Lauren Lackey

2011-12 Gamecock Spotlight Video

Lackey’s 2009 Game-by-Game Statistics
Lackey’s 2010 Game-by-Game Statistics
Lackey’s 2011 Game-by-Game Statistics
Lackey’s 2012 Game-by-Game Statistics

• 2012 CollegeSportsMadness.com All-America First Team (OF)
  
• 2012 Easton All-America Second Team
  
• 2012 All-SEC First Team (OF)
  
• 2012 NFCA All-Southeast Region Second Team (OF)
  
• 2011-12 NFCA Scholar-Athlete
  
• 2012 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
  
• 2011 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
  
• 2010 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
  
• 2008-09 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll
  

CAREER: Finished her career ranked 14th in South Carolina history in batting average (.309) and on-base percentage (.361) … Tied for seventh on the career charts in triples (10) and 11th in the triples-per-game listing (0.05) … Tied for 12th with 28 career stolen bases and 14th in stolen bases per game (0.14) … Tied for 13th in stolen base percentage in South Carolina history (.875) … One of two Gamecocks in history with two years of 10+ stolen bases without being thrown out (2011-12) … Tied with two others with 17 career outfield assists, most in recorded history … Ranks third on the outfield putout charts (257) and fourth in putouts per game (1.25) … Posted the best fielding percentage for an outfielder in the SEC era (.982). 2012 (SENIOR): Started all 55 games in center field for the Gamecocks … Earned All-America accolades from two outlets, Easton (second team) and CollegeSportsMadness.com (first team) … A first-team All-Southeastern Conference outfielder, the first Gamecock to garner that honor since 2003 … Second-team National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Southeast Region outfielder as well … Posted the seventh .400 batting average in South Carolina history with a .401 mark … Stands 10th on South Carolina’s hits-per-game single-season charts (1.18) and 12th on the on-base percentage list (.436) … Led the team in batting average, on-base percentage, hits (65), triples (5), sacrifice bunts (9) and stolen bases (11) … Ninth in the SEC era among Gamecock outfielders with 79 putouts and 1.44 putouts per game … Hit a team-high .467 with runners in scoring position and .500 with two outs … Moved up runners at a .628 clip, tops on the team … Followed a 12-game hitting streak with a career-best 14-game hitting streak on the year … In the first stretch, her best game was a three-run, three-RBI game against Villanova (2/19) … Tripled in both games on Feb. 19 against Jacksonville and Villanova … Went 3-for-4 against Presbyterian (2/25) … Stole two bases in a 2-for-3 day against George Washington (2/26), the start of a four-game stolen-base streak … Kicked off the 14-game skein with a 2-for-4 day with a triple and two RBI against Maine (3/2) … Drove in three runs in a 2-for-4 outing at UC Riverside (3/3) … Had a hit and scored a run in the final game of the Highlander Classic against UC Davis (3/4) … Posted two 2-for-3 days in the Arkansas series (3/9 & 3/11), posting a double and two RBI in the finale … Doubled in a 2-for-4 day that was the last of the hitting streak at No. 4/4 Florida (3/18) … Went 1-for-3 and stole a pair of bases at Winthrop (3/28) … Had an RBI triple and scored a run in the third game at Kentucky (4/8) … Went 3-for-4 in the second game of the series against No. 8/7 Tennessee (4/21) … Tallied two hits on Senior Day against Auburn (4/29) … Went 2-for-3 on the season’s last day at Mississippi (5/6), pushing her average back above .400 … Gained a spot on the 2012 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll … Also an NFCA Scholar-Athlete honoree. 