Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 2022
- Class:
- 1998
Liz Turner Suscha ’98 is one of the most decorated women’s basketball players in Brown history. Suscha was a two-time captain and was twice named First Team All-Ivy.
In her career, Suscha finished with 1,358 points, 111 three-point field goals, and 288 assists. As a senior in 1998, she became the first player in Ivy League history (men’s and women’s) to amass 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, 250 assists, 150 steals, and 100 three-point field goals in a career. Suscha was ranked in the top ten in 14 different statistical categories in the Brown record book.
Liz became just the fifth player in Brown history to earn back-to-back First Team selections, the second being unanimous. Suscha also earned First Team Academic All-American District I honors and was twice named Academic All-Ivy. Turner was named the Team MVP as a senior, was a two-time winner of the Team Leadership Award, and was a two-time Ivy League Player of the Year.
The economics major was a two-time winner of the Bessie H. Rudd Award, given to the female varsity athlete who has done the most to promote women in sports during the year, based on enthusiasm, spirit, and leadership.
In 1997, Elizabeth Zopfi Chace ’59 and Malcolm G. Chace III endowed the women’s basketball coaching position as the Elizabeth F. Turner ’98 Coaching Chair For Women’s Basketball. This endowed coaching position was the second of its kind in the country.
“Liz Turner embodies all that is good about Brown and athletics in general,” stated Elizabeth Chace at the ceremony announcing the creation of the endowed position. She added; “she is a role model for girls and women everywhere and epitomizes the Brown student-athlete.”
After graduating from Brown, Liz continued her love of sports by giving an athletic-related career, earning an MBA from Indiana University in 2003. She has worked in college athletics serving the NCAA for the last 15 years in the championships department.
