Lindsi Jennings

Lindsi Marie Jennings (born January 15, 2000) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a defender. She played college soccer for the Northern Colorado Bears and the LSU Tigers before being selected in the third round of the 2023 NWSL Draft by the Houston Dash.

Early life Jennings was born in Conroe, Texas. where Jennings played youth soccer for the Colorado Storm. She attended Grandview High School, where she was a three-year letterwinner operating from both the backline and in the midfield. In 2014 and 2015, she led Grandview to back-to-back Colorado state titles.

College career

Northern Colorado Bears Jennings spent the spring semester of 2018 training with the Mississippi State Bulldogs. She soon grew disenchanted with the Bulldogs' on-field style and ended up transferring to the University of Northern Colorado. She joined the Northern Colorado Bears as a walk-on player, subsisting on exclusively academic scholarships. Jennings' third year with the Bears was shortened and pushed back to the fall of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She still played a large portion of her team's minutes and earned the honor of Big Sky Co-Defensive MVP. She departed from Northern Colorado having played in 51 games, starting in all but one. she led the team to the second round of the 2022 NCAA tournament. She capped off her collegiate career with All-Southeastern Conference first-team honors.

Club career Jennings was selected by the Houston Dash as the final pick of the third round of the 2023 NWSL Draft (36th overall). She became the third-ever LSU player to be drafted into the National Women's Soccer League. Jennings made her pro debut twelve days later, coming on as a second-half substitute for fellow LSU alumni Allysha Chapman in a NWSL Challenge Cup game against the Kansas City Current. The following month, she made her NWSL league debut in a game against the Portland Thorns. She went on to play in 2 more NWSL games and 4 more Challenge Cup games, with her season highlight coming in the form of a 90-minute performance in the Challenge Cup against Racing Louisville in June 2023.

Honors and awards Northern Colorado Bears

Big Sky Conference women's soccer tournament: 2019

Individual

First-team All-SEC: 2022 Second-team All-Big Sky: 2018, 2019, 2020 Big Sky Co-Newcomer of the year: 2018 Big Sky Co-Defensive MVP: 2020