Francis Marion University Athletics

FMU:  Returning starter and 3-year letterwinner....Career totals: 69 matches played (58 starts), 4 goals, 6 assists, 53 shots, 4621 minutes....CSC Academic All-District Team for the Southeast 2022, 2023, 2024....Conference Carolinas Fall Academic All-Conference Team 2023, 2024....Started all 19 matches in 2024....Recorded 3 assists and 8 shots (4 on goal)....Averaged 64.2 minutes per match....Started all 17 matches in 2023....Tallied one goal and one assist on 13 shots....Converted PK in 3-1 win at Shaw University (9-6-23)....7 of 13 shots were on goal....Appeared in 16 matches and made 8 starts in 2022....Second on the team in scoring with 2 goals and 2 assists....Registered 14 shots (6 on target)....Scored match-winner in 1-0 win at Newberry (8-31-22)....Played in 17 matches in 2021 and made 14 starts....Scored match-winner at Southern Wesleyan (a 1-0 win on 9-18-21)....Recorded 18 shots with 8 being on frame....Productive first season....Excited to add her to the FMU program....Excels both on the field and in the classroom....Look forward to how her skill set will help the Patriots....Chi Alpha Sigma national college athlete honor society....Member of the Spanish Club....Sigma Delta Pi Member….Alive in Christ….Baptist Campus Ministry....Writing Center Tutor....Member of the National Student Leadership Society (NSLS)....SAAC mentor....Division II ADA Academic Achievement Award 2023, 2024....Student-Athlete Advisory Committee 2024-25....FMU Swamp Fox Athletic-Academic Honor Roll 2021 (fall), 2022 (spring, fall), 2023 (spring, fall), 2024 (spring, fall), 2025 (spring)....Conference Carolinas Presidential Honor Roll 2022 (spring, fall), 2023 (spring, fall), 2024 (spring, fall), 2025 (spring).

PERSONAL:

• Born in Augusta, GA
• Graduate of Aquinas High School in Augusta, Ga., where she played for coaches Luigi Clendening and Mary Davis
• In shortened 2020 spring season, tallied six goals and one assist in five matches
• Named her squad’s most valuable player
• Played her freshman and sophomore seasons at Silver Bluff High School, registering 11 goals in 2019 and eight goals in 2018
• 2019 All-Region selection
• Played travel ball with the Georgia Bulls Soccer Club
• 3-sport athlete, also lettered in basketball and volleyball
• Member of the National Honor Society
• Participated in the Key Club
• All-A Honor Roll student for her two years at Silver Bluff
• Nickname is Landra

PERSONAL FAVORITES:

• As a child what you wanted to be when you grew up:  A professional soccer player 
• How you got your nickname: My dad named me after an X-men princess
• Favorite Fictional Character:  Deadpool
• Favorite Athlete: Trinity Rodman
• Favorite Sports Teams: US women's national soccer team, Philadelphia Eagles
• Favorite Movie or TV Show:  Stranger Things
• Favorite Food:  Boneless Buffalo chicken wings
• Favorite Vacation Spot: The Beach
• Favorite Musical Artist: Anne-Marie
• Favorite Things About FMU: Small campus size and beautiful soccer stadium
• Favorite Off-Field Activity: Going to the beach with my teammates 
• Goals for Upcoming Season: Have a goal and an assist every game and win the conference championship
• Why you first chose your sport: After playing volleyball, basketball, and soccer for so many years, soccer was the only sport that I knew I wanted to improve in and play at a higher level; Just being on the field made me feel at peace
• Biggest mental challenge in your sport:  Encouraging yourself to keep giving your all even when it feels like every time you touch the ball you make a mistake
• Interesting Notes: I can wiggle my ears 
• Brush With Greatness: I have a selfie with Megan Rapinoe from 2016; I was trained by former American-Greek goalkeeper Ileana Moschos; I met FMU Hall of Famer Angela Salem