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Lauren Flynn
Jersey Number 8

Lauren Flynn

  • Position:
    Defender
  • Year:
    Senior
  • Height:
    5-6
  • Hometown:
    Arlington, Va.
  • High School:
    Yorktown High School

CAREER ACCOLADES:

  • 2023 National Champion
  • NCAA Tournament Defensive Most Outstanding Player (2023)
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District (2023)
  • TopDrawer Soccer Midseason Top 100 - No. 7 (2023)
  • TopDrawer Soccer Preseason Top 100 - No. 8 (2023)
  • TopDrawer Soccer Best X1 First Team (2023)
  • 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)


2023 HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Started in all 23 games and played in 2,033 out of the possible 2,070 minutes.
  • Tallied a career-high five goals during the 2023 season.
  • Was a key piece in helping FSU allow just one goal in the NCAA Tournament. 
  • Gave up no goals en route to the College Cup, tallied four straight clean sheets (11/24).
  • Fired her fifth goal of the season in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament against Morehead State (11/10).
  • Scored her first career hat trick in the regular season finale against NC State, doubling her number of career goals in one game (10/26).
  • Scored her first goal of the season off a corner kick to equalize with No. 18 Pitt (10/19).
  • Played all 90 minutes and stifled the Notre Dame offense in a 4-1 win over the Fighting Irish (10/12).
  • Kept three straight clean sheets and provided her first goal contribution with an assist against Boston College (10/8).
  • Recorded her third clean-sheet of the season against Florida (9/10) along with a dangerous shot attempt.
  • Played a full 90 minutes against both Texas A&M (8/17) and ninth-ranked TCU (8/20) with just one goal conceded.


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
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