independent Schools (TCIS) in softball as a sophomore, junior and senior… Three-time All-State softball honoree, twice on the first team… First Team All-Tidewater in softball as a senior… Recipient of the Golden Glove Award and the Silver Bat Award… Second team All-TCIS in volleyball as a senior… Volleyball team's Most Valuable Player as a senior… Recipient of the Gator Award in 2013… Four-year member of the Principal’s Honor Roll… 2013 Chesapeake Sports Club Scholarship recipient.
Personal: Daughter of Janine and Jeff Bailey… Parents attended Tidewater Community College… Has two brothers, Michael, a student at Old Dominion University, and Timothy, and a sister, Kristen, a student at Tidewater Community College.
Get to Know Elizabeth
- Enjoys listening to country music and spending vacation time in Bermuda
- A fan of softball's Jessica Mendoza, baseball's Anaheim Angels, football's Denver Broncos, basketball's Los Angeles Lakers and actors Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts
- Favorites include the TV series "Grey's Anatomy"
- Self-description in 10 words or less: "easy-going, hardworking, Christian, friendly"
- My favorite aspect of being an athlete is: "it teaches me hard work, discipline and leadership, but I also like the friendships I make through sports. The girls become family to me"
- The part of my game I've improved the most is: "learning to read the court better in volleyball and hitting in softball"
- My personal athletic goal at VWC is: "to become a better athlete and improve in all aspects of my sports"
- If I could spend one day with a famous person from any time period it would be: "Jessica Mendoza, because she is my softball role model"
- People might be surprise to know: "I played baseball for four years (very much a tomboy)"
- It's the year 2030 and: "I'm working at an elementary school in South Carolina and living with my family"
- The most important advice I've received is: "believe in yourself and trust God in everything. He is everything" -- Winston Davey
