Lynn Williams (soccer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lynn Williams | ||
| Date of birth | May 21, 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Fresno, California, United States | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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North Carolina Courage | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2014 | Pepperdine Waves | 78 | (39) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Western New York Flash | 36 | (15) |
| 2017– | North Carolina Courage | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013–2015 | United States U23 | ||
| 2016– | United States | 8 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 21, 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of April 9, 2017 |
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Lynn Williams (born May 21, 1993) is an American professional soccer player who plays for the North Carolina Courage in the National Women's Soccer League.
Born in Fresno, California to Christine and David Williams, Lynn attended Bullard High School where she played on the varsity team and earned all-league and all-area honors all four years. Williams set the school record in scoring with 117 career goals (for boys or girls) and finished her high school career with 47 assists. As a senior in 2011, she was named to the ESPN RISE All-American third team and scored 50 goals. The same year, she helped the team to win county and section titles and was the runner-up at the regional final. She was also named Player of the Year by the Fresno Bee.
Williams attended Pepperdine University from 2011–2014 where she played for the Waves. During her freshman season, she started in all 20 games and finished third on the team with six goals and led the Waves with eight assists. Her 20 points ranked second on the team. She was named West Coast Conference (WCC) Freshman of the Year and earned Soccer America Freshman All-American first team, NSCAA All-West Region second team, All-WCC second team and WCC All-Freshman team honors. Williams set a new school record of five consecutive games with a point and tied for second with two multi-assist games.
As a sophomore in 2012, Williams led the Waves ranked third on the team and sixth in the league in goals (8) and points (19). She led the WCC in shots (97) and shots per game (4.6) for the second consecutive season. She scored her first collegiate hat trick on October 23. Her season performance earned her NSCAA All-West Region and All-WCC first team and All-WCC first team honors. In 2013, Williams started the first 15 games of the season and posted 11 goals and 3 assists (25 points) before missing the last few games due to injury. She ranked first in the WCC for goals per game (0.73, also third in the school's history), tied for second in game-winning goals and third in points per game (1.67, also fourth in the school's history). She set a school single-game record for shots with 14 on September 22. Williams earned NSCAA All-West Region first team and All-WCC first team honors and was named the National Player of the Week by the NSCAA and CollegeSoccer360.com after scoring the game-winning goal against Wright State in August and then netting two goals and an assist against Texas A&M in early September. She was also named WCC Player of the Week.
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