Majoring in business journalism ... Participates in the Carolina Leadership Academy's Rising Stars program and serves as a CREED mentor, helping freshman student-athletes adjust to college life ... Represents the team on the Student-Athlete Advisory Council ... Named to the Dean's List and the Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Honor Roll ... Very active in community outreach and has organized a sun safety project to raise awareness of the risks of skin cancer ... Member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and a Sigma Alpha Lambda Honor Society inductee... High school teammate of UNC junior Caitlin Van Sickle
2010: Played in 10 games for the Tar Heels ... Named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad for the second year in a row
2009: Did not see action and will count the year as a redshirt season ... Named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad
Before UNC: At Tower Hill School,earned all-state honors and served as team captain as a senior ... Is the latest in a long line of players to come to UNC from Tower Hill School, where she helped her team to four state titles in field hockey and three in lacrosse ... Two-time all-conference pick in field hockey ... Named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad in 2008 ... In lacrosse, earned all-state and all-conference honors in 2008 ... Team captain as a senior, when she was named a U.S. Lacrosse Academic All-America ... Also lettered in basketball and indoor track ... Recipient of the Tower Hill Board of Trustees' Service Award
National/International: Four-year participant in the USFHA Futures Program ... Played in the National Futures Championship in 2008 and 2009 ... Futures Elite in 2009
Personal: Born Aug. 27, 1991, in Wilmington, Del. ... Daughter of Garrett and Tricia Lyons ... Has four siblings
More on Lyons: Favorite pastimes are creating service projects, graphic design, waterskiing, running, cooking, playing sports, photography, and spending time with family and friends... Favorite pregame meal is a banana with peanut butter ... Favorite movie is Marley & Me ... Favorite books are I Am Charlotte Simmons and Eat, Pray, Love ... Favorite TV shows are Law & Order SVU and The Office ... Favorite sport to play besides field hockey is lacrosse ... After college, hopes to be a sports commentator ... Dream job is to be a sports apparel designer ... Dream vacation is backpacking through Europe without her calendar ... Highlight of her athletic career has been winning four straight high school state championships in field hockey and being named team captain her senior year ... Athletes she most admires are Steve Young and Tim Tebow ... Her parents have had the biggest impact on her development as a player
