#5 Jorian Baucom Season 2024
2016 TopDrawerSoccer.com Women’s College Team of the Week (Sept. 6, Sept. 20)
2016 LSWA First-Team All-Louisiana
2016 Hoosier Challenge Cup All-Tournament Team
2015 First-Team All-SEC
2015 NSCAA First-Team All-South Region
2015 SEC Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 14, Oct. 30)
2015 CollegeSoccer360.com Primetime Performer (Nov. 2)
2015 TopDrawerSoccer.com Top 100 (58)
2015 LSWA Louisiana Player of the Year
2015 LSWA First-Team All-Louisiana
2015 Battle on the Bayou Offensive MVP
2015 Stomp in the Swamp All-Tournament Team
2015 U-20 U.S. Women’s National Team Player Pool
2015 U-19 U.S. Women’s National Team Player Pool
2015 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2015 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
2014 TopDrawerSoccer.com Top 100 Freshmen (11)
2014 SEC All-Freshman Team
2014 College Sports Madness Second-Team All-SEC
2014 College Sports Madness SEC Freshman of the Year
CAREER CAPSULE
Made 60 appearances with 57 starts in three seasons with the Tigers from 2014-16 … Scored 33 goals and dished out seven assists for 73 points in her time at LSU … Tied as the program’s No. 3 goal scorer all-time with her 33 goals … Also left the program ranked No. 5 in LSU’s all-time points list with her 73 points … Ranked No. 3 all-time among LSU Tigers with 10 game-winning goals for her career … Ranked No. 8 in shots on goal (80) and No. 10 in total shots (167) on LSU’s career lists … Honored as a First-Team All-SEC striker and National Soccer Coaches Association of America First-Team All-South Region performer as a sophomore in 2015 … Named to the SEC All-Freshman Team during her rookie season in 2014 … A standout in the classroom named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll in 2014 and SEC Academic Honor Roll in 2015 … Transferred to the University of Colorado following her junior season in 2016.
JUNIOR SEASON (2016)
LSU’s leading scorer and one of the top scorers in the SEC once again during the 2016 season … Started all 19 matches on the season … Tied for No. 6 on the SEC’s scoring chart with 10 goals on the year … Also ranked No. 7 in the conference with a 0.53 goals per game average … Added one assist for a total of 21 points scored on the campaign … Netted a team-leading four game-winning goals for the Tigers in 2016 … Found the net twice in a 3-0 shutout at Indiana on Sept. 2, including the game-winner in the 34th minute … Followed by scoring the winning goal in the 88th minute of a 2-1 win over defending Big East Champion Butler in Indianapolis on Sept. 4 … Named to the Hoosier Challenge Cup All-Tournament Team as the tournament’s leading scorer with three goals in two appearances … Also earned a selection to the TopDrawerSoccer.com Women’s College Team of the Week for her performance at the Hoosier Challenge Cup … Scored five of LSU’s seven goals in a weekend sweep of Ole Miss and Lamar … Scored twice from the penalty spot in LSU’s 3-0 shutout of Ole Miss on Sept. 16 for the team’s first SEC win of the season, including the match-winner in the 31st minute … Followed with a hat trick in a 4-0 blanking of Lamar in the team’s non-conference finale on Sept. 18 … Received a selection to the TDS.com Women’s College Team of the Week for a second time with her prowess against Ole Miss and Lamar … Scored the winning goal in the 60th minute of a 1-0 win at Mississippi State late in the SEC season … Also scored her first goal of the campaign from the penalty spot against Colgate early in the non-conference season … Was a perfect 4-for-4 in penalty kicks on the year … Attempted 47 shots with 21 shots on goal for the season … Honored by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association as a First-Team All-Louisiana player among all college and universities in the state following the 2016 season … Earned her third varsity letter.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2015)
One of the most prolific scorers in all of college soccer while scoring a career-high 15 goals to tie for the No. 15 spot on the NCAA’s goal scoring charts for the 2015 season … Also finished the season as the No. 2-ranked goal scorer in the Southeastern Conference for the season … Recognized for her performance as a First-Team All-SEC performer in a vote of the league’s head coaches … Also rewarded by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America as a First-Team All-South Region performer … Named by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association as the Louisiana Collegiate Player of the Year and a First-Team All-Louisiana performer for 2015 … Ranked as the No. 58-ranked player nationally by TopDrawerSoccer.com for the season … The leading scorer of an LSU team that made its return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2011 and the fifth time in program history … Started all 22 games in which she appeared in 2015 … Bagged a career-high 15 goals with two assists for a career-high 32 points on the season … Ranked No. 2 on the SEC’s scoring charts for goals and points … Tied for