ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN (2015, 2016)
SCHREYER HONORS COLLEGE SCHOLAR
2016
Academic All-Big Ten...Made appearances in four matches during the 2016 season...Played a season-best 19 minutes against San Diego State (9/9).
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 season-high 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 September 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."