Elisabeth Gibbons (2006) - Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame

Elisabeth Gibbons

Induction:
2006
Class:
1995

Sport: Soccer
Lisa Gibbons King was Bucknell's first true superstar in the sport of women's soccer, and she holds school and Patriot League scoring records that may never be broken. Women's soccer became a varsity sport at Bucknell in 1990, and in the program's second year Gibbons came along and instantly helped the team to a seven-win season and credibility in Eastern soccer circles. She finished her career with a whopping 66 goals, 35 assists and 167 points. No other Bison player has come close to those totals. Gibbons scored 20 goals in 1993, then as a senior in 1994 she logged 19 goals and 19 assists for 57 points, the third-highest total in the nation that year. Gibbons, who recorded 11 career hat tricks, including three four-goal games, was a First Team All-Patriot League selection three times, was the league's Rookie of the Year in 1991 and the Offensive Player of the Year in 1993. As a senior, she was named to the NSCAA All-Mid-Atlantic Region Team and was a Christy Mathewson Award winner as the top athlete in her senior class. Gibbons became the first Bucknell women's soccer player to be elected to the Hall of Fame. After graduation, Gibbons earned her doctorate in forensic psychology and helped found the Women's Football Alliance, a 48-team women's tackle football league. She was named First Team All-American as a wide receiver for the Pacific Warriors.
(Bucknell Hall of Fame Class of 2006)