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Lauren Meeks Season 2024

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PositionMF
Height5-8
YearSenior
HometownFairfax Station, Va.
Previous SchoolMiami (FL)
2024 / AS A SENIOR
  • Played in 15 matches, making 6 starts, to total 736 minutes
  • Netted one goal coming on August 29 in the 3-0 shutout of DePaul
  • Posted six shots with three on goal 
  • Helped the Boilermakers to maintain seven shutouts

PRIOR TO PURDUE / AT MIAMI (FL) FROM 2021-23
2023 / As a Junior
  • All-ACC Academic Team
  • ACC Academic Honor Roll
  • Played in 17 games with 16 starts and scored one goal and had one assist for three points on four shots, three on target, in 1,063 minutes
  • Notched an assist against Georgia Southern on August 27
  • Scored a goal in a win at Stetson on August 17
2022 / AS A SOPHOMORE
  • All-ACC Academic Team
  • ACC Academic Honor Roll
  • Played in all 16 games with 13 starts and tied for the team lead with three goals and six points, with two game-winning goals, and totaled 10 shots and five shots on target in 1,009 minutes
  • Scored a goal on three shots, all on target, at NC State on October 15
  • Netted the game-winning goal vs. Virginia Tech on October 6
  • Played a career-high 78 minutes vs. Florida State on October 1
  • Scored one goal, the game-winner, vs. Oklahoma State on September 4
2021 / As a Freshman
  • ACC Academic Honor Roll
  • Played in all 16 matches with 13 starts and scored one goal, a game-winner, on nine shots, three on goal, in 991 minutes
  • Had a season-best three shots, two on target, at Boston College on October 2
  • Scored first career goal, a game-winner, vs. Florida International on September 9
  • Made collegiate debut, and first career start, on August 22 vs. Florida Atlantic
 
HIGH SCHOOL
  • Played club soccer at McLean ECNL
  • Led team to a first-place finish at nationals in 2019-20
  • One of the league’s top scorers in 2019-20 with 11 goals in 16 games
  • Two-time all-conference honoree
  • Invited to the Mid-Atlantic PDP twice
 
PERSONAL
  • Pursuing masters degree in biological sciences
  • Graduated from Miami (Fla.) in spring, 2024, with bachelors degree in microbiology and immunology with a minor in chemistry
  • Parents are Bayne and Kimberly Meeks
  • Has a sister, Isabelle