35 Lauren Nickson Class: Freshman Hometown: Chesterfield, Mo. High School: Villa Duchesne Height: 5-6 Position: Midfield

High School: Nickson earned three letters in lacrosse at Villa Duchesne, serving as captain her senior year... Tallied 60 points as a senior with 49 goals and 11 assists... Led the team in groundballs with 63 as a junior and 74 as a senior... Earned All-MWAA as a sophomore, junior and senior, all-state and all-metro second team as a junior, and all-academic team as a senior... Played club for St. Louis Speed... Also was a four-year letter winner in basketball and two-year letter winner in field hockey... Conference champs for field hockey her senior year.

Personal: Nickson was born in St. Louis, Mo., and is the daughter of Tom and Liz Nickson... Has four siblings, Kathleen, Matt, Anne, and Tim... Majors in nursing.