Biography
Career Honors:
2025 - Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
2025 - American Conference Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2025 - NFCA All-Central Region Third Team
2025 - First Team All-Conference
2025 - CSC Academic All-District
2025 - 2x American Athletic Conference Player of the Week
2024 - Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
2024 - AAC All-Academic Team
2023 - Softball America Third Team All-American
2023 - Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
2023 - NFCA All-Central Region Third Team
2023 - CSC Academic All-District
2023 - First Team All-Conference
2023 - AAC Player of the Week
2022 - Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
2022 - AAC All-Academic Team
2022 - NFCA All-Central Region Third Team
2022 - First Team All-Conference
2022 - AAC Player of the Week
GRADUATE STUDENT (2025)
Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete... American Conference Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year... CSC Academic All-District... Named to the Fall and Spring Athletic Director's Honor Roll... NFCA All-Central Region Third Team... Finished her career on several career record lists at Wichita State: 2nd in batting average (.377), 3rd in on base percentage (.464), tied for 3rd in triples (11), 4th in slugging percentage (.658), 5th in RBIs (144), tied for 7th in doubles (40), 8th in total bases (335), 9th in runs scored (138) and tied for 10th in walks (88)... She is one of only two players in school history to record at least 40 doubles, 10 triples and 25 home runs in a career... Was named First Team All-Conference for the third time in her career... Two-time AAC Player of the Week... Started all 55 games in her final season, hitting .378 with 11 doubles, two triples, a career-high 13 home runs and 42 RBIs, while slugging a career-best .707... Her .493 on base percentage was also a career high... Had 18 games with multiple hits... Hit a triple in her final collegiate game vs. North Texas in the quarterfinals of the AAC Championship... Singled twice and scored twice at Memphis on May 3... Homered in all three games vs. Charlotte... Hit a pair of two-run home runs in the series finale vs. Charlotte on April 26... Went 2-for-2 with a home run and two RBIs in the run-rule win vs. Kansas City on April 22... Walked and smoked a two-run home run at Tulsa on April 17... Blasted two home runs and drove in five RBI in the series opener vs. East Carolina on April 11... Doubled, tripled and drove in three runs at UAB on April 5... Was 2-for-3 with a walk, double, RBI and two runs scored in the series opener at UAB... Scored three times in the shootout with #2 Oklahoma on March 26... Racked up three hits, including an RBI double in the series finale at UTSA... Singled and crushed a solo home run in Game 2 of the UTSA series... Drove in two runs, scored twice and doubled in the series opener at UTSA on March 21... In the finale vs. North Texas, she was 2-for-3 with a home run, two RBIs and three runs scored... Recorded two hits and an RBI in the win at Kansas on March 12... Registered a hit in all three games at Florida Atlantic and at least one RBI in two of the three games... Walked a career-high four times in the final game of the Shocker Invitational vs. South Dakota State... Posted three hits in the two games vs. Abilene Christian... Tallied at least one hit in four of the five Clearwater Invitational games... Named American Athletic Conference Player of the Week on Feb. 10... In her first action since 2023 she went 10-for-15 at the plate at the GCU Kickoff Classic with three doubles, two home runs, seven RBIs and eight runs scored... Went 4-for-4 with a double, home runs, three runs and four RBI vs. Montana (Feb. 8)... Homered in her first at bat of the season vs. Northern Illinois (Feb. 7).
SENIOR (2024)
Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team... Named to the Fall and Spring Athletic Director's Honor Roll... Missed all of the season due to injury.
JUNIOR (2023)
American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team... Softball America Third Team All-American... Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete... NFCA All-Central Region Third Team... CSC Academic All-District... First Team All-Conference... Named to the Fall and Spring Athletic Director's Honor Roll with a 4.0 GPA... Finished the season with 62 RBI, the second most in school history on the single season charts... Hit the game-tying RBI single in the Top of the 6th at Tulsa (April 30)... Tied a career high with four hits at Tulsa (April 29)... Walked a career-high four times and tallied two RBI in the series opener at Tulsa (April 28)... Registered her seventh triple of the season in a 2-for-4 day at the plate vs. East Carolina (April 22)... Hit a solo home run in the series opener vs. East Carolina (April 21)... Named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll on April 17... Cleared the bases with a 3-run triple and had the game-winning walk-off sac fly in Wichita State's extra inning win over Houston (April 14)... Singled twice and recorded an RBI in the finale at Memphis (April 8)... Walked twice, singled, scored a run and drove in a run in the series opener at Memphis (April 6)... Three hits and an RBI in the Shockers' upset of No. 2 Oklahoma State (April 4)... Drove in nine runs in three games vs. South Florida... Had five RBI, including a bases-clearing triple vs. South Florida (April 1)... With the bases loaded and Wichita State trailing by two, she delivered a bases-clearing, go-ahead double in the opener vs. South Florida (March 31)... Was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI vs. Omaha (March 29)... Bases loaded walk in the series finale at UCF (March 26)... Doubled in the series opener at UCF (March 24)... Was 2-for-4 with a single in a 7th inning comeback win over South Dakota State (March 19)... Smashed a three-run home run and a triple in the run-rule victory over #9 Arkansas (March 14)... Four hits, including a double and two RBI vs. Missouri State (March 12)... Went 4-for-4 with a double, two RBI and three runs vs. Nebraska (March 10)... Had the walk-off RBI double vs. Western Illinois (March 5)... Went 2-for-3 with an RBI vs. Bradley (March 5)... Drove in three runs behind a triple and single vs. Western Illinois (March 4)... Three hits, including a pair of doubles vs. Northwestern State (Feb. 25)... Was 2-for-3 with a triple and three RBI at San Diego (Feb. 18)... Delivered an RBI double at San Diego State (Feb. 17)... American Player of the Week (Feb. 13)... Had a scorching opening weekend in San Marcos... Hit .647/.684/1.176 with 11 hits, 6 doubles, 1 HR, 5 runs and 12 RBI... Multiple hits in four of the five games and multiple RBI in four of the five games... Went 4-for-4 with a home run, two doubles and a career-high six RBI vs. Villanova (Feb. 10).
