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2022 Women's Soccer

Gregg Ellman

18 Lara Schenk (she/her/hers)

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Hanover, Germany
  • High School International School Hanover Region
  • Position M
  • Concentration Psychology
  • House Affiliation Quincy

Biography

Career Highs:
Goals: 1 (vs. UMass Lowell, 9/18/19)
Assists: 1 (3x, last vs. Columbia 11/5/22)
Points: 2 (vs. UMass Lowell, 9/18/19)
 
2022 • Fifth-Year
CSC Academic All-District selection ... Started in all 16 games she played in ... Did not leave the field in 10 of the 16 games played this season and led the team with 1,360 minutes played ... Played all 90 minutes in the midfield in the win over Northeastern in the home opener (Aug. 29) … Logged 78 minutes on the pitch against UNC-Greensboro (Sep. 2) … Played the full 90 minutes on the backline to help the Crimson upset No. 17 NC State (Sep. 4) and hold the Wolfpack to no goals on only six shots … Started and played all 90 minutes to help Harvard shutout Long Beach State (Sep. 8) … Played 78 minutes in the win over UMass (Sep. 11) … Started at center back and played the full 90 minutes against No. 17 TCU (Sep. 17) to help the team to a 2-2 draw … Started and played 66 minutes on the backline in the team’s Ivy League opener at Penn (Sep. 24) … Helped hold the Quakers to only eight shots in the contest …  Started and played 79 minutes, helping Harvard hold Yale to zero shots, in the shutout 6-0 win (Oct. 1) … Played the full 90 minutes and helped Harvard hold BU to only two shots in the narrow loss (Oct. 4) … Started and played 84 minutes on the backline, helping hold Cornell to only seven shots in a 5-1 win over the Big Red (Oct. 8) … Started and played the full 90 minutes in the 1-1 draw at Brown (Oct. 15) … Didn’t leave the pitch, playing the full game in the team’s comeback win over Princeton (Oct. 22) … Played the full 90 minutes on the defensive end against Dartmouth (Oct. 29) helping hold the Big Green to only three shots on goal … Dished a beautiful assist in the team's victory over the Columbia Lions in the season finale Nov. 5) ... Helped the team earn its second straight bid to the NCAA Tournament and receive an NCAA Tournament home game for the first time since 2014 ... Started in the team's NCAA Tournament First Round win over New Hampshire (Nov. 12), helping Harvard shut down the Wildcats advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2014 ... Played in the team's narrow loss to No. 13 South Carolina in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. 

2021 • Senior
Earned Second Team All-Ivy honors … Gained First Team CoSIDA Academic All-District accolades … Led the team in minutes played (1,469) out of 1,483 possible minutes (99.1 percent) … Started all 16 games … Did not leave the field in 15 of the team’s 16 games … Helped the Crimson post six shutouts on the season … Tallied an assist vs. Dartmouth (Oct. 30) … Posted a shot on goal vs. Brown (Oct. 16).
 
2020 • Junior:
Received an invitation to the German U20 National Team Camp in October 2020 … Collegiate season canceled due to COVID-19.
 
2019 • Sophomore:
Started all 16 of her appearances, played every minute of the 2019 season at center back … Scored one goal … Took three shots … Helped Harvard to eight shutouts on the season … Scored the game-winning goal against UMass Lowell (Sept. 18) with a free kick from 30 yards.
 
2018 • First-year:
Appeared in seven games with two starts … Tallied first career point with an assist against Yale in her debut (Sept. 29) … Helped Harvard to shutouts against Yale and Cornell.
 
Before Harvard:
German Youth National Team U15-U19 … Won the U17 European Championships with Germany in 2017 … Captained Germany U16 squad in international match vs. Scotland, previously served as captain for U14 team … UEFA WU16 Developmental Tournament and WU16 runner-up in Open Nordic Tournament … Played for TSV Pattensen U17 boys (2017-18), JFV Calenberger Land U17 boys (2016-17), and VfL Wolfsburg U17 women (2014-16) … Named best player and highest goal scorer at TSV Eintracht Bückeberge Hallenspektakel tournament and best player at Fair-Play Cup … ISHR Director’s List from 2012-18 … Volunteer math/organization tutor … Member of high school Global Issues, Uganda and Psychology clubs.

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2018First-Year

    M
    18
  • 18

    2019Sophomore

    M
    18
  • 18

    2020Junior

    M
    18
  • 18

    2021Senior

    M
    5'4"
    18
  • 18

    2022Senior

    Midfielder
    5'4"
    18