Elizabeth Hartnett, member of U.S. Women's National Handball Team

Elizabeth Hartnett Wyatt

Beach Handball World Championships, 2018

Athlete Bio#

Height

5'8"

Hometown

Fullerton, CA

Education

Rosary High School Chapman University, (BFA '12), University of California Irvine, (MBA '19)

Career Highlights
  • 2023: North American and Caribbean Handball Confederation (NACHC) Women's Championships (Nuuk, Greenland)
  • 2019 Pan American Games - 4th (Lima, Peru)
  • 2019 ANOC World Beach Games - 10th (Doha, Qatar)
  • 2018 Pan American Games Qualifier - 1st (Montreal, Canada)
  • 2018: IHF Beach Handball World Championships, 14th Place
  • 2018: IHF Beach Handball Pan American Championships, 6th Place
  • 2017: Pan American Championships, 5th place
  • 2017: Pan American Championship Nor.Ca Qualifier, 2nd place
  • 2015: Women's Select "Big Four" Handball Challenge, 1st place
  • 2015: Pan American Championships, 10th place
  • 2015: Pan American Championship Nor.Ca Qualifier, 3rd place

  • 2014: Winter Classic, USA Red Team, 5th place
  • 2014: Named to Women's National Team Player Pool

Individual Team Handball Career: 

  • 2024: SoCal Beach Handball Championships - 1st place LABHC
  • 2019: SoCal Beach Handball Championships - 1st place RIP BHC
  • 2018: U.S. Open National Championships - 1st (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina) Rogue
  • 2018: Michael Lipov Memorial Cup - 1st (Chicago, Illinois) Rogue
  • 2017: Michael Lipov Memorial Cup - 1st (Chicago, Illinois) Rogue
  • 2015: Women's Select "Big Four" Handball Challenge, 1st place LATHC

Other: 

2009-2012: Played Div. III basketball (forward) at Chapman University 

Personal:

"Liz" was in London for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, filming a short documentary on Fauja Singh, at the time, a 101 year old marathon runner carrying the Olympic Torch in the relay. During her down time, she witnessed Michael Phelps win gold medals in swimming and Team USA win gold in gymnastics and beach volleyball. As a result, she caught the Olympic spirit.

Liz was a three-year varsity basketball player at Chapman University, and led her team in field goal percentage, and was second in field goals made and all rebounding categories in her senior year. While in high school, Liz competed in hurdles for Track and Field, and played basketball, earning first-team All-Trinity League as a senior, along with earning First Team All-CIF (California Interscholastic Federation) Southern Section. She was inducted into Rosary Academy’s Wall of Fame in 2022. She also played soccer for 10 years.

Liz completed her Master in Business Administration in June of 2019 at University of California, Irvine. She enjoys working in the family business, a women-owned construction company in the Southern California Construction Industry and independently owns her own trucking company.

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