Kendall Fischlein enters her second year on the Lenoir-Rhyne women’s soccer coaching staff. Fischlein was a two-year captain and four-year starter during her playing career at Wake Forest and wrapped up her career in 2016 with 14 points and over 1,200 minutes played.
While playing with the Demon Deacons, Fischlein scored the game-tying goal against No. 4 Notre Dame as a freshman and also scored against No. 6 Virginia Tech that same season. As a sophomore, she was named a Co-Captain and led the team in assists. Over her final two years, she started and played in all but one game and finished second on the team in assists in 2015.
Following her collegiate career, Fischlein played professionally in 2017 with Skovde KIK in Skovde, Sweden where she scored four goals and had five assists in 10 games. Last spring, the North Carolina Courage of the NWSL invited Fischlein to train with the team in preseason.
As a high school standout, Fischlein was a 2012 Region III U17 ESPN Player to Watch and was an Olympic Development Program (ODP) Region III Pool player from 2012-14. Additionally, Kendall received a U.S. Soccer Training Center Invitation in 2010-11.
Fischlein had stints with the Carolina Dynamo, Lake Norman Eclipse, Asheville City Soccer Club and TTi Blue Bonnets in the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) from 2014-17.
Fischlein graduated with a degree in Communications with a concentration in media studies from Wake Forest in 2017. She was twice named to the Dean’s List and also earned a pair of selections to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
