Lauren Haivala

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-4
Class:
Graduate Student
High School:
Deer Creek HS
Hometown:
Edmond, Okla.

FALL 2021
Started 11 of 18 games as a powerhouse midfielder … Totaled almost 1,000 minutes on the field … Started and finished on the field against Texas (10/31) … Sooners won 3-2 vs. Kansas (10/14), Haivala having two shots, one on goal.

2020-21
Team captain ... Started in team-high 13 of the Sooners' 15 matches, and appeared in all 15 ... One of six Sooners to tally over 1,000 minutes played during season ... All-Big 12 Second-Team Academic for second year in a row.

2019
Appeared in nine games, starting five … Took one shot vs. Oklahoma State (Nov. 3) ... Academic All-Big 12 Second Team member.

2018
Started all 16 games she appeared in for the Sooners in her first season back from injury … Tallied an assist against Iowa State (Oct. 19) … Recorded 16 shots with six on goal … First-Team Academic All-Big 12.

2017
Did not play due to injury.

2016
Did not compete as a true freshman following an injury.

HIGH SCHOOL
Helped Deer Creek High School to four consecutive state championships in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 ... Played club soccer for OFC 98, along with fellow signing class member Ivanna Rivas ... Won three straight club state championships in 2013, 2014 and 2015 under now-OU assistant coach Alexis Vizarelis ... Named All-City First Team (2013, 2015), All-Vype Soccer Spring Team (2013) and All-Edmond Team (2013) ... Served as team captain for both club and high school teams ... Member of National Honor Society.

PERSONAL
Hails from Edmond, Okla. ... Daughter of Darin and Jennifer Haivala and has two younger siblings: a sister named Morgan and a brother named Lucas ... Studying business.