Lauren Gibson
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Lauren Ashley Gibson (born August 19, 1991)[1] is an American softball player.
Personal life
[edit]Gibson's hometown is Pasadena, Maryland. Her parents are Steve and Lorrie Gibson, and she has an older sister named Danielle.
Amateur softball career
[edit]She attended Chesapeake High School (Anne Arundel County) where she played softball, basketball, and soccer. Gibson led the Chesapeake softball team to 2 consecutive class 4A state championships, pitching no-hitters in both games. Currently, she attends the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at University of Tennessee. Gibson was chosen as a NFCA first-team All-American in 2011, after winning the SEC batting title with a .420 average. In 2012 after leading the Lady Vols to the Women's College World Series, she was once again chosen as a NFCA first-team All-American at second base. Gibson was chosen as the Co-SEC Player of the Week for the week of March 11, 2013. She earned this honor after hitting .500 with three home runs against No. 3/3 Florida and Winthrop. She won the 2013 SEC Player of the Year award following the end of the season.
Team USA
[edit]Gibson has been a member of Team USA since 2011. With the United States women's national softball team she won the 2011 World Cup of Softball. Gibson led team USA in 2012 with a .500 batting average. She also hit 5 home-runs and tallied 18 RBIs in 22 games in 2012.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Lauren Gibson". utladyvols.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2012. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
- ^ "U.S. wins World Cup of Softball". July 26, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
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- 1991 births
- People from Pasadena, Maryland
- Living people
- Softball players from Maryland
- Tennessee Volunteers softball players
- Sportspeople from Anne Arundel County, Maryland
- University of Tennessee alumni
- Softball players at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Softball players at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in softball
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in softball
- American softball biography stubs