The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2014 Softball Roster
Roster
Lauren Slatten
- Position:
- P
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Oak Hills
- Hometown:
- Cincinnati, Ohio
AS A SOPHOMORE (2015)
Posted a 2-0 mark with a 4.44 ERA over 12 appearances (four starts) with 29 strikeouts over 34.2 frames ... Worked 2.0 innings in the series finale at Oklahoma State (May 3), allowing one earned run on three hits with two strikeouts as Texas completed a sweep, 7-2 ... Was perfect in her one-third of an inning of relief during the series finale at Texas Tech (April 26) ... Started her fourth game of the season and picked up her second win in the 6-5 victory over Texas State (April 4) behind a career-high 6.0 innings with a career-high seven strikeouts ... Earned her first career save after allowing two hits and posting a K over one inning of work in a 5-3 win over Texas Southern (February 27) ... Struck out a then-career-high five batters in the 8-7 loss to Fresno State (February 20) at the Mary Nutter Classic ... Earned her first win of 2015 by tossing four innings of two-hit ball with four walks and four K’s in the 4-1 win over Colorado State (February 14) ... Started and tossed four innings during the eventual 5-4 victory over Northwestern (February 7), allowing three earned runs on three hits with four walks and four K’s ... Permitted two hits over 2.1 frames of relief with a walk and a strikeout in UT’s 10-9 loss to Stanford (February 7).
AS A FRESHMAN (2014)
Made 15 appearances in the circle, including four starts … went 2-3 with a 4.76 ERA … combined with Davis and Smith for a two-hit shutout against TAMU-CC (March 26) … pitched an inning of relief work, striking out one against Kansas (May 3)… threw 4.1 innings in relief, allowing zero earned runs, striking out two, and allowing one hit against Iowa (3/16) … drew a walk against Washington (March 8) and came around to score in only plate appearance … allowed three runs or less in six of seven appearances … tossed 6.0 innings to pick up the win against North Carolina (Feb. 7) in her first career start.
NATIONALLY
Played for Louisville Lady Sluggers in Louisville, Ky.
BEFORE TEXAS
Played final two years for Oak Hills following a move from Bastrop, Texas, and Elgin High School ... in two years at Oak Hills, guided the program to the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division I regional finals as a junior, lifted the squad to its first-ever 20-win season and Greater Miami Conference (GMC) title as a senior and totaled 711 strikeouts, including a GMC-record 390 during junior year ... earned Ohio High School Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association Division I First-Team All-State honors as a senior ... named by the Women’s Sports Association of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky as one of the organization’s High School Sportswomen of the Year Top-10 Finalists and the sport of softball’s winner ... named the Cincinnati Enquirer Division I Softball Player of the Year and received Greater Miami Conference Player of the Year honors following both junior and senior years ... as a senior, posted a 23-3 record with 14 shutouts, a 0.60 earned-run average and 321 strikeouts in 174 innings pitched ... led the GMC in wins, ERA and strikeouts as a senior ... in solely league contests, went 17-1 with a 0.64 ERA and 205 whiffs in 121 frrames ... also a threat offensively, hitting .446 with 26 runs batted in as a senior ... in the GMC title-clincing contest, struck out 15 in a 1-0 victory over Mason ... during junior campaign, went 19-12 with 390 strikeouts and a 1.33 earned run average ... proved to be a threat at the plate, batting .404 with 19 runs batted in, seven doubles and three triples for head coach Jackie Cornelius-Bedel ... tossed the first no-hitter of her Oak Hills career in a 7-0 win over Hamilton on April 10, 2012 ... also went two-for-three at the plate during the contest ... nearly a month later, delivered the run-scoring single to lift Oak Hills over Fairborn in a 13-inning affair in the regional semifinal ... struck out 20 and allowed only six hits in the contest ... during another extra-inning contest, against Lakota West, fanned 31 during 16 innings, good for the ninth-highest total by a pitcher in Ohio High School Athletic Association history ... as a sophomore at Elgin High School, named The Bastrop Advertiser’s All-Bastrop County Cy Young Award Winner and earned a spot on the Austin American-Statesman’s All-Central Texas Team ... during two years at Elgin under head coach Amanda Wolf, recorded 224 strikeouts and posted a 0.80 ERA ... a member of the Collin Street Bakery/Texas Sports Writers Association Honorable Mention 4A All-State Team as a sophomore ... during rookie year, helped Elgin to a 25-8 mark and the Lady Cats were the No. 2 team in the Texas Girls Coaches Association Preseason Class 4A Preseason Poll prior to sophomore campaign.
PERSONAL
Full name is Lauren Michelle Slatten … born Feb. 25, 1995 in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. … daughter of Gabe and Malisa Slatten … has three siblings, Kalen (15), Jaden (11) and Adisen (7) … major is undeclared.
