Liesel Odden

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-2
Class:
Junior
High School:
Oregon
Hometown:
Oregon, Wis.

Senior Season (2024): Odden was a team captain ... She came off the bench in early-season matches with UMASS and MAINE ... She started and scored a goal in the 5-0 victory against MERCYHURST ... Odden started in consecutive games against NORTHWESTERN and at CORNELL ... She logged over 20 minutes of playing time in both games against ST. BONAVENTURE and at VIRGINIA TECH ... Odden provided support off the bench in her last four games of the season ... She earned Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0-or-better g.p.a.), and was named to the 2024 ACC All-Academic Team (3.0 cumulative grade-point average, 3.0 fall g.p.a., played 50% of all matches).

Junior Season (2023): She played in 16 of the 18 Syracuse outings ... She attempted her first shot in the match against the STAGS ... Odden played a season-high 90 minutes versus VIRGINIA TECH ... She was named to the starting unit for 10 of the 18 contests ... Odden scored her first collegiate goal against #3 FLORIDA STATE ... She intercepted a goalkeeper pass and found the open net ... Odden earned Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0-or-better g.p.a.).

Sophomore Season (2022): Odden contributed in the 0-0 exhibition draw at ARMY ... She was named to the 2022 Fall and 2023 Spring Athletic Director's Honor Roll ... She was named to the 2022-23 ACC Academic Honor Roll (3.0-or-better cumulative grade-point-average for the year).

Freshman Season (2021): She saw her first collegiate action in the campaign beginner with FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON ... Odden was an important reserve in each of the first six contests ... Her first collegiate start came against CONNECTICUT ... Odden earned a spot on the 2021 Fall Athletic Director's Honor Roll ... She was one of 19 teammates named to the 2021-22 ACC Academic Honor Roll.

High School: Odden played club soccer for the FC Wisconsin Elite Clubs National League (ECNL) from freshman through senior year of high school ... The team went to the ECNL National Playoffs in San Diego in 2019 ... She was a member of the National Honor Society at Oregon High School.

Personal: Liesel M. Odden was born in October of 2002 in Madison, Wisc. ... She is the daughter of Carrie and Scott Odden ... She earned a bachelors degree in engineering and computer science-environmental engineering from the College of Engineering and Computer Science and is pursing a masters in environmental engineering ... Odden has done volunteer work with Hogar's Helping Hands, a non-profit organization that has provided clothing, medicine and on-site support to families in need in Guatemala ... She was part of a group that has traveled to Guatemala many summers to deliver the donations.