The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2020 Softball Roster
Roster
Lauren Burke
- Position:
- UTL
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Marist
- Prev School:
- University of Oregon
- Hometown:
- Eugene, Ore.
- Major:
- Communication and Leadership
HONORS & AWARDS
• 2021 D1Softball Preseason Second Team All-American
• Big 12 Conference Player of the Week (March 3, 2020 & April 27, 2021)
• 2018 Pac-12 Conference All-Freshman
AS A JUNIOR (2021)
Batted .302 overall with 10 extra-base hits, 17 walks and 33 RBIs (third on the Longhorns) over 56 games (54 starts) ... Posted 11 multi-hit and nine multi-RBI efforts ... Singled to leadoff the fourth and later scored the eventual winning run to down No. 10 Oregon, 1-0, in the deciding game of the NCAA Austin Regional (May 23) ... Started off the NCAA Austin Regional by going 2-for-3 with two RBIs in the 12-0 (5 inn.) rout of St. Francis (May 21) ... Reached base safely in all five plate appearances (3-for-5, two errors) during the 3-2 (9 inn.) loss to No. 9 Oklahoma State (May 14) at the Big 12 Championship ... Chosen as the Big 12 Conference Player of the Week (April 27) on the strength of a 5-for-11 performance with two doubles and eight RBIs during the series sweep of Kansas (April 24-25) ... Posted two-hit games against Baylor (May 9), Iowa State (April 10), UT Arlington (April 7), New Mexico (March 20), and Tarleton State (March 13) ... Registered a 2-for-4 performance with a run scored during the 8-5 win at No. 13 LSU (March 5) ... Blasted a three-run HR in the 16-2 (5 inn.) rout of UConn (Feb. 28) ... Went a perfect 3-for-3 with a HR and three RBIs in the season-opening, 8-0 (5 inn.) victory over Wichita State (Feb. 21).
AS A JUNIOR (2020 COVID-19 SHORTENED SEASON)
Ranked second in the Big 12 in batting average (.453) with 29 hits, 12 doubles, two triples, four HR’s and 20 RBIs in 24 games played (21 starts) while posting an OPS of 1.412 with a .891 slugging (15th in NCAA Division I) and .521 on-base percentage ... Rated fifth in all of NCAA Division I in 2020 in doubles (12) and eighth in the nation in doubles-per-game (0.50) ... Posted two doubles in a game three times: against Cal Baptist (Feb. 13), Lipscomb (Feb. 22) and Boise State (March 1) ... Registered 10 multi-hit efforts, including a 3-for-4 performance with a double, a HR and three RBIs in an 8-6 upset win over No. 2 Washington (Feb. 28) ... Blasted a key eighth-inning solo HR to help Texas upset no. 1 UCLA (Feb. 27) in Los Angeles, 6-4 (8 inn.) ... Homered twice and knocked in a career-high four runs, while going 2-for-2 with three runs scored, in a 13-5 (6 inn.) triumph over Texas Southern (March 7) ... Doubled and later scored to give Texas a 1-0, second-inning advantage in a 2-1 victory over No. 10 Louisiana (Feb. 25) ... Credited with the walk-off RBI via a fielder’s choice in the 12-11 win over Lipscomb (Feb. 22) ... Missed hitting for the cycle by a HR after going 3-for-3 with a double, a triple and three RBIs in a 12-0 (5 inn.) victory over Lipscomb (Feb. 21) ... Batted .600 overall (9-for-15) with four doubles, a triple, seven runs scored and six RBIs during the five-game Texas Invitational (Feb. 21-23).
