Biography
HONORS & AWARDS
• 2020 Fulbright Scholarship honoree
• Selected by the New York Red Bulls in the second round — 36th overall pick ‚ in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft
• Signed professional contract with New York Red Bulls II
• 2019 Big West Conference All-Academic Team
• 2019 Big West Conference Honor Roll with Highest Honors
• 2019 United Soccer Coaches All-Far West Region Second Team
• 2019 United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America Second Team
• 2019 United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Men’s Scholar All-West Region selection
• 2019 Big West Conference Goalkeeper of the Year
• 2019 All-Big West First Team
• 2018-19 Big West Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• 2018 CoSIDA Academic All-District VIII first team
• 2018 All-Big West Conference Honorable Mention Team
• 2017, 2018 Big West Conference All-Academic Team
• Big West Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Aug. 27, 2018; Sept. 24, 2018; Sept. 9, 2019)
• Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Aug. 28, 2018)
• College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Aug. 27, 2018)
2019: Graduates from the fifth-ranked public school in the nation with a degree in global disease biology… New career all-time school record holder in wins (35), save percentage (.784), shutouts (21) and ranks second in goals against average (0.89)… Ranked No. 2 all-time with 203 career saves… Thanks to his performances throughout the 2019 season, Lapsley is now responsible for the lowest single-season all-time GAA (0.63) in school history… His nine shutouts and 13 goals allowed throughout his senior season are the second-highest and second-lowest all-time single-season totals, and respectively double as Division I era records in each category… By posting an .809 save percentage for the 2019 campaign, he is now responsible for the third-highest single-season clip in program history and second-highest D-I era percentage — trailing only himself and the .845 save percentage/Div. I program record recorded in 2018… Ranked No. 5 all-time in Big West Conference history with his career win total and No. 8 with his career GAA… His 2019 GAA is the sixth-lowest single-season figure in league history... Became the second Aggie in as many seasons to earn a prestigious invitation to the adidas MLS College Showcase — an opportunity to compete among the nation’s top talents and showcase his skills in front of technical staff from every MLS club at this NCAA-sanctioned closed-door scouting event… Ended the 2019 with three top-10 NCAA individual rankings: No. 7 in GAA, No. 8 in save percentage and No. 10 in shutouts… No active Big West goalkeeper in 2019 recorded more career wins and shutouts than Lapsley… Ended his senior season with the lowest GAA and highest save percentage among all conference ‘keepers… Also ended the ’19 campaign ranked No. 2 in shutouts… With the Seattle native defending the Aggies' goal throughout the last four years, his team advanced to the championship game of the Big West Tournament during his sophomore, junior and senior seasons, won two Big West regular season titles and the program's inaugural Big West Tournament championship, earned a berth at the 2019 NCAA Division I Tournament and a First Round bye as the event's No. 14 seed, hosted a NCAA Division I Second Round game at Aggie Soccer Field for the first time in school history and ended the season ranked in all three major polls: Soccer America (No. 11), Top Drawer Soccer (No. 21) and United Soccer Coaches (No. 25).
2018: Started all 20 matches in net for the Aggies, posting an 11-4-5 overall record and a 0.73 goals against average... He ended the season ranked No. 8 in the country in save percentage (.845), No. 13 in saves (82), No. 16 in the nation in shutouts (8), No. 19 in goalie minutes (1,859), and No. 22 in goals against average... Among his conference brethren, Lapsley allowed the second-fewest goals (15) and posted the league's lowest goals against average, while also pacing the Big West in saves and save percentage, while tying for the top spot in shutouts and shutouts per game... Established school Division I single-season records for saves (82), saves per game (4.10), save percentage (.845), and goals against average (.073), while tying for the top spot in shutouts (8)... His 11 wins are tied for second on the school Division I single-season list, while posting the third-highest minutes played... Set a single-match Division I record with nine saves against Saint Mary's on Sept. 22, breaking his own record with eight saves against Santa Clara on Sept. 15... His 82 saves rank third on the all-time single-season list, while ranking second in save percentage, tied for second in shutouts, tied for third in fewest goals allowed, third in goals against average, and third in minutes played... Unbeaten in his first eight decisions to start the year... Posted back-to-back shutouts to start the year against Omaha (8/24) and Creighton (8/26) and, again, to close out the year in Big West Tournament games against UC Irvine (11/3) and UC Riverside (11/10).
2017: Started all 21 matches in net, posting an 11-7-2 overall record and a 1.32 goals against average... Finished fifth in the Big West Conference in goals against average, fifth in saves (58), tied for third in shutouts (four), fifth in save percentage (.690), seventh in saves per game (2.76), and tied for fifth in shutouts per game (0.19)... Ended the year ranked No. 36 in the nation in minutes played (1773:55)... Finished with shutouts against UC Irvine (9/28), UC Santa Barbara (10/11), Sacramento State (10/14), and Cal State Fullerton (11/11) -- the latter in the championship match of the Big West Tournament... Finished with a season-high six saves in a 3-1 win over San Francisco (8/28) while facing a season-high 15 shots, and added five saves in a match three times against Air Force (9/17), Sacramento State (10/29), and Cal State Fullerton (11/11)... Allowed one goal or fewer in 13 of his 21 starts... Finished unbeaten (4-0-1) in his last five starts of the season.
2016: Appeared in four matches, making two starts in net for the Aggies... Made his Division I debut off the bench at Loyola Marymount on Sept. 11, shutting out the Lions in the second half while making three saves... Made his first career start on the road at CSUN in the Big West Conference opener on Sept. 29, making a pair of saves while facing 14 shots in 80 minutes... Started and made three saves at home against Cal Poly, facing eight shots.
2015: Redshirted.
LAKESIDE HS '15: Four-year letter winner for the Lions... Named the Gatorade Washington Boys Soccer Player of the Year as a senior... Helped lead the Lions to an unbeaten 15-0 record during the regular season, recording 12 shutouts and allowing just five goals at the time of his selection for the award, finishing with 13 clean sheets and a 0.45 goals against average... One of 12 players named to the Top Drawer Soccer All-America first team... A three-time Seattle Times All-Metro First Team selection... Two-time Metro League Mountain Division Most Valuable Player... Named the Class 3A state player of the year as a junior while helping lead the Lions to the 2014 Class 3A state championship... Helped the Lions to a trio of Seattle Metro League titles... Also played basketball as a senior, helping the Lions to a fourth-place state finish.
PERSONAL: Parents are Robert Lapsley and Elisabeth Dekker... Has a younger sister, Susanna... Played club soccer for Seattle United, helping his team to a Far West Regional title and a Washington State Championship in 2014-15... If he could play another sport at UC Davis, it would be basketball... Lists Hoosiers as his favorite sports movie and Ichiro Suzuki as his sports hero... Global Disease Biology major at UC Davis.
