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2024 Women's Soccer Roster

Bill Barrett
Bill Barrett
Bill Barrett
Bill Barrett
Bill Barrett

25 Lyndsey Heckel

  • Position Defender
  • Hometown St. Louis, Mo.
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Previous School Nerinx Hall
  • Height 5-9
  • Club Lou Fusz United
  • Major B.S., Health Information Management

Biography

Concluded her career second in games started (108), tied for second in games played (108) and tied for third in game-winning goals (11) on the Billikens' all-time lists.

Pursuing a post-baccalaureate certificate in organizational leadership.

2024 • GRADUATE
• Top Drawer Soccer All-America third team and No. 24 on the TDS Postseason Top 100 list.
• United Soccer Coaches All-East Region first team.
• A-10 Defensive Player of the Year.
• All-Conference first team.
• A-10 Championship Most Outstanding Player.
• Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week for Nov. 4-10.
• Included on the Hermann Trophy Watch List.
• United Soccer Coaches preseason Player to Watch.
• Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI first team.
• Atlantic 10 preseason All-Conference.
• Started all 23 games.
• Part of a back line that helped the Billikens to a 0.61 goals against average and 14 shutouts.
• Second on the team with six goals (tied career high) and 14 points (career high).
• Third on the team overall and second among field players with 1,884 minutes.
• Tied for third on the team with a career-high 14 shots on goal.
• Fourth on the team with a career-high 27 shots.
• Was 4-for-4 on penalty kicks.
• Matched her career single-game highs of four shots vs. Massachusetts (A-10 Championship final) and three shots on goal vs. George Mason.
• Played a season-high 97 minutes (entire game) vs. USC in the NCAA Championship second round, and went the full 90 minutes in 15 games.
• Registered the game-winning goal vs. Massachusetts in the A-10 Championship final.
• Scored a goal in a 2-0 win over Davidson in the A-10 Championship quarterfinals.
• Assisted on the game-winning goal in a 2-0 victory at Richmond.
• Scored the game-tying goal on a penalty kick in the 80th minute in a 1-1 draw with Loyola Chicago.
• Recorded a goal and an assist vs. Missouri State.

2023 • SENIOR
• Named SLU's Outstanding Female Senior Student-Athlete.
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-America second team.
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District.
• A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
• United Soccer Coaches All-America second team.
• College Soccer News All-America second team.
• Top Drawer Soccer All-America second team.
• No. 18 on Top Drawer Soccer Postseason Top 100.
• United Soccer Coaches All-Region first team.
• A-10 Defensive Player of the Year.
• All-Conference first team.
• A-10 Championship All-Tournament team.
• Included on the Hermann Trophy Watch List.
• United Soccer Coaches preseason Player to Watch.
• Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI second team.
• No. 18 on Top Drawer Soccer's Preseason Top 100.
• Preseason All-Conference selection.
• Honorable mention on the Top Drawer Soccer national Team of the Week for Oct. 2-8.
• Named to the College Soccer News national Team of the Week for Sept. 11-17.
• Started all 24 games, setting career highs for games played and starts.
• Career-high-tying three game-winning goals -- tied for 89th nationally, tied for fifth on SLU's all-time single-season list for seniors, tied for fifth in the A-10, second on the team.
• In A-10 games, tied for fourth in game-winning goals (two) and tied for eighth in assists (three).
• Led SLU field players with 1,927 minutes, including a career-high-tying 110 minutes vs. Penn State in the NCAA Championship third round.
• Ranked fifth on the team in points (12) and tied for fifth in goals (four).
• Tallied a career-high four assists.
• Scored the first goal just 50 seconds into the game in a 2-0 win over VCU in the A-10 Championship quarterfinals.
• Recorded a career-high two assists vs. Richmond, tying the SLU season high.
• Scored the game-winning goal in the 85th minute and fired a career-high-tying four shots in a 1-0 victory at Loyola Chicago.

2022 • JUNIOR
• A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
• MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist.
• United Soccer Coaches All-America first team, becoming the first Billiken women's soccer player to earn first-team All-America honors.
• College Soccer News All-America second team.
• Top Drawer Soccer All-America third team.
• No. 31 on Top Drawer Soccer Postseason Top 100.
• United Soccer Coaches All-Region first team.
• A-10 Championship Most Outstanding Player.
• All-Conference first team.
• College Soccer News National Team of the Week Oct. 31.
• Recipient of the Chalupny Award as the female soccer Player of the Year in St. Louis.
• Played in and started 21 games.
• Career-high-tying three game-winning goals -- 84th nationally, fourth in the A-10, second on the team, fourth on SLU's single-season list for juniors.
• Career-high six goals -- eighth in the A-10, fourth on the team.
• Registered career highs of 13 points and nine shots on goal (tied).
• In conference play, her two game-winning goals ranked second in the league.
• Tied the team season high with a career-high two goals and fired a career-high four shots vs. Loyola Chicago in the A-10 Championship quarterfinals.
• The goals vs. Loyola Chicago were scored in the 50th and 56th minutes, tying the Hermann Stadium record for second-half goals.
• Scored the game-winning goal in a 2-0 victory over Richmond.
• Was second among SLU field players and third on the team overall with 1,718 minutes.
• Played the full 90 minutes in 16 games, tying for the team lead among field players.

2021 • SOPHOMORE
• Member of the A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
• All-Conference first team.
• A-10 Championship All-Tournament team.
• Was one of only three Billikens to start all 23 games.
• Tied for the team lead, tied for third in the A-10, and tied for fourth on SLU's all-time single-season list for sophomores with three game-winning goals.
• Played a team-high 2,070 minutes (all but 35 minutes).
• Tied for second on the team in goals (five).
• Fifth on the team in points (10).
• Registered career highs of three shots and three shots on goal at Duquesne.
• Equaled her career high of 110 minutes vs. Missouri State.
• Her header off a corner kick in the second overtime beat Rhode Island 2-1 in the A-10 Championship quarterfinals.
• Also scored the game-winner in the Billikens' 4-1 victory over Massachusetts in the A-10 Championship final.

2020-21 • FRESHMAN
• Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
• All-Conference first team.
• A-10 All-Rookie team.
• Started all 17 games.
• Led the team in minutes (1,579), playing all but 15 minutes.
• Played a season-high 110 minutes vs. Washington in the NCAA tournament and vs. St. Bonaventure.
• Scored a goal in a 3-2 double-overtime victory at Dayton.
• Recorded her first career goal vs. Kansas City in her Billiken debut.
• Tallied her first collegiate assist vs. Indiana State.

PRIOR TO SLU
Three-year varsity starter … as a junior, was Class 4 All-State, region co-Offensive Player of the Year, first-team All-Metro, first-team All-Conference and Nerinx Hall's Most Valuable Offensive Player, leading the team with 17 goals and 17 assists … Nerinx Hall placed second in the state in 2019, its best finish in 25 years … made the All-Conference second team as a sophomore … played on the Lou Fusz United team that was the 2019 U19 State Cup champion … also a four-year letter winner in basketball who scored more than 1,000 career points and helped Nerinx Hall win its first district title in more than a decade … enrolled in honors classes … National Honor Society member and Nerinx Hall Ambassador.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 25

    2020-21Freshman

    Defender/Forward
    5'9"
    25
  • 25

    2021Sophomore

    Defender/Forward
    5'9"
    25
  • 25

    2022Junior

    Defender
    5'9"
    25
  • 25

    2023Senior

    Defender
    5'9"
    25
  • 25

    2024Graduate Student

    Defender
    5'9"
    25