Lauren Walker

Photo by: Lauren Verellen '26 - @laurenverellen_photography

Photo by: Lauren Verellen

Photo by: Lauren Verellen '26 - @laurenverellen_photography

Photo by: Sydney Kline '26 - @sydney.kline.photography

Position:
Midfielder
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Garber
Hometown:
Essexville, Mich.

2024: Played in all 18 games as a key reserve, started season-opener at Kentucky (Aug. 15) and at Ohio (Oct. 27) … tied team-high with five goals in five different games … tied team-high 12 points … tied career high of three points at Purdue Fort Wayne (Sept. 11) … responsible for three game winners in conference play, scoring two (Akron, Sept. 22; Bowling Green, Oct. 18), assisting the third (at Northern Illinois, Sept. 26) … only Chippewa to score in the 80^th minute or later, doing so in three straight MAC games (Oct. 13-24) … CSC Academic All-District … Academic All-MAC

2023: Appeared in all 16 games, starting 14 ... split time between right wing and right back ... scored first goal, assisted game winner in 2-1 victory over Purdue Fort Wayne (Sept. 10) ... picked up second assist at Miami (OH) (Sept. 24) ... logged 1,247 minutes with six 90-minute games in October … named Academic All-MAC

2022: Started all 18 games ... recorded one goal on six shots ... scored first career goal at Eastern Michigan (Sept. 22) ... spent 1,619 minutes in game.

High School: Graduated summa cum laude, top ten in her class and as Senior Athlete of the Year from Garber High School in 2022, with CMU teammate Teagan Betzold … four-year varsity competitor for the Dukes in soccer, basketball and track & field … also competed in varsity volleyball … MLive Bay Area Player of the Year (2022) … first team all-state, all-conference, all-district and all-region (2022) … MLive soccer and basketball Dream Teams (2021-22) … honorable mention all-state, first team all-conference, all-district and all-region (2021) … all-district and all-conference honorable mention (2019) … all-state honorable mention (2022), two-time all-conference honoree in basketball (2021: second team; 2020: honorable mention) … finished fourth in the state in long jump, named first-team all-conference, county and region in track … was elected student council president … member of National Honors Society

Club: Played entire club career for the Bay Area Soccer Association … helped program to three MMYSL and Premier 2 league titles

Personal: Daughter of Charlie and Debbie Walker … has one older sister, Elly … enjoys walks with her dog, Lincoln

Why CMU?: “Central Michigan is close to home and a great place to pursue my career, as well as meeting lifelong friends and growing my soccer experience.”