Lauren MacInnis ‘17

Athlete - Ice Hockey, Field Hockey, Soccer

Lauren MacInnis '17 was a three-sport athlete while at Whitfield, shining for the school in field hockey and soccer while also excelling at ice hockey off-campus. Apart from her quick hands, creative stick skills, and impeccable ability to find the back of the net, Lauren possessed incredible discipline and dedication to her teams. She was named the Ginger Newton Jacobi ‘73 Female Athlete of the Year in 2016.

At Whitfield, Lauren was named to the 2016 All District soccer team.

She was also a tremendous field hockey player on both defense and offense. Her stats speak for themselves:

• 2013 – 19 shots on goal, 5 goals, 3 assists 
• 2014 – 64 shots on goal, 9 goals, 1 assist
• 2015 – 40 shots on goal, 4 goals, 6 assists 
• 2016 – 79 Shots on goal, 15 goals, 12 assists – career-high 42 points

In addition, Lauren was a three-time MWAA All Conference 1st Team Selection (2016, 2015, 2014). She was also selected twice to the St. Louis Post Dispatch All Metro 2nd Team, the equivalent to All State, in 2015 and 2016.

Ice hockey is Lauren’s passion. In high school, she played for the St. Louis Blues AAA program throughout high school and the Madison Capitols her senior year, scoring multiple game-winning goals in her career. She then went to Northeastern University on scholarship to play Division I ice hockey. In her time at Northeastern, she led her team to five East Championships and two Final Four tournaments. She scored the game-winning goal in double overtime in the Beanpot, an annual men's and women's ice hockey tournament among the four major U.S. college hockey teams of the Boston, Massachusetts area, winning Northeastern’s first Beanpot title since 2013.

After college in 2023, Lauren played professional hockey for Frölunda hockey club in Gothenburg, Sweden. She signed a professional contract with the Buffalo Beauts. She then signed a professional contract with the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) in Ottawa, Ontario for the Inaugural season in January 2024.

Lauren is currently an esthetician, continuing her education to become an aesthetic nurse practitioner in North Carolina.