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2023 Softball Roster

36 Lauren Mills

  • Position 1B
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Seaman HS
  • Hometown Topeka, Kan.

Biography

SENIOR (2023)
American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team... Named to the Spring Athletic Director's Honor Roll... Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete... NFCA All-Central Region Third Team... Named to the Fall Athletic Director's Honor Roll... In her final collegiate game, she hit two home runs and a double vs. Nebraska (May 20)... Delivered the game-winning RBI single at Tulsa (April 30) in the Top of the 6th inning... Was a perfect 3-for-3 vs. East Carolina (April 22)... Stroked an RBI single in the Shockers' upset at No. 3 Oklahoma State (April 18)... Walked three times and singled in the finale at Memphis (April 8)... Had a pair of singles to go with three RBI and two runs scored in the opener at Memphis (April 6)... Two RBI's behind two singles in an upset of No. 2 Oklahoma State (April 4)... Went 2-for-3 in a midweek win over Omaha (March 29)... Singled and drove in a run in the series finale at UCF (March 26)... Multi-hit game at UCF (March 25), including a home run and two RBI... Two hits and an RBI in the win vs. Kansas (March 21)... Hit the game-tying RBI single in the bottom of the 7th vs. South Dakota State (March 19)... Walked twice and homered in a run-rule win over Northern Colorado (March 19)... Crushed a solo home run vs. Northern Colorado (March 17)... Belted a two-run home run in the run-rule victory over #9 Arkansas (March 14)... American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll on March 13... Went 3-for-3 with a double and an RBI vs. Missouri State (March 12)... Drove in three in a 2-for-2 game vs. Nebraska (March 11)... Singled twice vs. #7 Stanford (March 9)... Hit a three-run home run in a 2-for-3 game vs. Bradley (March 5)... Hit a walk-off home run vs. Western Illinois (March 4)... Doubled in the win vs. Northwestern State (Feb. 26)... Went 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBI at North Texas (Feb. 25)... One hit in five of the six games in San Diego... Broke out of home run slump with two home runs and five RBI against Fairleigh Dickinson (Feb. 19)... One of the home runs was a grand slam... Had at least one hit in all five games of the Texas State Tournament (Feb. 10-12)... Went 2-for-4 with three RBI in the opener vs. Villanova.

JUNIOR (2022)
American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team... Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll... First Team All-Conference selection... American Athletic Conference Championship All-Tournament Team... Smacked another two-run home run in the NCAA Fayetteville Regional vs. Princeton (May 21)... Finished the AAC Championship with three home runs and 10 RBI... Blasted a pinch-hit, two-run home run off Georgina Corrick in the AAC semifinals (May 13)... Tied an NCAA single game record with two grand slams vs. Memphis (May 12) to go with a school record tying eight RBI... Had a pinch-hit three-run double vs. No. 21 UCF (May 6)... Added her third home run of the weekend at ECU in the finale (May 1)... Belted two of the team's record-breaking 10 home runs at East Carolina (April 29)... Career-high two doubles to go with four RBI vs. Memphis (April 24)... Smashed two home runs in Wichita State's run-rule of Memphis on April 23... Only known player in school history to have hit a bird on a home run, as the ball was exiting the field... Added another multi-home run game in the conference-opener vs. Tulsa (April 1)... Her two home runs were both two-run shots to help Wichita State defeat Tulsa, 10-8... Hit a pinch-hit, two-run single vs. Kansas City (March 19)... Recorded her second career multi-home run game in the win vs. SEMO (March 13)... She hit two bombs and drove in five runs against the Redhawks... Crushed a pinch-hit home run at Missouri State (March 9)... Went 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBI in the win at Charlotte (Feb. 26)... Roped a double in the opening game of the Niner Invitational against Northern Iowa (Feb. 25)... Had a pair of singles in the win over Western Illinois (Feb. 19)... Drove in two runs and a scored a run in the finale at Sam Houston (Feb. 13)... Hit a three-run home run vs. Houston Baptist (Feb. 12)... Was perfect at the plate in the season opener vs. Dayton (Feb. 11), going 3-for-3 with two RBI.

