Loryn Goodwin

Quick Facts

• Position: S/WR
• Daughter of Trampas and Laura Goodwin

• Selected in the 2018 WNBA Draft by the Dallas Wings

• Played four years of NCAA Division 1 basketball spanning six years across four programs

  • Led her team in scoring at three different schools and named all-conference three times in her four-year college career

• Two brothers, TJ and Jayden, both played NCAA Division I college football

  • Brother, Jayden, played college football at the United States Air Force Academy for four years before being commissioned as an officer into the U.S. Space Force

• Cousin, Marquise Goodwin, represented Team USA at the Olympic Games London 2012 in men’s long jump and also played 10 years in the NFL as a wide receiver

Biographical Information

Loryn Goodwin was born in Amarillo, Texas, and grew up in Houston. Born into an athletic family, her father worked as a high school football and track and field coach. Her cousin, Marquise Goodwin, was a dual-sport athlete, representing Team USA at the Olympic games London 2012 in men’s long jump and playing 10 years in the NFL as a wide receiver.  

Loryn Goodwin excelled at basketball in high school as an all-state player in Texas before playing four seasons in college. She finished up her college career at Oklahoma State, where she was an honorable mention All-American and first-team all-conference player. Goodwin was selected in the second round of the 2018 WNBA Draft by the Dallas Wings and spent five seasons playing professional basketball overseas in Israel, Turkiye, Germany and Poland.

In 2022, Goodwin fractured her foot while playing professional basketball in Israel and returned home to the United States. In the next year, Goodwin retired from professional basketball and started playing club flag football in Texas. Three years after playing her first competitive Flag Football game, Goodwin made the U.S. national team and competed at the 2026 IFAF World Championships, where the U.S. secured a silver medal.

Goodwin says about her flag football career: “I was just playing because I wanted to be competitive after basketball,” and sees a lot of potential for the sport's growth especially with the inclusion of flag football on the Olympic program at the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028.