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Lauren Flynn

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Lauren Flynn - Soccer - Florida State Seminoles

Player profile

(Updated June 2021)
position
Defender/Midfielder
height
5'6"
Instagram
year
Sophomore
hometown
Arlington, Va.
high school
Yorktown High School

CAREER ACCOLADES:

* TopDrawerSoccer Best XI – Second Team (2022)
* TopDrawerSoccer Top-100 – No. 22 (2022)
* TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week (November 29, 2022)
* CoSIDA Academic All-District (2022)
* TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week (November 15, 2022)
* TopDrawerSoccer Preseason XI First Team (2022)
* All-ACC Academic Team (2021)
* 2021 National Champion
* TopDrawer Soccer Best XI Third Team (2021)
* TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week (November 30, 2021)
* ACC All-Tournament Team (2021)

2022 HIGHLIGHTS:

* Started all 22 games she played in and was second on the team with 1,943 minutes played as the Seminoles’ starting center back.
* Helped lead a defense that recorded 11 shutouts in 23 games while holding the opponents to 0.87 goals per game.
* Scored her first goal of the season and the second of her career in a 3-0 win over Florida Gulf Coast (11/11) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

2021 HIGHLIGHTS:

* Played in all 25 games, starting each of them for a total of 2,262 minutes, second-most on the team.
* Helped lead a Seminole defense that only allowed 13 goals in 25 games, good for a 0.50 team Goals Against Average.
* With Flynn on the backline the Noles recorded 14 shutouts, including five in six games of the NCAA Tournament.
* Recorded first assist of the season during a 4-0 win against Alabama (8/22).
* Played 90 minutes in a shutout win against South Alabama (8/26) and 2-1 win against Colorado (8/29).
* Scored first career goal with a header off of a corner during the 4-1 win against Boston College (9/18).
* Named to ACC All-Tournament team by scoring her second goal of the season with another header off of a corner to tie the score with No. 25 Wake Forest during the ACC Tournament Semifinal (11/5).

2020 HIGHLIGHTS:

* Played a combined 265 minutes in 10 games for the Seminoles in the fall.
* In the NCAA Tournament, she transitioned to be the Seminoles starting center back. She started all five games of the tournament, playing all 510 minutes.\
* In total, Flynn played in 15 games, starting six of them. She totaled 780 minutes during her freshman season.
* Earned her first career start against No. 5 Duke (10/29)
* Recorded her first career assist on Ran Iwai’s goal against Virginia Tech (10/1) in FSU’s 4-0 win.
* During the NCAA Tournament she was a part of a Seminole defense that only allowed two goals in five games. The Seminoles only allowed 19 shots in those five games with nine of them on goal.

HIGH SCHOOL:

* United Soccer Coaches High School Scholar All-American Team (2019-2020)
* Virginia First Team All-State (2019)
* Virginia Second Team All-State (2018)
* Washington Post All Met First Team (2018, 2019)
* Scored 66 goals in 3 years of high school play
* Scored or assisted on all goals in two high school state championships
* Yorktown High School Girls Soccer Most Valuable Player (2018), Best Competitor (2019)
* Virginia 6A State Champion (2017 & 2019)

CLUB:

* United Soccer Coaches All-East Region Team in (2019)
* ECNL Mid-Atlantic Conference Champion (2017–2019)
* ECNL All-Mid Atlantic Conference Team (2018-19 & 2019-20)
* ECNL National Camp (2019)
* Adidas Olympique Lyonnais Select Program, Lyonnais, France (2018)
* Washington Spirit Advanced Development Program (2019-2020)

PERSONAL:

* Member, Yorktown High School AP Scholars
* VHSL Academic Excellence Award (2017-19)
* 6A North Region Athletic Honor Roll (2017-19)
* Liberty District Honor Roll (2017-19)
* Member, National Honor Society
* Older sister Meghan Flynn played soccer at the University of Tennessee (2014-18); younger sister Moira Flynn
* Father Chris Flynn played golf at George Washington University
* Born May 22, 2002
* Daughter of Chris and Debby Flynn