Lauren Marie Sesselmann... speaks English and a little bit of Spanish... her father was born in Stephenville, NL while her mother was born Detroit, MI... she was 12 years old when she started playing soccer at St. Bernard Elementary School... favourites have included Michelle Akers, Mia Hamm, Lionel Messi... other favourites have included Anfernee Hardaway, Clay Matthews, Serena Williams, Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Brewers... earned a Bachelor of Arts in Marketing and Communications from Purdue University in 2006... in 2013, was one of 28 athletes featured in Sportsnet Magazine’s The Beauty of Sport... featured in the 2014 movie Dark Awakening...

she was celebrated as part of the London 2012 Olympic soccer team honoured in the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame’s Class of 2019 in Toronto on 23 October 2019 (she was one of 18 players that attended the event)...

won a bronze medal with Canada at the London 2012 Olympic Games... represented Canada at the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015... won a Concacaf silver medal with Canada (2012)… won a gold medal with Canada at the Pan American Games at Guadalajara 2011... career 46 international “A” appearances across five years from 2011 to 2015 with Canada Soccer's Women's National Team… after her playing career, she was celebrated by Canada Soccer on 11 June 2017 in the half-time presentation to former Olympic bronze medal winners at BMO Field in Toronto (on that day, Josée Bélanger, Jonelle Filigno, Robyn Gayle, Kaylyn Kyle, and Lauren Sesselmann were honoured at the Canada match)...

For Country

she was 28 years old when she made her debut in the Canadian program in 2011 with coach John Herdman... she was 28 years old when she made her debut for Canada (17 September 2011)... won a gold medal with Canada at the XVI Pan American Games Guadalajara 2011... won a silver medal with Canada at the 2012 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying tournament in Vancouver (Canada qualified for London 2012)... finished second with Canada at the 2012 Cyprus Women's Cup... won an Olympic bronze medal with Canada at the London 2012 Women's Olympic Football Tournament... finished sixth with Canada at the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015...