West Potomac's Lindsey Sawczuk Commits to UPenn

West Potomac High School senior Lindsey Sawczuk committed Wednesday to play soccer next fall at the University of Pennsylvania. 

Sawczuk began her soccer career by playing for the Gunston Soccer League. In 2011, she began playing for the McLean Power Soccer Team under Coach Clyde Watson; her team won the ECNL National Championship in 2012. She is a member of the Virginia State Olympic Development Team and the U-17 Region One Olympic Development Team.

She was a four-year starter at midfield for the West Potomac Wolverines and earned Patriot District honors and the WPHS Golden Boot Award. Lindsey has also played basketball all four years and is the starting point guard. She is an AP Scholar with a 4.33 GPA, National Honor Society President, a member of the Spanish Honor Society and Math League and plays the trombone in the West Potomac High School Jazz Band. She is a math and science tutor and volunteers at Waynewood Elementary School.