CAREER: Finished third all-time and 10th in the Big South with 65 stolen bases… 2010 Second-Team All-Big South… Three-year starter and appeared in second most games of senior class (211)… Batted .275 with 104 hits, 90 runs scored, five doubles, four triples and 27 RBI.
2011 HIGHLIGHTS: One of four Highlanders to start all 59 contests... Led team with 25 steals... Tallied career highs in runs (28) and stolen bases… Big South Player of the Week (3/15)… Batted .417 (10-24) with six runs scored and eight stolen bases on the week... Recorded walk-off single in 2-1 win over JMU… Five two-steal contests... Three outfield assists... Threw out potential game-winning run in bottom of eighth in series finale at Charleston Southern... Registered three, three-hit games... 5-for-6 and reached base safely in final six plate appearance in game two vs. Toledo... 5-10 in opening weekend at Spring Hill Suites Eagle Classic.
2010 HIGHLIGHTS: Second team All-Big South… A threat from the nine-spot, posted career highs in several offensive categories… Led team and finished third in the league in triples… Third on team and eighth in the league in stolen bases… Appeared in all 55 games with 54 starts… Threw out game-tying run (final out of game) at third in seventh inning against Florida State advancing Radford to regional final… Tallied RBI double in Regional finals vs. Georgia… Swiped two bases in regional opener versus Florida State... Keyed Radford’s comeback extra-inning victory at North Carolina in both halves of seventh inning… Registered two-out game-tying single and then delivered a strike to nail the winning run at home plate in the bottom half to preserve the tie and send game into extra innings… Recorded career-high eight-game hitting streak (3/31-4/10)... Registered first collegiate extra base hit with a double vs. Toledo (3/5)... Had a career-high three hits vs. UAB (3/5)... Ranks eighth on career stolen base chart (40).
2009 HIGHLIGHTS: Jumped into the starting lineup and started the final 21 games of the season... Registered a walk and a sacrifice hit in NCAA Regional opener against eventual national semifinalist Georgia… Stole a base in NCAA regional victory over Campbell… Played in 50 games, making 30 starts… Stole 12 bases… Recorded game-tying RBI single in game three against Coastal Carolina... Made first collegiate start at Hawai’i, recording a single in her first at bat and made a highlight reel catch in rightfield and turned it into a double play.
2008 HIGHLIGHTS: Saw action in 46 games, making six starts… Second on team and fifth in the Big South with 15 stolen bases… Tallied 23 runs… First two collegiate hits came in fourth inning against Georgetown at Cavalier Classic… Recorded first collegiate stolen base vs. Alabama State and run vs. Georgia Southern at Georgia Southern Invitational… Scored four runs and was 4-for-4 in stolen bases at ECU Pirate Classic.
PREP: First-team all-region and All-Liberty District... Two-time Second-Team All-Liberty District... Also a Second-Team All-Dulles District team selection... Played five years for the Fire and Ice Club Team.
PERSONAL/ACADEMICS: Majoring in sports medicine… Lauren and her older sister Kelly are the daughters of Paul and Ann Williams... Born on July 21, 1989.
WILLIAMS' BATTING STATISTICS
| YEAR |
AVG |
GP-GS |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
TB |
SLG% |
RBI |
BB |
HBP |
SO |
OB% |
SF |
SH |
SB-SBA |
PO |
A |
E |
FLD% |
| 2008 |
.300 |
47-0 |
10 |
23 |
23 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
.300 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
.364 |
0 |
0 |
15-20 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
.714 |
| 2009 |
.206 |
50-30 |
68 |
15 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
.206 |
2 |
6 |
0 |
10 |
.270 |
0 |
6 |
12-17 |
48 |
2 |
1 |
.980 |
| 2010 |
.319 |
55-54 |
138 |
24 |
44 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
53 |
.384 |
13 |
8 |
1 |
9 |
.361 |
0 |
2 |
13-16 |
75 |
3 |
4 |
.951 |
| 2011 |
.265 |
59-59 |
162 |
28 |
43 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
47 |
.290 |
12 |
7 |
1 |
13 |
.298 |
1 |
6 |
25-32 |
81 |
3 |
2 |
.977 |
| TOTALS |
.275 |
211-143 |
378 |
90 |
104 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
117 |
.318 |
27 |
22 |
2 |
35 |
.318 |
1 |
14 |
65-85 |
209 |
8 |
9 |
.960 |
