JUNIORS Megan
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Liisi
SCHAFER
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VINK-LAINAS
Langhorne, Pa. NESHAMINY
Wynantskill, N.Y. TROY
Junior • FFreshman • 5-7 Redshirt • MIDFIELD • 5-4
Junior • M • 5-5 • MIDFIELD • 5-4 Redshirt Freshman
CAREER STATS Season GP-GS G A PTS GWG SH 2014 24-8 6 5 17 2 27 2015 27-24 13 4 30 6 47 Career 51-32 19 9 47 8 74 TEAM CAPTAIN (2016) MAC HERMANN TROPHY WATCH LIST (2016) NSCAA ALL-GREAT LAKES REGION FIRST TEAM (2015) ALL-BIG TEN SECOND TEAM (2015) TOPDRAWERSOCCER TEAM OF THE WEEK HONOREE (11/24/15) ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN (2015) BIG TEN DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR (2015) 2015 Academic All-Big Ten...NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region First Team...Named to the All-Big Ten Second Team (Forward)...TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week honoree (11/24)...Started 24 of 27 matches...Scored six game-winning goals...Over the final 17 games of the season, Schafer scored in nine games...Tallied at least one point in 11 of the final 17 games of the season...Finished the season with the team lead and Big Ten lead in goals (13) and points (30)...Dished out four assists...Scored twice in a 4-2 win over Arkansas (8/30)...Recorded the fastest Nittany Lion goal in 2015 - 5:00 - against UAlbany (11/13)...Tallied three-straight matches with a goal twice (10/8-10-15 & 11/1311/22)...Tied a career-high four shots against Loyola Marymount (8/23), Maryland (10/8) and Ohio State (11/22)...Netted a goal and an assist against Boston U (11/20). 2014 Started eight games in 24 appearances...Recorded six goals and five assists for 17 points on the season...Scored the game-winning goal twice: vs. UConn (8/29) and at Michigan (10/16)...Big Ten Freshman of the Week for her game-winner at Michigan... Three-point performance (one goal, one assist) vs. Bucknell (9/23)...Two-goal performance against UConn (8/29), resulting in Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week honors...Assisted on goals in back-to-back contests against Purdue (9/12) and Indiana (9/14)...Logged 1,300 minutes on the season, including 90 minutes vs. Iowa (10/26). BEFORE PENN STATE Earned four letters at Neshaminy for Head Coach Rachel Clemens...2014 Gatorade Pennsylvania Player of the Year...Graduated with the school’s records in career goals scored (102) and assists (78)...Four-time All-Region, first team All-State and Suburban One National League Player of the Year honorees...Three-time NSCAA All-America and Bucks County courier Times Player of the Year picks...Two-year Pennsylvania State Coaches Association State Player of the Year and Philadelphia Inquirer Player of the Year selections...In 2014, scored 33 goals and tacked on 18 assists, both single season school records...Helped lead Neshaminy to a 25-0 record and Class AAA state title, scoring the overtime game-winner in the state title game...Also lettered in basketball and track and field.
CAREER STATS Season GP-GS G A PTS GWG SH 2014 Did not play 2015 2-0 0 1 1 0 2 Career 2-0 0 1 1 0 2 ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN (2015) SCHREYER HONORS COLLEGE SCHOLAR 2015 Academic All-Big Ten...Made appearances in two matches...Tallied her first career point on an assist in her Nittany Lion debut against Indiana (10/11)...Played a careerhigh 19 minutes against Indiana (10/11). 2014 Did not play. BEFORE PENN STATE Played three years for Troy and head coach Justin Haviland...Helped the Flying Horses to the Big Ten Conference Championship in 2010, earning Big Ten Conference Player of the Year and New York All-State team accolades...Three-time Big Ten Conference first team selection. CLUB EXPERIENCE Competed for FC Stars of Massachusetts in the ECNL under Head Coach Jason Dewhurst...Member of the Olympic Development Program since the age of 13... Attended the 2011 U-15 U.S. Soccer ODP Development Camp...Participated in the U.S. Soccer Federation Training Center in January and September 2012, and the ECNL Player Development Program in March 2013. PERSONAL Liisi Katherine Vink-Lainas was born on Sept 18, 1996, in Troy, New York...Parents are Susan and Paul Vink-Lainas and has one older brother, Erik...Biomedical engineering major. WHY I CHOSE PENN STATE “Penn State, both on and off the field, provides tremendous opportunity to grow and learn. The environment around campus makes you feel like a family and I want nothing but to be part of it.”
CLUB EXPERIENCE Competed for FC Bucks under head coach Ed Leigh...Team reached the 2012 ECNL Championship playoff bracket in 2012 and the Pennsylvania State Cup Championship in 2013. PERSONAL Megan Elizabeth Schafer was born on Aug. 19, 1996, in Philadelphia...Parents are Marianne and Rich Schafer...Has one brother, Richie, and a sister, Kristen...Grandfather played football, basketball and ran track at St. Joseph’s...Communication sciences and disorders major. WHY I CHOSE PENN STATE “When I came on my first visit my sophomore year, I knew it was the perfect fit for me. It just has so much to offer. After graduating with a Penn State degree, I have a higher chance of finding a job quicker.”
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PENN STATE 2016 • WOMEN’S SOCCER
21 STRAIGHT NCAA APPEARANCES 1995-2015