High school/club: Three-time team offensive MVP at South Torrance High School, where she earned ESPN RISE Winter Girls' Soccer All-America honorable mention as a senior ... was an All-California Interscholastic Federation and all-area selection and a two-time first-team All-Pioneer League pick ... led the league in scoring three times ... had a stellar showing at the CIF Southern Section Division V tournament as a senior, scoring the game-winning goal in the last minute of regulation in the semifinals, then netting the game-winner in golden-goal overtime in the championship game to give South Torrance the title ... scored 34 goals her senior season, earning CIF Player of the Year honors ... four-year Honor Roll student ... played club soccer for the PVSC Breakers in the nationally renowned Southern California Coast Soccer League.

Personal: Lauren Piper Hein ... born April 5, 1991, in Torrance, Calif. ... daughter of Mark and Janet Hein ... has an older brother, John ... plans to major in business.