Liz Repella excelled on the court and in the classroom during her four-year women's basketball career from 2008-11.
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The native of Steubenville, Ohio, earned All-Big East First Team Honors and CoSIDA Academic All-America honors in 2010 and 2011, playing in 134 career games and scoring 1,641 points to go with 716 rebounds. She helped lead the Mountaineers to three NCAA Tournaments (2008, 2010, 2011) and a WNIT appearance in 2009.
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As a freshman in 2008, Repella saw action in 32 of 33 games, the fourth most by a newcomer at the time, averaging 10.8 minutes per game and cracking a senior-laden lineup.
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Her second season was a breakout year. She garnered All-Big East Second Team honors and was named the Big East's Scholar-Athlete Sports Excellence award for women's basketball. Repella averaged 16.5 points and 8.1 rebounds per game, becoming one of just four Big East players to rank in the top 10 for scoring and rebounding. She scored a career-high 34 points against USF that season.
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Repella became the third All-Big East First Team honoree in Mountaineer history as a junior, in addition to being named to the Big East and Preseason WNIT All-Tournament teams. She averaged 13.9 points and 5.9 rebounds per game, playing a career-best 1,226 minutes. Repella finished the season ranked in the top 10 in the Big East in 3-point field goals made and netted her 1,000th career point against Providence.
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She capped her career by earning All-Big East First Team accolades for the second straight season, earning WBCA/State Farm Coaches All-America Honorable Mention honors. Repella scored 500 points her senior season and averaged 14.7 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. She was a finalist for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award and was the Paradise Jam Island Division MVP.
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Repella ended her career ranked seventh in single-season scoring (543), 10th in field goals made (578), seventh in scoring (1,641), fifth in 3-point field goals made (215), ninth in total rebounds (716), sixth in offensive rebounds (233), fourth in minutes played (3,917), first in games played (134), seventh in double-doubles (18), fifth in 10-point games (88) and eighth in 20-point games (24).
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She graduated Summa Cum Laude with a bachelor's degree in exercise physiology in 2011 and master's degrees in sport management and industrial relations from WVU.
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Repella played a season of professional basketball for Federacion Espanola de Baloncesto in Ferrol, Spain. She earned All-Spanish LF2 Honorable Mention and All-Bosmans Team Spanish LF2.
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She resides in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul. Since 2016, she has worked as a human resources director for PepsiCo.
