2024 Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 10
Abby Lynch
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Brownsburg, Ind.
- High School:
- Brownsburg
Senior - 2024
- Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree
- Appeared in 13 games, making one start.
- Logged a total of 230 minutes on the season.
- Fired away a total of two shots...one on Sept. 29 vs. Maryland and one on Oct. 27 vs. Northwestern.
Junior - 2023
- Academic All-Big Ten.
- Appeared in 15 games, all coming off of the bench...logged a season-high 35 minutes on Sept. 24 vs. No. 19 Michigan.
- Won a penalty on Sept. 24 vs. No. 19 Michigan...Sarah Foley's goal on the ensuing rebound from the spot-kick was the match-winner.
- Picked up her lone assist of the season on Oct. 19 at No. 14 Michigan State.
Sophomore - 2022
- Academic All-B1G
- Appeared in 16 games, making four starts.
- Recorded a season-high two shots on Sept. 25 at No. 17 Penn State and on Oct. 16 vs. No. 20 Ohio State.
- Logged a season-high 66 minutes on Sept. 25 at No. 17 Penn State.
Freshman - 2021
- Appeared in 11 games for the Illini.
- Recorded two goals and one assist.
- Made her Illini debut at Missouri, 8/19/21, recording her first-career goal.
HIGH SCHOOL
- Four-year letterwinner at Brownsburg High School in both soccer and track, two-year letter winner in cross country.
- Played for coach Joshua George.
- Played in 56 career games, amassing 3,341 minutes, 72 points, 27 goals and 18 assists.
- Two-time Hendricks County Player of the Year.
- Second-team All-State 2018.
- First-team All-State 2020.
- Two-time HCC All-Conference.
- Scored game-winning goal to win sectionals in 2020.
- Played club for FC Pride.
- Ohio Valley All-Conference 2018-19.
PERSONAL
- Born November 16, 2002 in Springfield, MO.
- Daughter of Steve and Amy Lynch.
- Has one brother, JD (15).
- Mother swam at Illinois.
- Majoring in Finance.
- Hobbies include tie dying, waterskiing, paddle boarding, and sailing.
- Favorite athletes include Emma Coburn and Julie Ertz.
- Also a member of the Fighting Illini Track/ XC team.
- Credits her high school track coach as the biggest influence on her athletic career.
- Chose Illinois because “of the opportunity to compete in both soccer and track- my two passions.”
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