Personal Statement
Hi,
My name is Trinity Meachem and I am a 17-year-old Australian lacrosse player hoping to play lacrosse in the US in the fall of 2024. Some of my lacrosse highlights are:
•2023 U18 Victorian State Girls Lacrosse Team
•2022 U18 Australian Allstars Team (achievement as a bottom age player)
•2022 U18 Victorian State Girls Lacrosse Team (also the 2022 U18 Girls National Champions)
•2022 MVP Player vs New Zealand U18 Girls Lacrosse National Championship Tournament
•2022 Assistant Coach U15 Victorian State Girls Lacrosse Team
•2022/2021 Camberwell Lacrosse Club Hay Capital Trophy Outstanding Junior Girl recipient
Some personal highlights are:
•2023 School Captain Wesley College Glen Waverley Glen Waverley Campus | Private Glen Waverley School | Wesley College
•2022/2023 Captain Girls Firsts Volleyball Team
•2022 recipient of the Melbourne University Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholar award for Wesley College Glen Waverley
•2022 Senior School Academic Distinction Award for Year 11 IB DP Biology and Psychology
•Awarded a General Excellence Scholarship for Wesley College in 2020
•Wesley College Glen Waverley Academic Principal’s Honour Roll in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 (2022 results available in February 2023)
In life, but especially lacrosse, I’m self-motivated, a hard worker, a team player and driven to be the best I can be. I developed a passion for lacrosse at the age of nine when I had to play in my club’s boys’ team as there was no girls’ team. The challenge of playing with boys drove me to become a better player. That desire to constantly improve my lacrosse has never diminished, and my love of the game is why you will find me at the wall in between training days.
For my club and U18 Victorian State team, I’m the defender the coach sends to shut down the opposition’s best attacker and cause a turn over. With my speed and stick skills, I’m also the player who takes the ball from deep in defense down the field and as I can also play mid, I can score goals. In 2022, for my club I scored 18 goals and made 9 assists, and at the 2022 Nationals where I made the Australian Allstars as a defender, I also scored two goals in four games, including the sealer goal to ultimately win the tournament for my state.
I currently play for Camberwell Lacrosse Club in State League, Women’s A Grade and U18 Girls teams, and I am currently training with the U18 Victorian State Team for the National Tournament. My mum says I would save time if I just slept in my lacrosse boots!
I have also represented my state, Victoria, in girls U15 Volleyball at the 2019 National Championships.
I currently run the 40-yard dash in 5.75 seconds. (recorded in the off-season) I will update this time soon as I’ve started training again.
Leaving Australia to come to America is a big step and I hope it shows my hunger to achieve greatness both on the field and off the field. I’m looking for a university that plays sport at a high level and is also an academic global leader, a place I can be a part of, contribute to, and call my new home.