SOPHOMORE (2022)
Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team... Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll with a 4.0 GPA... NFCA All-Central Region Third Team... First Team All-Conference selection... American Athletic Conference Player of the Week on April 18)... Had a three-hit game in the series finale vs. No. 21 UCF (May 8), including a solo home run... Scored a season-high three times to go with a single in the series finale at ECU (May 1)... Crushed a seventh inning grand slam to help Wichita State defeat East Carolina on April 30... Registered another three-hit game in the series finale vs. Memphis (April 24), which included a double and two runs... Multiple hits in all three games at Houston (April 14-16)... Went 2-for-4 with a home run and a double in the finale at Houston... Tied a season high with three hits in the game two win at Houston (April 15)... Singled twice and drove in a run in the finale vs. Tulsa (April 3)... Two hits, including a double in the game two run-rule of Tulsa (April 2)... Walked twice, singled and scored two runs in the conference-opener vs. Tulsa (April 1)... Smashed a solo home run against Kansas City (March 19)... Named to the American Weekly Honor Roll for a second time on March 21... Three hits, two of them doubles, in a 16-2 win over Kansas City (March 18)... On the final day of the Jayhawk Invitational, Lucas was 6-for-9 with a double, triple, home run and seven RBI in wins over Iowa and Kansas (March 14)... Scored twice and doubled in the run-rule of SEMO (March 13)... Smoked a three-run double into the left-center gap at Missouri State (March 9)... Named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll for the first time in her career on March 7... Started a 7-run fifth inning with a two-run double vs. South Dakota State (March 5)... Set a career high with three hits to go with a home run, two runs and a career-high three RBI vs. South Dakota State (March 4)... Belted a solo home run at Nebraska (March 3)... Drove in a run on a single down the third base line at No. 10 Arkansas (Feb. 19)... Was 1-for-2 with a solo home run and two runs scored vs. Western Illinois (Feb. 19)... Hit her first career home run in the win vs. No. 24 Illinois (Feb. 18)... Had a hit and an RBI in each game vs. Sam Houston... Went 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI in the season opener vs. Dayton (Feb. 11).
FRESHMAN (2021)
American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team... Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll... Played in 13 games as a true freshman, making five starts in the outfield... Scored six runs to go with two hits and an RBI... Registered her first career double vs. Missouri State (March 11)... Drew a pair of walks vs. Creighton (Feb. 27).
HIGH SCHOOL
Lauren Lucas made the move to Wichita State from Little Elm, Texas, and Little Elm High School... Lucas lettered and started all four years at Little Elm under head coach Jill Miller... She earned District Pitcher of the Year, District Offensive Player of the Year and District Co-MVP honors during her first three years, while also racking up Team MVP honors three times, All-State (twice), All-Area (three times) and All-Metroplex accolades... As a junior, Lucas finished with a .633 batting average and 234 strikeouts and a 1.55 ERA in the circle... She holds a career batting average of .616 and 2.88 ERA... Lucas helped Little Elm to three Bi-District Championships, a regional quarterfinal championship and regional semifinal championship... A member of the volleyball team as well, Lucas earned honorable mention all-district honors... Off the field Lucas was a member of the National Honor Society and Student Athletic Leadership Council.
PERSONAL
She is the daughter of Brian and Jennifer Lucas, and has one brother, Garrett Scudder and one sister, Rylie Scudder... Her father played college baseball at Northwestern State University, while both siblings played softball (Rylie) at Bethel and baseball (Garrett) at McMurry University... Lucas plans to major in sport management at Wichita State.
