Lauren Fischer

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Robbinsville, N.J.
High School:
Robbinsville

**2017 National Fastpitch Coaches Association Second Team All-Region**

2017: Appeared as a hitter in 47 games, starting in every appearance…Appeared in 18 games in the circle making 13 starts…Pitched five complete games including one shutout…Recorded a 4-8 record with 79.2 innings pitched and a 3.69 ERA while striking out 38 batters…Named BIG EAST Player of the Week (2/27)...Threw five innings and allowed two hits in an 8-0 shutout over Brown (3/17)…At the dish, recorded 31 RBI and 11 home runs while working 45 walks…Went 2-for-2 with two home runs and three RBI in 10-2 victory over Georgetown (4/8)...Named to BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (4/10).

2016: Made 22 appearances as a hitter and 11 in the circle before a season-ending injury…slashed .387/.512/.694 with four home runs, seven doubles, 19 RBIs and 14 runs scored…as a pitcher, compiled a 4.13 ERA and 24 strikeouts in 42.1 innings…opened the year with two hits and an RBI vs. Grambling State (Feb. 12)…knocked in four runs at Coastal Carolina (Feb. 19)…went 3-for-4 with two doubles and three runs scored vs. Appalachian State (Feb. 21)…exploded for two home runs and five RBIs vs. Eastern Michigan (Feb. 28)…recorded a save with 4.0 scoreless innings of relief vs. Prairie View A&M (Feb. 13)…fired a season-high 8.1 innings and struck out six batters vs. Villanova (Feb. 27)…tossed 4.0 shutout innings vs. Cornell (March 5).

2015: Appeared in 31 games as a hitter, 36 as a pitcher...Posted 50 strike outs on the season, striking out six in a victory over Bowling Green in the USF Under Armour Showcase (March 6)...Recorded a home run on the season, in addition to three hits and six RBI.

2014: Appeared in 24 games, five as starting pitcher... Posted team's lowest ERA (4.78) recording team leading two saves... Saw her ERA sink to a team-best 2.33 in BIG EAST play... Made her collegiate debut against IPFW, throwing three innings (Feb. 7)... Allowed just three hits and no runs in two innings against UMass to record her first collegiate victory (March 15)... BIG EAST debut came against Providence as she threw two scoreless innings of relief to pick up her first-career save (March 22)... Second save of the season also came in the Providence series, recording the final out to secure a series sweep (March 23)... Pitched eight innings allowing only three runs, one of them earned, in picking up a win over Butler (April 27)... Went 1-for-3 at the plate with a two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning in a comeback win against Butler... Quality start at Georgetown, allowing two runs, only one earned, with a pair of strikeouts at Georgetown (May 3).

High School/Personal: Four year letterwinner in softball at Robbinsville High School... Helped lead Robbinsville to New Jersey Group II State Championships in 2011 and 2013, posting a 23-0 undefeated season as a sophomore in 2011... Named a Newark Star-Ledger First-Team All-State selection, the MSG Varsity New Jersey Player of the Year and the Colonial Valley Conference (CVC) Player of the Year in 2013... Also garnered CVC Player of the Year accolades following sophomore and junior seasons... Was a Gatorade Player of the Year nominee in 2012... Hit .486 and posted a 20-2 record in the pitching circle with 183 strikeouts during her senior season... Went 23-0 at pitcher with a personal best 213 strikeouts as a sophomore in 2011... Member of the National Honor Society... Born Jan. 27, 1995... Majoring in marketing.