Lauren McQuillan

Sacred Heart University (NCAA)

🇺🇸 United States● Rowing

Meet Lauren McQuillan

Lauren McQuillan is a rower competing at Sacred Heart University. McQuillan is currently a sophomore at the Connecticut institution. McQuillan is part of a strong rowing team that was recently picked 2nd in their conference preseason poll. Before her collegiate career, McQuillan excelled as a multi-sport athlete, playing as a goaltender at Academy of Holy Angels and Mound Westonka.

Outside her athletic career, McQuillan is also a prolific writer with experience as a student journalist at the Hockey News and writing for Howlings. Her words can be found in many sports-based publications, ensuring that McQuillan is involved in athletics outside of competition. She even wrote an article for Sophie’s Squad in 2023 about the organization’s involvement at Hockey Day Minnesota.

Career Highlights

Multi-Sport Highschool Athlete

Member of Sacred Heart Rowing Team Picked 2nd in Preseason Poll

2023-24 MAAC Academic Honor Roll

Articles and News

Ambassadors News

Meet Sophie’s Squad’s First Ambassadors

One of Sophie’s Squad’s key founding ideas is that the stigma surrounding mental health in athletics must be broken. For that to happen, athletes across [...]

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15
Aug

Ambassadors Press Releases

Lauren McQuillan Announced as Sophie’s Squad Ambassador

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release Aug. 31, 2025 Lauren McQuillan Announced as Sophie’s Squad Ambassador MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — Lauren McQuillan, a rower at Sacred Heart [...]

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12
Mar

Lauren McQuillan
Sacred Heart University

Sophie’s story and Sophie’s Squad as a whole has had such an impact on my life, it taught me the importance of mental health awareness in High School, and as a coach, I constantly preach the importance of Mental Health. As an athlete, I am constantly highlighting resources to teammates and friends in my life because you never know when someone is struggling, but you can always provide resources to others. So, my goals are to promote Sophie’s Squad not only to SHU Athletes, but athletes globally while being a resource anyone can come to when it comes to mental health. I also hope to help other athletes learn the importance of mental health, through being an ambassador for Sophie’s Squad!