University of Tennessee Athletics
2020-21 Women's Soccer Roster - SEC Eastern Division Champions
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Jersey Number 24
Lawson Renie
- Position:
- Forward/Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- High School:
- Cincinnati Country Day School
Bio
CAREER HONORS
- 2023 SEC Preseason Watch List
- SEC Defensive Player of the Week (10/28/22)
- College Soccer News Team of the Week (10/4/22)
- SEC Defensive Player of the Week (10/3/22)
- 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
- 2022 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2021 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2020 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023 - SENIOR
- Served as team captain
- Started all 17 matches in which she appeared, missing three due to injury
- Was on the pitch for 1,438 minutes, playing the full 90 minutes on 14 occasions
- Scored a goal against No. 11 Arkansas
2022 - JUNIOR
- Started all 19 matches and logged a team-high 1,619 minutes while playing wire-to-wire in 14 matches—including all 10 SEC regular-season games.
- Scored three goals on the year, two of which were game-winners.
- Elevated above the Vanderbilt (10/27/22) defense to get a head on the ball and bury it in the back of the net in the 49th minute to record her second game-winner of the season; she earned SEC Defensive Player of the Week acclaim after anchoring a UT back line that helped the Lady Vols capture a share of the SEC Eastern Division title.
- Named SEC Defensive Player of the Week after anchoring the Lady Vols' defense for the full 90 minutes during Tennessee's 1-0 win at 13th-ranked Ole Miss (9/30/22); Renie helped limited the Rebels to just nine shots and three shots on goal and also landed on Soccer News' National Team of the Week.
- Her first points of the season came during Tennessee's home win over Queens University of Charlotte (9/11/22), as she recorded a first-half brace. She drove home UT's first goal of the match in the 10th minute before heading in a nicely bent corner-kick service from Hannah Zaluski past the keeper 12 minutes later.
2021 - SOPHOMORE
- Logged the most minutes of anyone on the team during the 2021 campaign, playing 1,970 minutes.
- Played all 90 minutes at Texas A&M and dished out an assist (10/1/21).
- Recorded an assist in UT's 2-1 double-overtime victory over No. 11 Auburn.
- Was on the field for 525 minutes of UT's program-best shutout streak of 633:53.
- Played a team-high 521 minutes over the first seven games of the season, helping UT log seven-straight shutouts and limiting opponents to a combined 17 shots on goal.
2020-21 - FRESHMAN
- Played in 12 matches with four starts during her rookie campaign.
- Started against two non-conference opponents from her hometown, cracking the starting XI vs. Xavier (2/28/21) and at Cincinnati (3/21/21).
- Scored her first collegiate goal in Tennessee's 7-0 victory at Appalachian State (2/20/21).
- Made the first start of her career in UT's 6-0 blanking of Gardner-Webb (2/14/21).
- Appeared in six games during the fall semester and played a total of 95 minutes.
- Changed jersey numbers midway through the 2020 fall semester, from No. 9 to No. 24.
- Played 45 minutes at goalkeeper for the Vols against Texas A&M (10/23/20), handling three saves.
- Made her college soccer debut against No. 10 Vanderbilt (9/27/20), logging 21 minutes.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
- Played for Cincinnati Country Day School under head coach Theresa Hirschauer
- Won back-to-back state championships with her high school team in 2018-19
- Named the Ohio Division III Player of the Year following her senior season in 2019
- 2019 United Soccer Coaches All-American
- Three-sport athlete for Cincinnati Country Day School, running track for three years and playing one season of basketball
- Graduated with honors as an AP Scholar and served as a member of her high school's political round table and student council
- Played club soccer for Ohio Elite Soccer Academy
PERSONAL
- Lawson Perry Renie was born Aug. 23, 2001
- Daughter of Katie Burchenal and Steve Renie
- Loves to play solitaire
SOC | Joe Kirt Postgame vs. Texas A&M (9.26.25)
Friday, September 26
SOC | Mattern & Norris Postgame vs. Texas A&M (9.26.25)
Friday, September 26
SOC | Leah Klurman & Cayden Norris Postgame vs. LSU (9.21.25)
Sunday, September 21
SOC | Joe Kirt Postgame vs. LSU (9.21.25)
Sunday, September 21
