Former Davenport University women's soccer captain Paige Eli just finished her third season on Coach Allen’s staff. She began her role as an assistant coach back in April of 2015.
Eli helped lead the team to a 57-19-6 record during her four years with the program. The Panthers won the WHAC Regular-Season Championship and tournament titles twice and also advanced to the NAIA National Tournament in 2012 and 2013. Eli was named to the First-Team All-WHAC three times in her career and was the first player in Panthers history to be named NAIA All-America honorable mention twice.
In 2014, Eli received numerous awards which included WHAC Champion of Character, Academic All-WHAC, NAIA Scholar Athlete and was placed on the CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-District Team.
She previously played for Doncaster Rovers Bellas Ladies...represented England at the U15, U17 and U19 levels playing in UEFA qualifying games...played in the first U17 Women's World Cup hosted in New Zealand in 2008.
Paige accumulated 29 goals and 22 assists with a total of 80 points during her career at Davenport.
Eli graduated with a bacehlors degree in medical case management and is currently working on a master of business administration with a concentration of healthcare management.
