Lauren Stratton - Women's Golf - Vanderbilt University Athletics

Lauren Stratton Season 2011-12

Class Junior
Hometown Spring Hill, Tenn.
High School Independence
Bio

Honors
• 2013 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2013 Second Team All-SEC
• 2012 First Team All-American
• 2012 First Team All-SEC
• 2012 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2010 SEC All-Freshman Team

Summer 2012
Captured the Tennessee State Amateur championship at the Foxland Harbor Golf Club in Gallatin, Tenn.

As a Junior (2011-12)
Named as a NGCA First-Team All-American and also to the All-SEC First Team…Played in all 34 rounds and had a stroke average of 73.4…Had a stellar fall campaign… Had two top five finishes in the fall (Mason Rudolph Fall Preview, T-3rd; Mercedes Benz SEC/Pac 12 Challenge, 2nd) and a top 10 at Stanford…Finished in a tie for eighth at the Central Regional…Also had a top 10 finish at the Vanderbilt/Texas Dual (t-7th) and the SEC Championship (t-8th)…Had a low round of 68 in the first round of the Mercedes Benz SEC/Pac 12 Challenge…Ended the NCAA Championship in a tie for 29th, and posted a 69 in the final round of competition.

Summer 2011
Advanced to the opening round of match play at the 2011 U.S. Amateur…Also teamed with Marina Alex to finish second at the 2nd Annual Hooters Collegiate Team Championship.

As a Sophomore (2010-11)
Played in all 34 rounds and had a stroke average of 75.1…Posted one top 10 finish and two top 20[apos]s…Finished in a tie for seventh at Bryan National Collegiate, her best finish of the season, with an eight-over par, 224 (73-77-74)…Ended the PING/ASU Invitational in a tie for 15th with a score of 220 (72-73-75)…Fired a 71 in final round of East Regional…Low round of the season came in the second round of the Mason Rudolph Championship (69)…Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll in the Spring of 2011.

As a Freshman (2009-10)
Played in 31 of 34 rounds as a true freshman…Named to the All-SEC Freshman team…Had her best finish of the season at the Stanford Intercollegiate, where she tied for 13th with a score of 214 (75-67-72)…Also posted a top 20 at the Kinderlou Forest Challenge (T-20) and the Auburn Invitational (T-7th)…Low round of the year came in the second round of the Stanford Intercollegiate, where she shot a second-round 67…Posted a 69 in the second round of the SEC Championship.

Summer of 2009:
Captured the 2009 Jim Walling Invitational championship…Finished second among amateurs at the 2009 Tennessee Women[apos]s Open.

Amateur and High School Highlights:
2008 First Team All-Middle Tennessee selection…Named the ‘On the Ball’ magazine Player of the Year in 2007…Also named Middle Tennessee Golf Player of the Year in 2007 and co-player of the year in 2005…Was a Girl[apos]s Golf first team all-region selection for Middle Tennessee in 2007…Finished third at the 2007 AJGA Jerry Pate Andrews Institute Southern Junior and second at the 2007 AJGA David Gossett Junior…In 2008, she participated in the Women[apos]s Amateur Qualifier…Was her Independence High School team[apos]s MVP in 2005, 2006, and 2007…Named the 2005 Southwest Washington Girl[apos]s Golf Player of the Year…Was the Oregon Junior Girl[apos]s Golf State Champion in 2001, 2002, and 2004…Her team captured the state golf championship as a freshman and is a two-time TSSAA Class AAA individual state champion (2005, 2007)…Lettered four times in golf and once in track…Was the captain of her golf team 2006-08…Member of the National Honor Society and the high honor roll 2005-09…named the 2009 Honors Calculus Student of the Year, the 2008 Marketing I Student of the Year, and the 2006 Wellness Student of the Year.

Personal:
Born August 31, 1990 … Parents are Michael and Karla … Has one sister, Rachel Stratton …Major is Economics … Chose Vanderbilt over Ole Miss, Kentucky, and Illinois.

Stratton[apos]s Statistics
Year | Rounds | Strokes | Average
2012-13 | 34 | 2,526 | 74.3
2011-12 | 34 | 2,496 | 73.4
2010-11 | 34 | 2,554 | 75.1
2009-10 | 31 | 2,325 | 75.0
Career | 133 | 9,901 | 74.4