#12 Sydney Cheesman Season 2025
PRIOR TO LSU
Transfer defender from the University of North Carolina who will join the Tigers in 2024… Hails from Lafayette, Colorado, where she attended Centaurus High School and played club ball for the Colorado Rush… Played two seasons with the Tar Heels… helped UNC advance to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament in 2023… Was invited to the 2021 U-20 U.S. Women’s Youth National Team Training Camp and competed with the team in two international friendlies in Costa Rica in May 2022… Also participated in the U-18 U.S. Women’s National Team Virtual Camp…Was a member of the U-16 U.S. National Team which competed in the 2020 UEFA Development Tournament in England… LSU Coach Sian Hudson says Cheesman is “an exceptional player with a high level of technical quality and tactical understanding. She is a versatile player who can operate as a center back or full back, but she is also excellent in the deep build as a center back or fly forward”.