ACQUIRED: Acquired via trade from the Kansas City Current on January 11, 2023.

TRANSACTIONS: On January 11, 2023, OL Reign acquired Bennett from the Kansas City Current, picking up her existing option through the 2023 season.

PROFESSIONAL (NWSL): After being selected by the Kansas City Current in the 2022 NWSL Draft as the seventh overall pick, Elyse Bennett joins OL Reign for her second season in the league…Has appeared in 21 games played (six starts), while also appearing in all three of the Current’s playoff matches, including the NWSL Championship…Finished the regular season with 822 total minutes, three goals, two assists and 15 shots (six on target).

2022 • KC • 21/6 (3/0)

In her first season in the league, appeared in 21 games (six starts) for the Current, tied for the second-most appearances on the team…Recorded three goals, two assists, 15 shots and six shots on target…In just her second regular-season appearance, tallied a goal and an assist after coming on as a substitute with just 29 minutes left in the match, making her one of 27 players to record a goal and an assist in the same game and just one of three players from Kansas City.

COLLEGE - WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY (2017- 2021): Played in 93 games for the Cougars, which is the second most all-time in program history…Recorded 26 goals and 12 assists…Ended her fifth year with a career-best 10 goals and was named a Second Team All-American, First Team All-Region and All-Pac-12…Named to the All-Pac-12 Third Team as a senior after leading the Cougs in scoring with six goals…Was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team in her first year at WSU (2017)

YOUTH: Graduated from De Pere High School in December 2016 before enrolling early at WSU in the spring of 2017...Mostly played club soccer throughout high school with the exception of one season for her high school team...Was a member of the FC Wisconsin Eclipse…One of the top scorers in the Elite Club National League (ECNL) in 2015-16...Led the way to the North American Cup in Seattle advancing all the way to the tournament finals…Member of the Olympic Development Program.