2024 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Lara Kazandjian
- Position:
- MIDFIELDER
- Height:
- 5-1
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Kirkland, Quebec, Canada
- High School:
- College DE Montreal
- Deals:
2023 (Senior at Creighton)
A preseason All-BIG EAST selection, Kazandjian appeared in all 18 matches, making 15 starts along the Bluejays frontline ... She accumulated 1,267 total minutes, delivering one goal and one assist ... Kazandjian ranked second on the team in shots with 31, recording a season-high seven shots against Villanova on Oct. 8 ... Assisted Hannah Luke on the equalizing goal in the 83rd minute of the season opener against Nebraska on Aug. 17 ... Delivered the game winning goal in the Bluejays’ 2-0 shutout victory over Seton Hall (Oct. 12) ... Off the pitch, Lara earned a spot on the College Sports Communicators Academic
All-District team and was a BIG EAST All-Academic Team honoree.
2022 (Junior at Creighton)
In her first season with the Bluejays, Kazandjian made an immediate impact appearing in 17 matches, making 15 starts ... Lara logged 1,186 minutes on the pitch, collecting a team-high nine points on four goals and one assist, earning All-BIG EAST First Team honors ... Kazandjian notched her first goal as a Bluejay in a 2-1 win over Colorado College on Sept. 9, delivering the game-winning goal in the 59th minute ... She followed that performance with an assist in a 1-1 draw at South Dakota State (Sept. 11), earning a spot on the BIG EAST Honor Roll ... Kazandjian added goals in matches against Marquette (Sept. 29) and Villanova (Oct. 9), while also recording a goal on a season-high five shots against DePaul on Oct. 20.
2021 (Freshman & Sophomore at Memphis)
Kazandjian appeared in nine matches for the Tigers in 2021 and 10 matches during the 2020 season ... She scored two goals for Memphis in a victory over Arkansas-Pine Bluff on August 26, 2021 ... Over two seasons at Memphis, Kazandjian played a combined 552 minutes.
International Soccer:
The Kirkland, Quebec, native has been an integral member of the Canadian youth national teams since her U15 days ... She played in the 2016 CONCACAF Girls U15 Championship in Orlando, Florida, and helped the Canadian National Team to a fourth-place finish at the FIFA U17 World Cup in Uruguay in 2018 ... Lara also played in the Women’s U20 International Series in England during the summer of 2019 and the U20 Women’s CONCACAF in 2020 ... In 2022, she participated in the U20 Canadian National Team camp.
Awards & Honors
2021-22 AAC All-Academic Team
2021-22 Dean’s List
2022 First Team All-BIG EAST
2022-23 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2022-23 Dean’s List
2023 Preseason All-BIG EAST Team
2023-24 CSC Academic All-District
2023-24 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2023-24 Dean’s List
Personal
• Daughter of Raffi Kazandjian and Rashel Khalafian.
• Has two siblings; Alex and Lisa.
• Her sister Lisa is currently playing soccer at Oakland University.
• Earned her bachelors degree in exercise science with minors in business administration and health administration from Creighton in the spring of 2024 and is currently pursuing a degree in business
administration.
• Something people may not know about Lara is that she can speak three languages; English, French and Armenian.
• Go-to pregame music artist is Drake.
• Best friend on another college team is Chloe Minas (Pitt women’s soccer).
• Favorite TV show is Bridgerton.
• Favorite BIG EAST road city is New York City.
• Identified Dr. Estep as her favorite Creighton professor.
• Dream vacation destination is Brazil.
• Favorite food is Lebanese foods.
• Favorite social media account to follow is @chelseafc.
• Best sports memory was playing in the U17 World Cup in 2018.
• Favorite holiday is Christmas.
• In 10 years, would love to be playing soccer professionally.
