ROSE LAVELLE
A US Youth Soccer Player Made Good
Rose Lavelle
Wisconsin Athletics
Rose Lavelle continues to bloom for the Wisconsin Badgers. She was Big Ten Freshman of the
Year during her rookie season
in college soccer and hasn’t
stopped kicking her way up the
ladder of the top young players
in the country.
A First-Team All-Great Lakes
Region selection by the National
Soccer Coaches Association of
America (NSCAA) as a junior,
Lavelle became the first player
in program history to be named
Big Ten Midfielder of the Year.
The only unanimous selection
last year, Lavelle earned First-Team All-Big Ten recognition
for the third-straight year in her
career.
Lavelle led Wisconsin to its
first Big Ten regular season
championship since 1994,
leading all Badgers with 17
points on a team-high seven
goals and three assists.
Lavelle, 21, was a standout
US Youth Soccer player for five
years with the Cincinnati United
Premier Soccer Club (OH-S), a
program she joined in eighth
grade and stayed with through
high school. She played US
Youth Soccer ODP, National
Championship Series and
National League.
Who was your first club team?
“I was with a club team early
on and then in eighth grade
I switched to the Cincinnati
United Premier Soccer Club, and
played with them through high
school.”
What was playing club soccer
like, and what did you take
from that experience?
“The first tournament we
traveled to was the Disney
Showcase and that was so much
fun. Club soccer was a very
competitive environment and
we had some awesome players
on our team. It was the first
time I had ever played center
midfield and I had no clue what
I was doing. Now I can’t imagine
playing anywhere else.”
How are you approaching
your final season at
Wisconsin?
“My main goal is to not leave
with any regrets. I don’t want
to walk off the field for the last
time and think of things I should
have done. I want to leave it all
on the field and give it my all
every game.”
To what do you attribute your
great success over your first
three years with the Badgers?
“The coaching staff has been
awesome. They understand our
schedules and work with us to
make things as easy as possible
and get the most out of us. They
are helping me get to where I
want to be and not just here.”
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