2009 (Junior): Named second team All-OVC for the second consecutive season after ranking second in the league with six shutouts … stepped up her game during conference play as four of her six shutouts came against OVC opponents … allowed only five goals in eight regular season OVC games … Named OVC Goalkeeper of the Week twice during the season … first on Sept. 8 following a 2-0 shutout of Cleveland State and a 2-1 win over Winthrop … second on Oct. 20 after she recorded a season-high nine saves in a 0-0 draw at Murray State, one of the highest-scoring teams in the league … enters her senior season having been named OVC Goalkeeper of the Week a program-record five times.
2008 (Sophomore): Named second team All-OVC after starting all 19 games at goalkeeper for the Colonels … recorded a program-record and OVC-leading eight shutouts … also led the conference with an .864 save percentage … surrendered only 18 goals all season for an average of .95 goals allowed per game … named OVC Goalkeeper of the Week twice … the first time for the week of Sept. 7 after recording a season-high 11 saves at Fresno State and then blanking San Francisco two days later during a 1-0 EKU win … the second came during the final week of the regular season when she recorded shutouts over Jacksonville State and SIU-Edwardsville to lead the Colonels to a second seed in the OVC Tournament.
2007 (Freshman): Appeared in 17 games at goalkeeper for the Colonels, starting 15 of them … recorded three shutouts on the season, including an opening-day 0-0 tie with nationally-ranked Maryland … made 126 saves on the season, including 19 in the Maryland game alone … was named the OVC Goalie of the Week for the week of Nov. 7 after allowing just one goal in the Colonels’ season-ending victory over Evansville.
Academic Achievements: Two-time OVC Medal of Honor winner...A two-time Colonel Scholar … President’s List for three semesters ... Dean's List for four semesters ... Dean's Award (Fall 2008) ... Academic Medal of Honor ... OVC Commisioner's Honor Roll ... Presidential Scholar ... Bratzke Award of Excellence recipient.
High School and/or Club Experience: Played four years of varsity soccer ... led North Oldham High to regional championship and 20-4-1 record in 2006, allowing only 19 goals ... named to 2006 Kentucky Athletic Association Academic All-State first team ... two-time first team all-state selection ... honored as Team MVP as junior and senior ... led her Javanon club team to the state championship in six straight seasons and guided them to the 2004 Midwest Region II semi-finals ... member of Kentucky ODP state team.
Personal: Born Sept. 6, 1988 ... daughter of Robert and Debbie Lynch … major is Biology.
Get to Know Stephanie Lynch ...
One interesting fact about Stephanie
She was born premature at two pounds, 13 ounces five minutes before her twin brother
Favorite on-field memory from last year
Competing with and scoring on an SEC team (Florida)
What is currently playing on Stephanie’s iPod
K-Love radio station
What business would Stephanie most like to see come to
Richmond
An indoor rock climbing center
One place (not in her home country) Stephanie would like to visit
Australia
If Stephanie could dye her hair, what color would it be
Red
What song gets Stephanie pumped before a game
Anything that has a good beat to it
The biggest highlight of Stephanie’s career
Being a member of the EKU soccer family and the privelidge of making life-long friends
What does Stephanie want to accomplish before her career at EKU is over
Win the OVC Tournament and make it to the second round of the NCAA Tournament
Stephanie’s favorite inspirational quote
“If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to your mountain ‘Move!’ and it will move. And nothing will be impossible for you!”
