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Mark Lorenzen |
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Provides depth to the Irish's midfield unit • will most likely play the wide areas of the midfield.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Anchored central defense for Naperville North high school 2005 team that went undefeated in conference • team also captured the regional and sectional titles that season • scored game-winning goal in sectional victory and lone goal in season ending super sectional • prep squad posted school-record 23 wins with just three losses and finished the season ranked No. 2 in the state • played club soccer for Ajax FC Chicago from 1997-2003 • joined Sockers FC Chicago Top Talent program fall 2004 instead of playing high school soccer • Sockers were Dallas Cup semi-finalists in 2005 and quarter finalists in 2006 and made it to the Midwest Region II finals in 2005 before losing in penalty kicks • was an all-star selection at the Notre Dame Elite Camp in 2005 • member of Naperville North Distinguished Honor Roll • son of Mike and Carol Lorenzen • youngest of three children • sister, Kim, is a former Notre Dame soccer player and a 2007 graduate • enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters as an economics major • transferred to Notre Dame from Indiana University with a 3.8 GPA.
