Rowan Lapi

Rowan Lapi
Personal information
Full name Rowan Alexandra Lapi
Date of birth (2001-04-16) April 16, 2001
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 KIF Örebro
Number 17
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Northwestern Wildcats 58 (9)
2023–2024 Penn State Nittany Lions 41 (4)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2025– KIF Örebro 0 (0)
Managerial career
2025– Northwestern Wildcats (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rowan Alexandra Lapi (born April 16, 2001) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Elitettan club KIF Örebro. She played college soccer for the Northwestern Wildcats and the Penn State Nittany Lions.

Early life

Lapi grew up in Reinholds, a small town in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.[1][2] She played high school soccer at Cocalico High School in Denver, Pennsylvania, and played club soccer for Penn Fusion, earning DA all-conference honors.[1][3]

College career

Lapi played four seasons for the Northwestern Wildcats from 2019 to 2022, making 58 appearances and scoring 9 goals.[1] She started all 17 games as a junior in 2021.[1] She again started all 23 games and scored a career-high 6 goals as a senior in 2022, earning second-team All-Big Ten honors.[1] In 2022, she helped the Wildcats finish second in the Big Ten, reach the Big Ten tournament semifinals, and earn their first NCAA tournament berth in five years with the highest seed in program history.[4] She reached the NCAA tournament round of sixteen but was injured in the loss to eventual champions UCLA.[5] After four seasons at Northwestern, she graduated with her degree in economics and retained two years of NCAA eligibility.[2]

Lapi transferred to the Penn State Nittany Lions as a graduate student in 2023.[6] She played in 22 games in 2023, helping the team to the Big Ten tournament semifinals and the NCAA tournament quarterfinals.[7] She was named a team captain for her final season in 2024.[8] She played in 19 games, starting 15, and scored 4 goals in 2024, again reaching the NCAA tournament quarterfinals.[7] While at Penn State, she earned her Master of Business Administration and founded the clothing brand Esoteric.[2]

Club career

On December 19, 2024, newly relegated Elitettan club KIF Örebro announced that they had signed Lapi to her first professional contract on a one-year deal.[9] Before the season began, she sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury during a training game against AIK on February 22, 2025, ruling her out for at least five months.[10] In August, she signed a new contract with KIF Örebro and joined her former college team Northwestern as an assistant coach while recovering from the injury.[11] She rehabbed with the goal to return during the 2025 season, but KIF Örebro's coach said in early November that was unlikely.[12]

Coaching career

While rehabbing from her knee injury, Lapi returned to her college team Northwestern Wildcats as an assistant coach to Michael Moynihan for the 2025 season.[13]

Honors and awards

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Rowan Lapi". Northwestern Wildcats. Retrieved November 13, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c Connington, Ashley (November 20, 2024). "'Most People Have That Esoteric Thing:' Rowan Lapi Building Community With Clothing Brand". Onward State. Retrieved November 13, 2025.
  3. ^ Navaroli, Steve (October 10, 2016). "Cocalico girls top L-S on Lapi's overtime penalty kick". LNP. Retrieved November 13, 2025.
  4. ^ Kim, Lucas (November 2, 2022). "Women's Soccer: Fourth seed Northwestern looks to continue historic season against SIUE in NCAA Tournament". The Daily Northwestern. Retrieved November 13, 2025.
  5. ^ Kim, Lucas (November 20, 2022). "Women's Soccer: Rapid Recap: UCLA 2, Northwestern 0". The Daily Northwestern. Retrieved November 13, 2025.
  6. ^ Brown, Alyce (June 20, 2023). "Women's Soccer: All-Big 10 midfielder Rowan Lapi transfers to Penn State". The Daily Northwestern. Retrieved November 13, 2025.
  7. ^ a b "Rowan Lapi". Penn State Nittany Lions. Retrieved November 13, 2025.
  8. ^ "Women's Soccer Names Four Team Captains Ahead of 31st Varsity Campaign". Penn State Nittany Lions. July 2, 2024. Retrieved November 13, 2025.
  9. ^ Levinsson, Hugo (December 19, 2024). "Värvar amerikanska: 'En av elitettans bästa'". Nerikes Allehanda (in Swedish). Retrieved November 13, 2025.
  10. ^ Brännmyr, Jonas (March 9, 2025). "Kifs bakslag – amerikanska nyförvärvet korsbandsskadad". Nerikes Allehanda (in Swedish). Retrieved November 13, 2025.
  11. ^ "Rowan Lapi förlänger över 2026" (in Swedish). KIF Örebro DFF. August 1, 2025. Retrieved November 13, 2025.
  12. ^ Brännmyr, Jonas (November 9, 2025). "Stjärnan hinner inte tillbaka: 'Med 90 procents säkerhet'". Nerikes Allehanda (in Swedish). Retrieved November 13, 2025.
  13. ^ "Rowan Lapi". Northwestern Wildcats. Retrieved November 13, 2025.
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