2015 Nebraska Soccer
11 ncaa tournament appearances
290 all-time victories
10 conference championships
caroline flynn
junior | 5-5 | midfielder | lincoln, neb. (southwest) | three letters
Career Highlights
Academic All-Big Ten (2013, 2014)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2014, 2015)
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2014)
CoSIDA Academic All-District (2014)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2012, 2013, 2014*; Spring 2012, 2013, 2014)
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2014 (Sophomore)
Caroline Flynn scored four goals in 2014, good
for third on the team, and added three assists. Flynn
started all 19 games, averaging 74 minutes a game,
and took 24 shots (11 on goal).
Flynn earned points in each of the first three games
of the season for the Huskers, scoring against SMU
and Butler, while adding an assist against DePaul.
Her goal against the Mustangs came off a deflection
from 20 yards away in the 22nd minute. Against the
Bulldogs, Flynn notched the game winner for the Big
Red in the 83rd minute. She assisted Jaycie Johnson's
score in the 89th minute against the Blue Demons.
Flynn scored in two of the last four games of
the season, helping the Huskers to victories over
Indiana and Iowa. Her goal against the Hoosiers in
the 12th minute proved to be the game winner as
she received a cross from Mayme Conroy. In the
season finale against the Hawkeyes, Flynn headed in
Samantha Areman's corner kick in the 35th minute.
A leader in the classroom, Flynn earned CoSIDA
Academic All-District honors and Academic All-Big
Ten accolades after the season.
2013 (Medical Redshirt)
Flynn participated in only four matches before
suffering a season-ending knee injury at practice.
She averaged 65 minutes per contest prior to her
injury and added a pair of assists.
Flynn assisted freshman Jaycie Johnson's first
career goal with a give-and-go pass in the seasonopening 4-0 victory over Southeast Missouri at the
Nebraska Soccer Field on Aug. 23.
In the second match of the year against
Cincinnati on Aug. 25, Flynn made a through ball
pass for her second assist of the year in the 54th
minute as Stacy Bartels scored from 12 yards out
in the Huskers' 4-1 win.
An outstanding student, Flynn was named a Big
Ten Distinguished Scholar after earning academic
All-Big Ten honors. She also claimed a spot on the
inaugural Tom Osborne Citizenship Team in 2014.
2012 (Freshman)
Flynn stepped right into the Husker lineup as
a true freshman, as she started all 18 games she
played. She missed two of Nebraska's 20 games on
the year with injury.
Flynn made her debut in the season opener at
Oklahoma, where she fired three shots, all on goal,
but was unable to find the back of the net. She
produced four shots in Nebraska's home opener
against Drake, the first of four times on the year she
notched four shots in a game.
Flynn scored her first career goal in a 1-1 doubleovertime tie with Northern Colorado on Sept. 16.
The Huskers outshot the Bears, 30-13, on the day,
but were unable to break the 1-1 tie.
Flynn notched her first career assist in the regularseason finale against Minnesota at the Nebraska
Soccer Field on Oct. 26. She helped Mayme Conroy
score her 13th goal of the season at 76:18. Conroy
tied the game, 2-2, less than 10 minutes later.
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High School
Flynn chose to forego her senior season at
Lincoln Southwest High School and instead joined
the Huskers before the start of the spring semester.
Flynn was the Huskers' lone signee in the 2012
class from Lincoln and played at Southwest with
former Husker Bri Badje.
Flynn played at Southwest during her freshman
and sophomore seasons before playing her junior
year at Normal Community High School in Normal, Ill.
She then returned to Southwest for her senior year.
While in Lincoln, Flynn was a team captain as a
sophomore in 2010 and led the team in assists. She
was an instant contributor as a freshman in 2009
with nine goals and five assists for the Silverhawks
to rank second on the team in scoring.
During her only season at Normal, Flynn was a
team captain and earned the Ironman Award for
being the team's hardest worker. She also earned
all-state honors from the Illinois High School Soccer
Coaches Association.
Flynn chose Nebraska over Minnesota, Virginia,
Kansas and Creighton.
Other Information
Flynn played club soccer for the Toro Soccer Club
under Coach Marcus Kelcher. She was teammates
with fellow Husker signees Jaylyn Odermann, Alex
Massey, Chelsi Rohloff and Alyssa Flanner