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{{Short description|American soccer player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Lauren Fowlkes
| image =
| fullname = Lauren Ann Fowlkes<ref name="UND"/>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|7|6}}
| birth_place = [[Kansas City, Missouri]], United States
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] / [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthclubs1 = KC Dynamos
| youthyears1 = 1999–2007
| youthclubs2 = KCFC Alliance Pumas
| youthyears2 = 2004
| youthclubs3 = [[J.B. Marine S.C.]]
| youthyears3 = 2005
| collegeyears1 = 2007–2010 | college1 = [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer|Notre Dame Fighting Irish]] |collegecaps1 = 95 |collegegoals1 = 17
| clubs1 = [[Pali Blues]]
| years1 = 2010
| caps1 = 3
| goals1 = 1
| clubs2 = [[Philadelphia Independence]]
| years2 = 2011–2012
| caps2 = 
| goals2 =
| clubs3 = [[Chicago Red Stars]]
| years3 = 2013
| caps3 = 4
| goals3 =0
| totalcaps =
| totalgoals =
| nationalteam1 = [[United States women's national under-17 soccer team|United States U-17]]
| nationalyears1 = 2004
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| nationalteam2 = [[United States women's national under-20 soccer team|United States U-20]]
| nationalyears2 = 2008
| nationalcaps2 = 17
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalteam3 = [[United States women's national under-23 soccer team|United States U-23]]
| nationalyears3 = 2009
| nationalcaps3 = 5
| nationalgoals3 = 1
| club-update = August 22, 2013
| nationalteam-update =
}}
'''Lauren Ann Fowlkes''' (born July 6, 1988) is a retired American [[women's association football|soccer]] player from [[Lee's Summit, Missouri]]. She was a [[defender (association football)|defender]] for the [[United States women's national under-23 soccer team]] and the [[Chicago Red Stars]] of [[National Women's Soccer League]].

==Career==

===Collegiate career===
Originally brought to [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer|Notre Dame]] as a [[midfielder]], Fowlkes also had a brief stint at [[Striker (association football)|forward]] for the Fighting Irish during her freshman year, until she was moved to [[defender (association football)|defender]] for the rest of the 2007 season. Under the mentorship of [[Carrie Dew]], Fowlkes started twenty games for Notre Dame as central defender, and led the team in minutes played (2,324 minutes) during 2007.<ref name="UND">{{cite web |url=https://und.com/roster/lauren-fowlkes/ |title=Lauren Fowlkes |date=July 9, 2018 |publisher=[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish]] |access-date=June 26, 2022}}</ref>

Fowlkes was expected to move back into the midfield in 2008, but mostly remained as part of the defense. As a sophomore, she did not start as many games as she had her freshman year, as she was absent for part of the 2008 season and Notre Dame's entire [[NCAA]] postseason due to national team commitments. Notre Dame lost to [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|North Carolina]], 1–2, in the 2008 [[NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship|College Cup]], on the same day Fowlkes and the [[United States women's national under-20 soccer team]] defeated [[North Korea women's national football team|North Korea]], 2–1, to win the [[2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup]].

Upon Dew's graduation in 2009, defender [[Jessica Schuveiller]] assumed Dew's role at center back and Fowlkes moved to the defensive midfielder position.<ref>[http://www.und.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/081709aaa.html Notre Dame Fall Sports Preview: Women's Soccer], Notre Dame Athletics, August 17, 2009.</ref> Several games into the 2009 season, however, Fowlkes returned to the striker position, a position she had not played since her freshman year, scoring ten goals and four assists.<ref>[http://www.und.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/011210aaa.html Lauren Fowlkes Invited To U.S. Under-23 National Team Camp], Notre Dame Athletics.</ref>

Fowlkes was named co-captain of the Fighting Irish in 2010, and returned to the center back position alongside Schuveiller; however, she was moved back to midfield and the striker position after the Irish lost to [[Connecticut Huskies|Connecticut]] in October 2010. Referred to as a "[[Swiss Army knife]]" because of her versatility,<ref>[https://www.espn.com/college-sports/columns/story?columnist=hays_graham&id=5874249 Christen Press leads balanced Stanford], ESPN.com., December 2, 2010.</ref> Fowlkes was in midfield when Notre Dame won its third [[NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship|NCAA national championship]], defeating [[Stanford Cardinal|Stanford]] 1–0. When Fowlkes graduated, she was just the 3rd women's soccer player, and 13th student-athlete in Notre Dame's history to be named an All-American twice on the field and in the classroom.

===Professional career===
On January 14, 2011, Fowlkes was drafted fifth overall in the [[2011 WPS Draft]] by the [[Philadelphia Independence]].<ref>[http://www.und.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/011511aaa.html Notre Dame Pair Selected In 2011 Women's Professional Soccer Draft], Notre Dame Athletics.</ref>

In February 2013 she joined [[Chicago Red Stars]] in the new [[National Women's Soccer League]]. On May 25, 2013, Fowlkes retired from soccer.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://equalizersoccer.com/2013/05/25/nwsl-hope-solo-returns-seattle-lauren-fowlkes-retires/|title=Saturday notes: Solo back, Fowlkes steps away – Equalizer Soccer|first=Jeff|last=Kassouf|date=May 25, 2013 }}</ref>

===National team career===
Fowlkes was a member of the [[United States women's national under-20 soccer team]] that won the [[2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup]] in Chile. Along with fellow central defender [[Nikki Marshall]], Fowlkes played every minute of the United States' six matches; she was named the United States' player of the match in the semifinal against [[Germany women's national football team|Germany]].<ref>[http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_11796480.html U-20 WNT Defeats Germany, Advances to FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Final], US Soccer, December 4, 2008.</ref> Fowlkes, Marshall, and goalkeeper [[Alyssa Naeher]] led the strongest defensive unit of the competition, only ceding three goals in the entire tournament.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081219092006/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=600251&sec=us&root=us&cc=5901 U.S. U-20s dethrone North Korea as champs], ESPNsoccernet.com, December 7, 2008.</ref>

Fowlkes was in the [[United States women's national under-23 soccer team]] player pool.<ref>[http://www.ussoccer.com/Teams/Youth/US-Under23-Women/Player-Pool/Player-Pool.aspx 2009 U-23 WNT Player Pool] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828155041/http://www.ussoccer.com/Teams/Youth/US-Under23-Women/Player-Pool/Player-Pool.aspx |date=August 28, 2009 }}, US Soccer.</ref>

==Personal life==
After retiring from soccer in 2013, she began working as an anesthesia technician before attending [[Physician Assistant School]] at [[Northwestern University]].<ref name="auto"/>

As of 2020, she was working at [[Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City]] as a [[physician assistant]].<ref>{{cite tweet |number=1266398903831797761 |user=NDSoccer |title=👏 Alumni Spotlight 👏 Lauren (Fowlkes) Ori is a physician assistant in cardiothoracic and vascular surgery at Saint Luke's Hospital in Kansas City! Thank you for all that you do Lauren! #NDFamily #GoIrish}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{FIFA player|301001}}
* [http://chicagoredstars.com/player/lauren-fowlkes/ Chicago Red Stars player profile] {{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [https://und.com/roster/lauren-fowlkes/ Notre Dame player profile]
* {{Twitter}}

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[[Category:Philadelphia Independence players]]
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[[Category:Chicago Red Stars players]]
[[Category:National Women's Soccer League players]]
[[Category:Women's Premier Soccer League Elite players]]
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[[Category:Women's association football forwards]]
[[Category:United States women's under-20 international soccer players]]
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