Lorentzen also is the No. 1-ranked female junior squash player in the United States, the two-time defending Girls Under-19 National Champion and the youngest member of the HEAD/U.S. Squash Racquets Association (USSRA) National Junior Women’s Team, which will represent the USA at this summer’s 10th World Junior Women’s Squash Championships in Cairo, Egypt.

In addition, Lorentzen is the holder of the Indian Harbor Junior Yachtsman Trophy, and earned honors in soccer as the 2001 Eastern Premier League’s most valuable player while also competing on her school’s lacrosse team.

How does Lorentzen find the time to excel on so many fields of play and still achieve in school, where her favorite subjects are history and English?

“I do it seasonally,” she explains. “I’m a big believer in having a break from things. I think the more things I do, the better I do each thing.”

At school, Lorentzen competes in lacrosse in the spring and soccer in the fall. She mostly plays squash in the winter, which also is when her premier league team – which she captains – practices soccer prior to its springtime season. Lorentzen’s sailing is limited to summer.

Asked which is her favorite, Lorentzen says squash.

“I like the intensity and the focus that it draws. It’s extremely relaxing to be focused doing one thing. I find it relaxing and calming and stress-relieving.”

Lorentzen would like to see squash added to the Olympic Games, but admits that isn’t likely to happen anytime soon. So, would she consider trying to become an Olympian in one of her other sports?

“I think that if I was to pursue, let’s say for example, soccer – which is a big Olympic sport – I would have to just do soccer. I wouldn’t be able to do any other sports. Squash is my main sport, so I wouldn’t want to give that up for anything else. I play a lot of squash in winter and a little the rest of the year. But I’ll be playing a lot this summer.”

In early July, Lorentzen will compete in the Can-Am Tournament in Chicago. The following month, she’ll head for Cairo for the August 17-28 World Junior Championships. While it won’t be the first time the talented young athlete, who was born in Brazil, has traveled or competed outside the USA (she played in a tournament in Canada two years ago), it will be Lorentzen’s first major trip to a world competition.

“Going into the World Championships, the advantage we have with Lily is that no one knows anything about her other than the Canadians,” says Aidan Harrison, head coach of the USSRA National Junior Women’s Team. “She hasn’t played any international events, which can be good because she’s a surprise player, but it can be bad because she doesn’t have international experience. To protect her against that, we have had her playing against a lot of men, against a lot of older players who have played at the international level, whether it be junior or senior.”

Pointing out that Lorentzen is still extremely young, Harrison says he wouldn’t want to rush her by throwing her into international competition all the time, but he expresses no doubts about her potential for future success, including representing the USA at the 2007 Pan American Games.

“Lily just gets better and better,” says the coach. Don’t think that because Lorentzen competes in squash, soccer, lacrosse and sailing that’s what matters most in her life.

“I definitely enjoy spending time with my family and friends; that’s the biggest thing. There’s more to life than sports, but they make your life a little better.”

And is there anything else Lorentzen would like to achieve?

“I’d actually like to climb Mount Everest. I went on a wilderness adventure program last summer and did some climbing. We climbed Mount Rainier. I really enjoyed it a lot.”

Lorentzen’s future, like everyone’s, is uncertain, however there seems little doubt that on the squash court, or perhaps on the world’s tallest peak, the multi-talented athlete will continue to reach new heights.