Stacy Leigh Bishop (born May 1, 1985) is an American former college and professional

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who last played for Atlanta Beat of

Women's Professional Soccer Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) was the top-level professional women's soccer league in the United States. It began play on March 29, 2009. The league was composed of seven teams for its first two seasons and fielded six teams for the 2011 sea ...

Early years

Bishop was born in

Katy, Texas Katy is a city in the U.S. state of Texas within the Greater Katy area, itself forming the western part of the Greater Houston metropolitan area. Homes and businesses may have Katy postal addresses without being in the City of Katy. The city of ...

. She grew up in

Land o' Lakes, Florida Land o' Lakes is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pasco County, Florida, United States. Land o' Lakes is part of the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida MSA. As of the 2010 census, the CDP population was 31,145. The CDP grew rapidly dur ...

, and attended

Land o' Lakes High School Land o' Lakes High School is a four-year public high school in Land o' Lakes, Florida. It is a part of the Pasco County Schools District in Pasco County. The school mascot is the Fighting Gators. History Construction of Land o' Lakes High S ...

. She played for the Land o' Lakes Gators high school soccer team, and received Class 2A first-team all-state honors in 2001, 2002 and 2003. She led her team to the Class 2A state championship in 2003, and was named the Class 2A state player of the year. Bishop holds the Pasco County career scoring record with 192 goals.

College career

Bishop accepted an athletic scholarship to attend

Louisiana State University Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 nea ...

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, where she played for the

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team in 2003 and 2004. After her sophomore year, she transferred to the

University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...

in Gainesville, Florida and had to sit out the 2005 season due to transfer rules. She played for coach

Becky Burleigh Rebecca Lund Burleigh (born October 13, 1967) is an American soccer coach. Formerly also a college soccer player, she is best known for her 26-year tenure as the first head coach of the Florida Gators women's soccer team at the University of Flo ...

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team in 2006 and 2007.GatorZone.com, Soccer, 2007 Roster
Stacy Bishop
. Retrieved March 12, 2012. Bishop was recognized as a first-team All-American and a Mac Hermann semi-finalist (top player in the country) in 2006. In both 2006 and 2007, she was an Academic All-American and a first-team All-

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(SEC) selection. Bishop graduated from the University of Florida with a

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in health education in December 2007.

Club career

Bishop played for the

Central Florida Krush The Central Florida Krush was a W-League franchise based in Winter Park, Florida. The team played at Showalter Field, which they shared with the Premier Development League club, Central Florida Kraze. The team folded after the 2006 season. Year-b ...

, a W-League franchise based in Winter Park, Florida in 2005–2006. The W-League allows college players the opportunity to play alongside established international players while maintaining their collegiate eligibility. In 2007, Bishop played for the W-League Jersey Sky Blue and in 2008 she played for the W-League

Tampa Bay Hellenic Tampa Bay Hellenic are an American women's soccer team based in Tampa, Florida. Established in 2008, they currently play in the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL). They play their home games at the Ed Radice Sports Complex. Their colors are whit ...

. In 2009, Bishop signed with the

Boston Breakers The Boston Breakers were an American professional soccer club based in the Boston neighborhood of Allston. The team competed in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). They replaced the original Breakers, who competed in the defunct Women's ...

, but was released on June 18, 2009 after making nine appearances for them. She then played for five games for

of the W-League before being re-signed by Boston Breakers on July 17, 2009 and made one further appearance (34 minutes) for the club on July 19, 2009 against

FC Gold Pride FC Gold Pride was an American professional soccer club based in the San Francisco Bay Area, which participated in Women's Professional Soccer. The club replaced the San Jose CyberRays of the defunct Women's United Soccer Association as the top-l ...

. At the conclusion of the

2009 Women's Professional Soccer season The 2009 Women's Professional Soccer season served as the inaugural season for WPS, the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States. The regular season began on March 29 and ended on August 9, with the postseason being held ...

, she was released by the team. Bishop was signed by the Atlanta Beat for the 2010 WPS season. She appeared in every game for the Beat in 2010 and was top 5 in minutes played.

References

External links

Women's Professional Soccer player profile

Tampa Bay Hellenic player profile

Florida player profile

LSU player profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bishop, Stacy 1985 births Living people Women's association football midfielders Boston Breakers players LSU Tigers women's soccer players Florida Gators women's soccer players People from Land o' Lakes, Florida American women's soccer players Atlanta Beat (WPS) players Soccer players from Florida Sportspeople from Hillsborough County, Florida USL W-League (1995–2015) players Women's Professional Soccer players Tampa Bay Hellenic players