Finley Lavin

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Position:
Defender
Height:
5-1
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Jarrettsville, Md.

Honors

- 2025 American Conf. Defender of the Year
- 2025 All-Conference First
- 2025 TopDrawerSoccer Midseason Top 100 Players - No. 32
- 2025 TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week (Aug. 25)
- 2025 3x American Conf. Defensive Player of the Week (Aug. 25, Sept. 7, Oct. 6)
- 2024 AAC Defender of the Year
- 2024 All-Conference First Team
- 2024 AAC Honorable Mention (Aug. 19)
- 2023 AAC All-Conference Rookie Team
- 2023-24 AAC All-Academic Team

2025 (Junior)

- Captained the Tigers through a historic year, starting in all 21 matches
- Ranked second on the team with 1,805 minutes, playing every minute in 17 of 21 matches
- Anchored a Memphis backline that conceded six goals in the regular season and finished with a 0.66 goals-against average
- Helped post 14 shutouts, tied for fourth-most in the nation and second-most in school history
- Contributed to eight shutouts in 10 games from Aug. 24 to Oct. 2, including against No. 11 Vanderbilt and No. 2 Tennessee
- Converted a penalty in a 1-0 win at Tulsa (Oct. 2)

2024 (Sophomore)

- Started all 19 games, leading the team in minutes (1,709)
- Guided the Tiger defense to eight shutouts including six over a nine-game stretch, earning AAC Defender of the Year
- Recorded assists against Alabama A&M (Aug. 15) and Temple (Oct. 10)

2023 (Freshman)

- Played in all 22 games while making 16 starts as a true freshman
- Recorded one goal and three assists
- Helped a Tiger backline to 13 shutouts this season
- Assisted on the game-winning goal in team's 1-0 win over East Carolina (Oct. 11)
- Scored first collegiate goal against No. 9 Notre Dame in Second Round of NCAA Tournament (Nov. 17)

Prior to Memphis/Personal

·       Prepped at North Harford High School where she was a four-sport athlete
·       Named an All-County, All-Metro and All-State runner from 2021-2022 in cross country and holds the school record in the 100m, 400m and 500m dash
·       2022 Maryland State 5A 500m dash Champion
·       Played club soccer for Pipeline SC ECNL in Maryland
·       Three-Star TopDrawerSoccer prospect
·       Named ECNL First Team All-Conference in 2022 and 2021
·       Selected to the Washington Spirit Advanced Development Program, their ADP ID Camp and was called to the Washington Spirit College Reserves team
·       Attended the U17 WNT Player Pool Virtual Training Camp
·       Named to the Best XI in the USYS National Championships in 2019 and 2018.  Golden Ball Winner in 2018
·       Invited to the US National Team Training Centers from 2017-20
·       Daughter of Jodi and Steve Lavin