Meet the Spartans: Elizabeth Helffrich
4/15/2011 12:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
April 15, 2011
EAST LANSING, Mich.- - The Michigan State field hockey team will feature a student-athlete every week this spring in attempt to "Meet the Spartans". This week red shirt freshman Elizabeth Helffrich (Cleveland, Ohio) sat down with msuspartans.com to answer some questions about her ambitions to be a veterinarian and her favorite food. Helffrich saw action in 10 games at forward and notched her first collegiate goal against Boston University.
Name: Elizabeth Helffrich
Nicknames: Lizzie, Shliz, Liz
Year in School: Sophomore
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio
Major: Chemistry
Jersey number: 15
Favorite class: Anything except Biology
Favorite movie: Mean Girls, the Notebook, or the Parent Trap
Favorite food: Oreos and chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream
Favorite restaurant: Tommy's (in Cleveland)
Pets: my loving little Chihuahua Reilly, three other dogs and some cats
Siblings: Two younger sisters, Annie and Jane, and two older brothers, Cameron and Cory
What do you want to be when you grow up: Veterinarian
Favorite musician or band: Super Mash Bros.
Why you came to school at MSU: For the spectacular field hockey program and the vet school
Favorite TV show: Law and Order SVU
Favorite celebrity: Sandra Bullock
Favorite thing to do besides play field hockey: Cook
Favorite store to shop: J. Crew
If you were not playing field hockey, what other sport would you be involved with: Lacrosse
Favorite spot on campus: Our locker room
Favorite pro sport & team: any Cleveland sports team (we will be good at something eventually)
Pre-game ritual: Locker room dance party
