Lindsay Brown Class: Freshman Hometown: Ladera Ranch, CA High School: Mater Dei Height: 5-7 Position: Midfielder Club Team: Slammers FC

ODP/CLUB HIGHLIGHTS: Selected for the 2008 Region IV ODP Invitational team (1991s), which finished fourth at US Youth Soccer (USYS) nationals in Frisco, Texas last March ... competed with Region IV ODP squad for two years (2007-08) ... also saw time with ODP Region II team (U-14) in 2005 while still living in Illinois ... played for head coach Walid Khoury with Slammers Futbol Club in Newport Beach, Calif., which is considered one of the top club programs in southern California and ranked as the No. 4 girls' youth club in the February 2009 issue of Soccer America ... member of U-15, U-16 and U-17 Southern California champions ... also a Region IV semifinalists all three years.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, Calif., this spring ... played for head coach Matty West ... served as the team captain as a senior ... piled up a team-high six goals and eight assists as a senior, including a hat trick and an assist in a win over Santa Margarita ... team went 14-4-5 and made it to the CIF quarterfinals after winning the Trinity League Championship ... also helped Mater Dei to California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section (CIF-SS) titles in 2006-07 and 2007-08, as well as Trinity League crowns both years ... named 2008 Mater Dei Offensive Player of the Year ... three-time CIF-SS Scholar-Athlete selection (2006-08) ... member of Mater Dei Principal's Honor Roll (2005-09) ... vice-president of school's Operation Smile club (international charitable organization designed to help children suffering from facial deformities) and traveled to Madagascar in November 2008 as student volunteer on medical mission with Operation Smile ... daughter of Linda and Mark Brown ... has one older brother and two younger siblings (sister and brother) ... hopes to major in business or international relations at Notre Dame ... matriculating from the same high school that produced Notre Dame's first standout goalkeeper, Michelle Lodyga (1989-92).