2022 Women's Soccer Roster
Lena Silano
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- Major:
- Recreational Therapy
- Hometown:
- Agoura Hills, Calif.
- High School:
- Agoura HS
- Prev School:
- Agoura HS
2023 NWSL DRAFT PICK (34th Overall; Washington Spirit)
2022 UNITED SOCCER COACHES ALL-WEST REGION FIRST TEAM
2022 BIG WEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
2022 BIG WEST ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM
2021 BIG WEST ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM
2021 UNITED SOCCER COACHES ALL-WEST REGION SECOND TEAM
2x Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week
3x Top Drawer Soccer Honorable Mention
4x Big West Offensive Player of the Week
2022 (Senior): Selected with the 34th pick overall in the NWSL Draft by the Washington Spirit ... Named first-team United Soccer Coaches All-West Region ... Became the fifth different Long Beach player to become Big West Offensive Player of the Year … Named first-team All-Conference for the second consecutive year … A two-time Top Drawer Soccer weekly honoree and three-time Big West weekly award winner … Started all 21 games of the season, totaling 1,684 minutes on the pitch … Etched her name all over the record books for the second straight season with the most multi-goal games in LBSU single-season history (5) and tying the most goals in a single-season record (16) … Ranked in the NCAA top-10 for goals, goals per game, points, and points per game … Registered at least one point in 13 of the team’s 21 games, and finished the season with 38 points on 16 goals and six assists … Registered the ninth hat trick in program history and tied the single-game record for most points in a game at UC San Diego … Ended her career ranked fifth in game-winners, six in shots, and seventh in goals and assists ... Named Academic All-Conference.
2021 (Junior): Named to the United Soccer Coaches All-West Region Second Team and the Big West All-Conference First Team … Started all 18 games up front for the Beach … Led the team with 25 points, 11 goals, 74 shots, and 35 shots on goal … Ranked tied for fifth in the nation with six game-winning goals … Altered the LBSU single-season record books, ranking second in game-winning goals, third in shots, fifth in goals, and seventh in total points … One of just nine players in program history with double-digit goals in a single-season … Notched three multi-goal games, scoring twice against SDSU, UC San Diego, and Cal State Fullerton … Her 10 shots against Montana are tied for third-most in a single-game in program history … Scored her first career goal in the upset win over No. 8 Pepperdine … Played a career-high 110 minutes against CSU Bakersfield and scored the game-winner with 29 seconds left in double overtime ... Named Academic All-Conference.
2020: Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic; granted extra year of eligibility.
2019 (Sophomore): Played in all 17 games, making two starts … Tied for third on the team with 19 shots during the season … Had an assist in the second game of the season against Penn State … Took four shots in back-to-back games against Drexel and Ole Miss … Played a season high of 47 minutes against BYU
2018 (Freshman): Appeared in six matches during her first season at the Beach … Recorded a shot on goal in her collegiate debut against San Diego State (Aug. 26) … Played a season-high 21 minutes in LBSU’s 6-0 win over St. John’s.
High School: Played three years of high school soccer for Agoura High School until focusing on club soccer … A three-time All-League selection, earning first-team honors as a sophomore and a junior … Team captain as a junior and a three-time team offensive MVP ... Club: Played club for Real So Cal … Scored seven goals in 22 starts … Was twice selected as a weekly Girls Development Academy Standout.
Personal: Majoring in Recreational Therapy.
