Volleyball and Basketball
Elizabeth (Freeman) Moncrief ’05 played a key role during Carleton’s most successful period for both volleyball and women’s basketball. She stepped into the volleyball lineup as a rookie in 2001 and made an immediate impact, finishing second on the team in kills and blocks.
As a senior, Beth helped the Knights to the program’s first MIAC regular-season title in 2004, posting a 10-1 ledger in conference action and a 22-3 overall record. Already an All-MIAC and All-Region performer, she was voted to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-America Team in 2004, becoming the first Knight to receive the award. Upon graduation, she owned the team record with 271 block assists and was second with 330 career blocks. Freeman also ranked fifth with a .278 career attack percentage and eighth with 795 kills. She set the team record with 1.36 blocks per game in 2003 and posted a NCAA Division III record 1.000 attack percentage (12 kills on 12 attempts) during a Sept. 14, 2001, match vs. Mt. Scenario.
Freeman also found success on the hardwood. Named to the All-MIAC First-Year team in 2002, she was voted to the All-MIAC squad in both 2004 and 2005. Carleton went 93-19 (.830) during her career and advanced to the NCAA Tournament all four years. The Knights captured the program’s first three MIAC Playoffs titles in 2002-04, the three winningest seasons in team history. In 2002-03, the Knights started the season 23-0 en route to a school-record 25 wins as they climbed as high as No. 5 in the national rankings. Carleton went on to win the first of its three consecutive MIAC regular-season crowns. Freeman finished second in team history for career field-goal percentage (.555) and owns two of the top four seasons in terms of shooting percentage (.586 in 2002-03 and .569 in 2003-04).
After graduating from Carleton, Beth taught English abroad in Korea, served as an assistant volleyball coach at Carleton, and served as an AmeriCorps member in Maryland. Beth was the second hire for the Genesys Works Twin Cities team in 2008. Genesys Works is a non-profit whose mission is to enable economically-disadvantaged high school students to enter and thrive in the economic mainstream by providing them the knowledge and work experience required to succeed as professionals. In 2008, Beth married Travis Moncrief ’04, and in October 2013 they welcomed their son Isaac into the world.