Enters the season ranking ninth in strikeouts (215),11thin career appearances (68) and 12th in home runs (14).
Junior (2010): A member of theAtlantic Sun's All-Academic Team...named an NFCA's All-America Scholar Athlete...played in 54 games with 53 starts...third on the team with 41 hits...tied for theteam lead with seven home runs...second on the team with 27 RBIs...also scored 18runs with six doubles...in the circle went 3-5 with 2.39...completed four of herseven starts...tallied 38 strikeouts in 58.2 innings thrown...limited opponents to.228 batting average...had three hits, two runs scored, an RBI and home runagainst UNCW (2/11)...tallied four hits, four RBIs and a home run in thedoubleheader against Charleston Southern (2/16)...had two hits and a doubleagainst Marshall (2/20)...totaled two hits and a home run against Kansas(2/20)...had two hits and two RBIs in the two games against College of Charleston(2/27)...hit a solo home run against Kansas (2/20)...walked twice against SouthAlabama (3/7)...had a pair of hits against Liberty (3/13)...hit a three-run homerun against No. 18 Tennessee (3/14)...scored two runs against Hampton (3/16)...alsomade first appearance of the season in the circle and earned save...homered twiceand drove in three runs in the first game against North Carolina Central(3/20)...picked up a pair of hits in the second game against the Eagles...threwthree innings with five strikeouts against N.C. Central...hit a two-run home runin the first game against Charleston Southern (3/23)...had a double and two RBIsagainst Kennesaw State (3/27)...had three hits in the second game against No. 22North Carolina (3/31)...pitched 4.1 innings in relief against the Tar Heels...hadtwo hits and three RBIs in the second game against Florida Gulf Coast(4/8)...threw 3.2 innings in relief against the Eagles...started and threw fourinnings against Stetson (4/10)..drove in a run with a sacrifice fly against theHatters...had a hit and two RBIs in the first game against Elon (4/14)...threw atwo-hit shutout against North Florida (4/16)...walked twice in the first gameagainst the Osprey...threw a four-hitter in the first game against ETSU with sixstrikeouts (4/22)...had a hit in each game against Lipscomb...also threw a completegame....drove in the game winning run in the first game against Belmont(5/2)...also picked up the win in the circle with 5.2 innings worked...allowed justa run on five hits in a complete game loss to USC Upstate (5/8)
Sophomore(2009): Named to the Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team...rankedsecond on team with 10 wins and 91.2 innings pitched...also had a 3.05 ERA and 57strikeouts...had five multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI performances...had a hit and two RBIsagainst UT Chattanooga (2/6), also pitched 6.2 innings...produced three hits, twoRBIs against Ohio (2/14)...the first of her hits, a home run, proved to be thegame winner...had a complete game shutout against Charleston Southern (2/14)...wasnamed to the Camel Stampede All-Tournament team...had two RBIs and three runsscored against N.C. Central (2/17)...totaled three hits against CharlestonSouthern (2/28)... defeated Mercer (3/30) with six innings pitched and hitgame-winning home run ... against Kennesaw State (4/7) threw a complete gameshutout...had a home run with two RBIs and a run scored against Stetson (4/11),also pitched second straight complete game shutout... had a home run and two RBIsagainst FGCU (4/18)...hit a three-run home run against Longwood (4/23)... had apinch hit double against Jacksonville in the A-Sun Tournament...pitched 2.1innings against North Carolina in the NCAA Tournament.
Freshman (2008): Won 15 games and threw 182 innings...appeared in 32 games with31 starts...pitched 182 innings and had 120 strikeouts with a 3.36 ERA...also had ahome run and seven RBIs at the plate...grabbed a 4-3 decision over Radford (2/16)in the Georgia Southern Invitational, going nine innings with six strikeouts...struckout eight against UNCW (2/19)...also hit her first career homer with three RBIs...collectedher first shutout against Winston-Salem State (2/26)...struck out three in aneight inning win against North Dakota State (3/8)...fanned nine batters againstCharleston Southern (3/14)...tossed a two-hitter against USC Upstate (3/28)...wentsix inning and only surrendered one run in the elimination game loss to BrighamYoung in the NCAA Tournament (5/16).
Prep/Personal: Named First-Team All-Region andHonorable Mention All-State as a junior playing for Mountain Pride High School...alsogarnered all-city team honors and honorable mention all-state...following hersophomore season she received honorable mention all-region honors and followingher freshman season she was named Second-Team All-Region for her work at thirdbase and in the circle...also lettered in volleyball for two seasons, earning2005-06 the Most Improved Player award and helping the Pride to a regionalchampionship in 2006-07...full name is Lauren Paige Stephan...born 2/5/89...daughterof Rob and Cheryl Stephan...has a younger sister, Kristin....majoring in masscommunications/public relations