SOPHOMORE (2021)
American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team... Received an extra year of eligibility after the 2020 season was cut short due to COVID-19... Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll... Named to the AAC All-Tournament Team... Played in 32 games, hit 11 home runs and drove in 36 runs... One of five Shockers on the team with 10 or more home runs in 2021... Belted a solo home run in a 2-for-4 game vs. No. 1 Oklahoma (May 23) in the NCAA Norman Regional... Crushed her second grand slam of the season in the AAC Tournament semifinals vs. Tulsa (May 14)... Finished with five RBI vs. the Hurricane... Put the exclamation point on Wichita State's 7-0 shutout win at No. 23 UCF (April 16) with a two-run bomb... Crushed a two-run home run in the series finale vs. Houston (April 11)... Tied a career high with three hits, including a double and three RBI vs. Houston (April 10)... Hit one of two grand slams for Wichita State vs. Houston (April 9) to go with three walks... Had a pinch-hit RBI double at Memphis (April 3)... Hit a three-run home run in Wichita State's 13-2 vs. Missouri State (March 11)... Hit a home run in both games of a doubleheader vs. Creighton (Feb. 27)... Set a new school record vs. Lamar (Feb. 20) when she hit three home runs in a single game to go with a career-high six RBI... Hit two of her home runs in the same inning vs. Lamar.

SOPHOMORE (2020)
Played in 22 games, making 12 starts... Hit two home runs and drove in 12 runs, while hitting .286 for the season... Had three games with two or more hits and four games with multiple runs batted in... Drove in a season-high four runs off a double and a home run vs. Lamar on Feb. 7... Also set a season high in hits vs. Lamar with three... 

FRESHMAN (2019)
Appeared in 36 games, making 25 starts as a true freshman... Finished the season hitting .333 with two doubles, three home runs, 11 runs and nine RBI... Hit her first career home run at College of Charleston (Feb. 9)... Six multi-games and two games with multiple runs batted in... Was 2-for-2 at Louisiana Tech (Feb. 16) with two RBI and two runs scored... Hit her first career walk-off home run in the series opener vs. No. 25 USF (May 3)... In the series opener vs. the Bulls, Mills was 2-for-4 against the American Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year (Georgina Corrick)... Followed that up with a 2-for-3 day, including her second straight game with a home run vs. USF (May 4)... Also made four appearances in the circle... Threw 7.1 innings and finished with a 5.73 ERA, two strikeouts, three walks and six runs allowed.

CLUB
Played for head coach Dan Eakin and the Kansas City Peppers.

HIGH SCHOOL
Standout in the state of Kansas throughout her high school career... Gatorade Softball Player of the Year for the state of Kansas as a senior... All-Star Preps Best of Kansas Softball Player of the Year... Kansas Sports All-State Player of the Year... Kansas Sports First Team... Two-time First Team NCFA High School South Central All-Region at first base... Topeka Shawnee County Sports Council Spring Female Athlete of the Year... Three-time First Team All-State... Two-time First Team City (Topeka) and Centennial League... Hit .696 with 15 home runs and 60 RBIs in her final season... Was also the 5A State Champion in powerlifting as a junior and senior... Helped lead Seaman to three regional championships and the 2016 state championship.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Jason (played football at Tulsa) and April Mills... Has one brother and one sister, Ewan and Maegan... Favorite subject in school is English... Favorite TV Show is Gotham... Favorite movie is The Dark Knight... Plans to major in graphic design.

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Historical Player Information

  • 36

    2019Freshman

    1B
    5'9"
    36
  • 36

    2020Sophomore

    1B
    5'9"
    36
  • 36

    2021Sophomore

    1B
    5'9"
    36
  • 36

    2022Junior

    1B
    5'9"
    36
  • 36

    2023Senior

    1B
    5'9"
    36