the No. 3 spot in goals scored and tied for the No. 5 spot in points on LSU’s all-time scoring lists for a single season … Scored six goals in SEC play while leading the Tigers to a seventh-place finish on the final SEC table with a 5-4-2 mark and 17 points in league play … Scored her first of five-game winning goals on the season in LSU’s 2-1 season-opening win at Oregon on Aug. 21 … Followed by scoring the game-winning goals in a pair of 1-0 non-conference wins over Minnesota on Aug. 30 and 15th-ranked Duke on Sept. 13 … Honored as the Offensive Most Valuable Player at LSU’s “Battle on the Bayou” after scoring the winner against Minnesota … Led the Tigers to a 1-0 victory at Arkansas on Oct. 15 and a 3-2 victory at Kentucky on Oct. 29 in the team’s regular-season finale with two game-winning goals in conference play … Netted twice at Kentucky in LSU’s regular-season finale for her third two-goal game of the season … Also scored twice in a 4-0 home win over Indiana on Sept. 6 and 5-1 home win over Marquette on Sept. 20 in the team’s non-conference finale … Scored the goal that handed the Tigers a 1-1 draw with Ball State on Sept. 4 en route to being named to the “Stomp in the Swamp” All-Tournament Team following the win over Indiana … Also scored goals against Western Kentucky, Alabama, 13th-ranked Auburn and 17th-ranked South Carolina during the regular season … Converted four of her six penalty-kick attempts on the season … Attempted 69 shots with 39 shots on goal for a .565 SOG percentage on the season … Proved to be the catalyst in the attack that fired the Tigers back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2011 and the fifth time in program history … Also helped the team advance to the SEC Tournament semifinals for the first time since 2010 and sixth time in school history to lock up an at-large berth into the NCAA Tournament … Rewarded for her efforts in the classroom with a selection to the SEC Academic Honor Roll following the season … Earned her second varsity letter.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2014)
One of the top young strikers in all of college soccer in her debut season in 2014 … Recognized among the top young players in the Southeastern Conference as a member of the SEC All-Freshman Team as selected by the league’s 14 head coaches … Also honored as the SEC Freshman of the Year and a Second-Team All-SEC performer by the online publication College Sports Madness following the regular season … Chosen as the No. 11-ranked freshman performer nationally by TopDrawerSoccer.com in its list of the Top 100 freshmen nationally for the 2014 season … Appeared in all 20 matches with 17 starts during her true freshman season … Started all 11 matches against SEC opposition … Wrapped up the 2014 season as LSU’s leading scorer while scoring eight goals with four assists for 20 points in her first collegiate season … Tied for the No. 9 spot on the SEC’s scoring charts in all games with her eight goals scored on the year … Scored four goals and served up two assists for 10 points as the team’s leading scorer in SEC play … Set a team record by scoring her first collegiate goal just 48 seconds into LSU’s season opener against Troy on Aug. 22 for the fastest goal to start a season in LSU Soccer history … Debut goal proved to be the game-winning goal in a 2-0 shutout of the Trojans … Eclipsed the previous fastest goal scored by Joleen Phillips just 1:08 into LSU’s 2005 season opener against Oregon State … Followed her debut by scoring the final goal for the Tigers in the 86th minute in a 6-2 home win over Northwestern State on Aug. 29 … Also assisted Lexi Gibbs’ goal in the 67th minute for a season-high three points against Northwestern State … Matched her season high with three points while scoring a penalty kick in the 64th minute and assisting Emma Fletcher’s game-winning goal in the 79th minute in a 4-3 road win at BYU on Sept. 11 … Also found the scoresheet in non-conference play in the 29th minute of a 3-0 shutout of Nicholls on Sept. 2 … Scored four goals against SEC opposition in the 54th minute against Missouri in LSU’s SEC opener on Sept. 19, the 22nd minute against Arkansas, the 11th minute against Alabama and the 81st minute against Tennessee … Assisted Summer Clarke’s game-winning goal in the 23rd minute in a 2-0 road win at Mississippi State to help lead the Tigers to their first SEC victory of the season … Also recorded an assist against No. 6-ranked Texas A&M in LSU’s SEC home opener on Sept. 26 … Recorded 51 shots with 20 shots on target during the season … Honored for her academic performance as a member of the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll … Followed during the 2015 spring season with a trio of training camp appearances with the Under-19 and U-20 U.S. Women’s National Teams … Trained with the U-19 U.S. Women’s National Team in Carson, California, in April and Chula Vista, California, in July … Also invited to train with the U-20 U.S. Women’s National Team in Carson in May … Earned her first varsity letter with the Tigers.
