University of Northern Iowa Athletics
2023 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Lauren Heinsch
- Position:
- Forward
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Mahtomedi HS
- Hometown:
- Mahtomedi, Minn.
2024: First Team All-MVC ... MVC Player of the Week (Sept. 10) ... CSC Academic Second Team All-American ... CSC Academic All-District ... MVC First Team Scholar-Athlete ... Preseason First Team All-MVC ... Started all 19 matches ... Led UNI with eight goals, plus one assist for 17 points, second-most on the Panther roster ... Took a team-high 47 shots with 23 shots on goal ... Set UNI's career records for goals scored (28), total points (65), match-winning goals (9), most matches with a point (28), shots (237), shots on goal (119), matches played (86) and matches started (86) ... Scored two goals at Southern Illinois ... Recorded match-winning goals against Upper Iowa, Valparaiso and Southern Illinois ... Converted on her third career penalty kick in a win over Murray State, second-most in school history.
2023: First Team All-MVC ... 2023 United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region Third Team... Preseason First Team All-MVC... 2023 MVC Women's Soccer Scholar-Athlete First Team... MVC Board of Directors, MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and MVC Honor Roll ... Played and started in all 19 games for the Panthers... Totaled 1,234 minutes played... Scored seven goals and four assists for a total of 18 points, the second-highest total of any Panther... Her 18 points are tied for the fourth place on UNI soccer's single-season points leaderboard... Set program records for career shot attempts and career shots on goal... Finished season with 190 career shot attempts and 94 career shots on goal... Set a UNI soccer single season record with 33 shots on goal... Her 46 points are the second-highest total in UNI soccer history... Her 21 games with a point are also the second-highest total in Panther soccer history... Became the fourth UNI soccer player to score 20 career goals with her strike in the regular season finale against Illinois State... Scored two goals and recorded an assist in the Panthers' 9-0 victory against Viterbo on Aug. 19.Â
2022: Played and started in all 20 games (1,559 minutes)... Led the team with five goals and two assists... Had 65 shots and 26 shots on goal.. One goal against grand view... One goal against South Dakota... One goal against Illinois State... One goal against Evansville... One goal against Murray State... Was named to MVC All-Conference First Team... Named MVC Scholar Athlete of the Year... Named to the United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Third Team ... MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and Honor Roll.
2021: Played in all 18 games (1,225 minutes)... Lead the team with six goals and two assists... 54 shots and 29 shots on goal... two goals against Viterbo... one goal against Western Illinois... two goals against St. Ambrose... One goal against Illinois State... All-Conference Second Team ... MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award recipient.Â
2020: Played and started in 11 games… One goal against Southern Illinois (3/21/21) with three shots on goal… One goal against Drake (4/7/21)… Eight total shots on goal.
HIGH SCHOOL: Named First Team All-State, All-Conference, and All-Tournament team ... Team captain ... Section 4 Champion ... Two-time State Champion ... Member of National Honor Society.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Larry and Shelli Heinsch ... Hobbies include spending time with her friends and water sports on the lake.
