2025 Field Hockey Roster

20 Lauren Venter

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Somerset College
  • Hometown Knysna, Western Cape, South Africa

Biography

2024 (Junior):
  • Appeared in all 16 games
  • Recorded six goals, tied for the team lead, and two assists
  • Scored two goals in a win over Cornell on Oct. 11
2023 (Sophomore): Made Yale debut Sept. 1 in 1-0 win at Temple... Scored first career goal Oct. 22 in 3-2 win vs. Richmond... Had first career assist Sept. 17 in 3-1 win vs. Sacred Heart... Appeared in 14 games.

2022 (First Year): Did not appear in any games.

Somerset College: Field hockey team captain 2021… School First Team 2018-2021… Top goal scorer in school first team 2018, 2019, 2021… 23 goals in 38 games 2019 (scored 23 out of 100 goals total)… 13 goals in 43 games 2018 (scored 13 out of 53 goals total)… Cape Town Premier League (third installment) team captain 2021… Cape Town Premier League member 2020-21 (vice captain 2021)… Player of the tournament at Fairmont Belgotex Tournament 2021… Top goal scorer at Fairmont Belgotex Tournament 2021… School team won gold medal at Fairmont Belgotex Tournament 2021… School touring team to Holland, Germany and Belgium 2018… Also played water polo and went on a school tour to Hungary… Member of school Prefect board 2021… Eco Committee member 2019-2021.

Somerset West Hockey Club: Ladies 1st team… Placed third overall in 2021.

Boland Provincial Team: Boland U18A IPT Hockey Team 2021… Gold medal at IPT 2021…  Boland Foxes u18A Indoor Team (vice captain) 2020… Boland U16 IPT B 2019; Vice captain… Gold medal at IPT B 2019… Top goal scorer IPT 2019; scored nine goals in seven games… Bronze medal IPT B 2018… Boland U16A Indoor side 2018… Boland U14A 2017… Silver medal IPT 2017.

Notes: Participated in multiple sports throughout school career including swimming, netball, athletics, cross country, tennis, dancing, indoor hockey, water polo, and lifesaving... Fundraised R30,000 with school team in 2020 for a local children’s home during the pandemic... Favorite hobbies are playing piano and hiking... Two older siblings attended Stellenbosch University in South Africa.

Why Yale? "I chose Yale because I wanted the perfect balance between sports and academics, since both are extremely important to me. It has always been a dream of mine to study in the United States and Yale is the perfect place to fulfill that dream."

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2022First Year

    F/M
    5'7"
    20
  • 20

    2023Sophomore

    F/M
    5'7"
    20
  • 20

    2024Junior

    F/M
    5'8"
    20
  • 20

    2025Senior

    F/M
    5'8"
    20