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Lauren Stewart

  • position Utility Player
  • height 5-6
  • class Sophomore
  • Hometown Alpharetta, Ga.
  • Previous School Purdue
  • Major Journalism
  • High school Cambridge
  • position Utility Player
  • height 5-6
  • class Sophomore
  • Hometown Alpharetta, Ga.
  • Previous School Purdue
  • Major Journalism
  • High school Cambridge

Lauren Stewart Bio

2021 (GRADUATE SENIOR):
Did not play due to injury.

2020 (RS-SENIOR): 
Hit .315 in 23 games, drawing 23 starts in centerfield for the Gamecocks… Posted a team-best 23 hits in 73 at-bats with 17 runs, four doubles, a triple and a home run… Slugged .438 with four walks on her way to a .351 on-base percentage… Stole four of five base attempts… Had five multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games… Had a nine-game hitting streak at one point during the season and finished the season with a 17-game reached base streak… Posted a 2-for-4 night with two runs and an RBI in a 10-0 (6) win over Kansas in Clearwater, Fla., on Feb. 14… Also went 2-for-4 with two RBI in the 3-2 (8) victory against Boston College in Columbia on Feb. 21… Went 3-for-3 with two runs in a Mar. 10 game against Coastal Carolina in which Carolina won 10-2 (5).

2019 (RS-JUNIOR):
Hit .293 in 55 games, drawing 50 starts in the outfield for the Gamecocks… Had 41 hits in 140 at-bats with 35 runs and 29 RBI… Slugged .514 with a .377 on-base percentage thanks in part to 20 free bases… Recorded her first hit since 2017 on Feb. 10 in a 1-for-1 afternoon against North Carolina in Mexico… Had a career-best six RBI in a 3-for-4 performance against Troy on Mar. 2 in Clearwater, Fla… Had her first multi-walk game in the second game of a doubleheader against Bryant on Mar. 13… Went 3-for-4 with two RBI in the series opener at LSU on Mar. 29… Produced again in the big game as she went 2-for-3 with two RBI in a victory over Alabama on Apr. 6… Had a season-best four putouts against Georgia on Apr. 28… Brought home 11 RBI in conference play and slugged .571… Produced a (Carolina) career-best in at-bats, runs, hits, doubles, triples, home runs, RBI, total bases, slugging percentage, walks, hit by pitches, on-base percentage, stolen bases, putouts and assists… Had 12 multi-hit games with six multi-RBI games… Had a four-game hit streak at one point as well as an 11-game reached base streak. 

2018 (JUNIOR): 
Did not play. 

2017 (SOPHOMORE):
Played in 50 games, drawing 11 starts in the outfield … Scored 22 runs, being used primarily as a pinch runner and defensive replacement … Had a hit and scored a run in her debut in the Garnet and Black vs. Ohio (2/10) … Stole the first of six bases the next day against Longwood (2/11) … Scored twice, walked and stole a base in the first win vs. Indiana (2/17) … Also walked and scored twice in the Sunday win over College of Charleston (2/26) … Stole a base and scored a run in consecutive appearances in Southeastern Conference play against No. 7/5 Texas A&M (4/1) and at Mississippi State (4/7) … Connected for her first extra-base hit with a double against Charleston Southern (4/18) … Made the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll. 

2016 (FRESHMAN AT PURDUE): 
Started all 55 games for the Boilermakers in the outfield, 47 in left and eight in center … Led the team in runs (34) and doubles (10) … Finished second on the squad in hits (48), batting average (.306), on-base percentage (.381), walks (17) and stolen bases (18) … Her 18 stolen bases stood seventh in the Big Ten … Twice named Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Feb. 15 and April 25) … Reached base in the first 14 games of the season and in 43 of the 54 in which she appeared at the plate.  

HIGH SCHOOL: 
A three-time letter-winner at Cambridge High … Twice earned Region 7AAAAA Player of the Year honors and a four-time first-team all-region honoree, combined with her freshman year at Alpharetta High … Ranked as the first CHS athlete to earn all-state accolades during her junior year, gaining first-team honors … Helped the team to a runner-up finish in the GHSA Class AAAAA state tournament as a senior … Also earned two letters in track and another in basketball … Finished third in both the long jump and triple jump as a sophomore at the region meet … Ranked fifth in the Fulton County meet’s 100-meter dash … Played travel ball with the Georgia Force and the East Cobb Bullets … A member of the National Honor Society.  

PERSONAL: 
Lauren Ashley Stewart is the daughter of Reggie and Beverly Stewart … Has one brother, Reggie D. … Says gumbo and etoufee are her favorite foods … Majoring in visual communications with a desire to work as a sports broadcaster at ESPN.