#5 • Haleigh Roach
MF • 5-3 • Fr
San Juan Cap., CA
Breifly: Haleigh Roach is in her first year at LMU...a midfielder
from Los Alamitos...will be given the opportunity to grow into
collegiate soccer player at a deep midfield position for the
Lions...will see plenty of playing time, possibly more at defense.
High School: Roach was a four-year letter winner in soccer...a 2000
graduate from Capistrono Valley High School...graduated with a 4.0
GPA...scholar-athlete all four years...first team all-South Coast
League her junior and senior seasons...was selected to the All-CIF
team her final season (Div. I Capo Valley)...team MVP...Excaliber
All-Tourney team...Center midfielder, marking back for coach Jack
Peterson ...won CIF Division I title.
Personal: Haleigh Michael Roach was born March 3, 1982 in Los
Alamitos, CA...parents are Linda and Stephan Roach...science
major...mom went to Long Beach State and Dad went to
Pepperdine...brother Justin (19) and sister Lyndsey (21)...sister
played soccer and UCSD... went to LMU for the reputation of the
soccer program and setting of the university...recruited by USC,
Pepperdine, Georgetown and Colorado...played against teammate Laura
Trask...she is an avid Saturday Night Live fan.