2011 (JUNIOR): One of two Gamecocks to start all 56 games, notching them in center field … Led South Carolina with a .350 batting average and four triples … Ranked second in on-base percentage (.387), hits (49) and stolen bases (15) and third in slugging percentage (.443) … Perfect in those stolen base tries … Led the outfield with 82 putouts and made four assists while making just one error (.989 fielding percentage) … Posted the second-longest hitting streak on the team with an eight-game skein … Went 12-for-28 when leading off an inning … Posted 14 multi-hit games, starting with a two-hit outing against Furman (2/12) … Raced to her first career homer and the first documented inside-the-park home run in South Carolina history with her three-run round-tripper against Georgetown (2/18) … Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and a triple in the win over Villanova (2/19) … Started her eight-game hitting streak with a 2-for-2 outing at Winthrop (3/2) … Also went 2-for-2 with two steals vs. Seton Hall (3/5) … Compiled a 3-for-3 day with a double, a triple, three runs and three RBI in the first win over Ole Miss (3/11) … Tallied two stolen bases and two runs while going 2-for-3 at the plate at Coastal Carolina (3/22) … Drove in three runs again with a 2-for-2 outing against Charleston Southern (4/5) … Closed out the home schedule with a 2-for-4, two-run, one-triple, one-RBI contest against Winthrop (5/4) … Also had two-hit games against Mississippi State (3/9), No. 11 Tennessee (3/26), Arkansas (4/16), Charlotte (4/20), No. 20 Kentucky (4/23) and No. 5 Florida (5/1) … Earned recognition as part of the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll. 2010 (SOPHOMORE): Earned a spot on the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll … One of two Gamecocks to start all 51 games on the year … Spent most of the time in right field, starting only two games in center due to an injury … Ranked third on the team in batting average and runs scored … Led the team with seven sacrifices … Had only one error in the field while leading the squad with seven outfield assists … Had a hit and scored a run in each of the first five games … Went a combined 4-for-5 with a double, three runs and two RBI in the doubleheader sweep of Longwood (2/16) … Went 3-for-5 with two runs scored in the win over Loyola (2/27)…Posted a 3-for-3 outing with an RBI in the final game of the series at No. 8/5 Alabama (3/21) … Went 1-for-3 with a triple in the first game against Auburn before going 2-for-4 in the nightcap (3/27) … Had two assists in the UCF contest after picking up one in the win over Florida A&M earlier in the day at the UCF Invitational (2/19) … Also had assists in consecutive games at Alabama (3/20-21). 2009 (FRESHMAN): Garnered recognition on the 2008-09 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll … Played in 41 games, starting 38 as a true freshman … Of those starts, 35 came in the outfield corners … Ranked fourth in on-base percentage and fifth in batting average … Led the team with seven sacrifice bunts … Tied for second on the squad in walks … Had two multi-hit games … After playing just once on the opening weekend, collected a hit and scored a run in her first career start in the 3-2 win over No. 25 Kansas … That started a team-topping seven-game hitting streak … Led the team with three RBI during their five wins in the UCF Early Bird … Saw the streak end at home against Chattanooga (2/21) … Came back by scoring a run and reaching base twice against Troy (2/22) … Hit her first career double in the win over Mississippi (3/18) … Had her first multi-hit game in the win at Auburn (3/29), going 2-for-3 with an RBI … Posted a 3-for-3 night with a double, an RBI and a run in the home win over USC Upstate (4/15). HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three letters in softball at Temescal Canyon H.S … .Named the Southwestern League’s Rookie of the Year in 2006 while also garnering second-team all-league and all-county honorable mention accolades … Earned second-team all-league as a junior before moving up to the first team as a senior … Also picked up a spot on the All-Riverside County second team in 2008 and was named the Titans’ best defensive player … Also lettered three years in golf, helping her squad win the league title in 2004 … Named golf rookie of the year in ’04 … Participated in three-straight California Interscholasic Federation (CIF) state tournaments…Earned valedictorian honors for her class. PERSONAL: Lauren Kaye Lackey is the daughter of Bob and Katie Lackey … Chose South Carolina over Notre Dame and Utah, among others…Lists Brett Favre as her favorite athlete and Keith Urban as her favorite singer … Majored in exercise science.