PRIOR TO LSU
A feared striker at the youth level who will help give LSU a lethal strike force during her collegiate career … Signed with the Tigers as a consensus five-star recruit as one of the top center forwards in the country in the Class of 2014 … Was the No. 13-ranked player nationally regardless of position in the Class of 2014 by TopDrawerSoccer.com … Also the No. 3-ranked forward in the country and the No. 1-ranked player in the Rocky Mountain & Southwest Region by TopDrawerSoccer.com in 2014 … A product of the U.S. Women’s National Team system as a member of the national player pool at the Under-14, U-15, U-17 and U-18 levels … Took part in two training camps with the U-15 U.S. Women’s National Team in 2011 … Continued her development while training with the U-16 U.S. Women’s National Team in February 2012 … Followed by training with the U-18 U.S. Women’s National Team in November 2012 before serving in the national player pool in 2013 … Received an invitation to the Nike “The Chance” Top 100 national camp held at Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon, in 2012 … Also a veteran of the Region IV Olympic Development Program Team during her youth career … Competed at the ODP Interregional Tournament in her age group … Played club soccer with SC del Sol from 2012-14 under the direction of Les Armstrong … Was the Elite Clubs National League Golden Boot winner at the U-17 level while scoring 23 goals in ECNL events during the 2012-13 season … Was named to a quartet of ECNL All-Event teams in club events held in San Diego (2011, 2013), Phoenix (2012) and San Antonio (2011) … Led her SC del Sol club team to the team championship at the 2013 Arizona President’s Day Tournament and 2012 Surf Cup in California … Also played at the prestigious Blue’s Cup in California during her club career … Played club soccer at Sereno Soccer Club from 2005-12 under the direction of Paul Taylor before joining SC del Sol … Competed at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships for five-straight seasons in her age group from 2007-11 … Led Sereno SC to the Arizona State Cup title in her age group in six-straight seasons from 2007-12 … Was a member of the prep team at Pinnacle High School from 2010-14 … Enjoyed a breakout freshman season at Pinnacle High School while scoring a hat trick in the state final to help lead the team to the Arizona state championship … Ended her prep career by again leading Pinnacle High School to the state championship during her senior season in 2014 … Also led Pinnacle High School to the team championship at the 2013 Arizona Soccer Showcase as the tournament’s Most Valuable Player… A four-time member of the All-Arizona Girls’ Soccer Team from 2011-14 … Named the Pinnacle High School Offensive Player of the Year for 2013 … Other youth coaches include Darwish Khalil, Paul Lester and Matt Midkiff.
PERSONAL
Full name is Jorian Nicole Baucom … Born on Aug. 4, 1996 … Parents are Michael and Renell Baucom … Was an honor student during her prep career at Pinnacle High School … Was a member of the Society of Women Scholars in 2011 and 2012 … Member of the National Honor Society in 2010 … Member of the National Junior Honor Society in 2008 and 2009 … Majoring in mass communication with a concentration in journalism.