Draft:Lauren Omholt

Lauren Omholt (born February 3, 2005) is a US-born international soccer player who plays for the Mexican U20 Women's National Team and collegiately for the Purdue University Boilermakers. Omholt has both US and Mexican citizenship. She was ranked the #12 overall recruit from Texas in the class of 2023 according to Prep Soccer. On October 9, 2021, she committed to play collegiately for Purdue University over offers from Notre Dame, SMU, Rice and Texas A&M.

Club career
Omholt was a member of the U13 pilot for the Frontier Conference of the Girls Development Academy from 2017-2018. She scored 5 goals in her last game of the DA's inaugural season.

After her U15 season, she finished the season as one of the top goal scorers in the country.

After her U16 season, she was named to ECNL's 1st Team All Texas Conference team. Following her performance in the ECNL Florida Showcase, she was named an Uncommitted Best XI. Her team once again won the ECNL Texas Conference championship.

After her U17 season, she was again named to ECNL's 1st Team All Texas Conference team. Additionally, she was selected as one of 23 players from the class of 2023 to ECNL's National Selection Camp in Portland, Oregon. She again helped her team win the ECNL Texas Conference championship.

After her U18/19 season, she helped her team win the ECNL Texas Conference championship.

High School career
Omholt played for McKinney Boyd's Varsity soccer team in McKinney, Texas.

Due to DA rules, she was not eligible to play high school soccer during her Freshman campaign.

After her Sophomore season, she was named the District 5-6A Offensive Newcomer of the Year.

After her Junior season, she was named the District 5-6A Offensive Player of the Year. As well, the Texas Girls Coaches Association (TGCA) named her an All-State Selection for the 6A division. She helped her team win an Area Championship and make it's deepest playoff run since 2015.

After her Senior season, she was again named an All-State for the Texas Girls Coaches Association (TGCA). She helped her team advance in the state playoffs the furthest it had ever been as a 6A school. She was named the Team's MVP and Captain.

College career
In her Freshman campaign at Purdue, lead the team in Shots on Goal while and logging 1243 minutes and was named to the B1G Ten All Freshman team.

Mexican Youth National Team career
Omholt made her first appearance with Mexico's U17 Women's National Team in July of 2022. Subsequently, she was called up for 2 more camps in August and September of 2022. She made her international debut on September 3, 2022, helping Mexico's U17 Women's National Team defeat Canada 4-1. In a press conference on September 24, 2022, Mexico's Technical Director, Ana Galindo, announced that Omholt would be part of the final roster of 21 players that would represent Mexico in the FIFA U17 Women's World Cup in India in October of 2022.

She made her U-20 National Team camp debut in March of 2023 at the CAR in Mexico City under the technical direction of Ana Galindo.

Personal
Her father, David Omholt, and grandfather, Glenn Omholt, both played baseball at Purdue University and the Boilermakers home team dugout is named after them.