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Jersey Number 2
Lauren Rowland
- Position:
- Utility
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Fort Zumwalt West High
- Hometown:
- O'Fallon, Mo.
Honors
CUSA Honor Roll: 2026
MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026
2026 (Sophomore)
Appeared in 48 games and made 47 starts primarily in the outfield and at the designation player position…Batted .250 with 31 hits, 26 RBI, 24 runs, 24 walks, eight doubles, five home runs and a triple…Was a perfect 4-for-4 in stolen base attempts…Committed zero errors in the outfield in 41 total chances…Tallied nine multi-hit and six multi-RBI games…Recorded a career-high four RBI against Fordham (Feb. 7)…Hit home runs in back-to-back games against Fordham (Feb. 7 and 8)…Drew a career-high four walks, one with bases loaded to log an RBI, against Grambling State (Feb. 13)…Drove in two and knocked an RBI triple in run-rule win against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Feb. 27)…Smacked two doubled and collected an RBI at Northwestern State (Feb. 28)…Hit the game-winning solo home run in the top of the seventh in a come-from-behind win at Delaware (March 20)…Went 2-for-3 and drove in the first run of the game in a shutout victory at Louisiana Tech (March 29)…Tallied two hits, including an RBI double, in run-rule win at Sam Houston (April 11)…Member of the CUSA Commissioner’s Honor Roll…Named to MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2025 and Spring 2026.
2025 (Freshman)
Made 40 appearances and earned 11 starts as a true freshman…Primarily served as an outfielder and pinch hitter…Batted .279 with 12 hits, nine RBI and two home runs on the season…Recorded her first collegiate hit and scored a run at SIUE (March 11)…Went 1-for-1 with two RBI and scored a run versus UIC (March 15)…Logged a hit, a RBI, a stolen base and scored a run against Kansas City (March 26)…Hit a two-run homer in a pinch-hit appearance at Mizzou (April 2)…Tallied a season-high two hits including an RBI-double at Indiana State (April 13)…Drove in two runs in a pinch-hit opportunity at Illinois State (April 18)…Earned two starts in the MVC Tournament and went 2-for-4 in MoState’s quarterfinal loss to Illinois State (May 8)…Went 3-for-3 in stolen base attempts on the year… Named to the MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2024 and Spring 2025.
High School
Four-year starter out of Fort Zumwalt West High (Mo.) for head coach Ryan Oetting…Three-time all-conference first team selection…Earned all-district honors three times, including two first-team nods…Two-time second-team all-region honoree…Named a team caption in both her junior and senior seasons…Collected academic all-conference honors four times…Batted .365 and owned a .420 on-base percentage to help lead the Jaguars to an 18-5 record and both conference and district championships as a freshman…Hit .360 and drove in 23 runs with a .476 on-base percentage in her sophomore campaign, earning a spot on the all-region second team...Bounced back in her senior campaign, as she batted .363 with 33 runs, 33 hits, 18 RBI and 14 stolen bases runs en route to first-team all-conference, first-team all-district and second-team all-region accolades….Was a member of the National Honor Society and a Missouri Girls State inductee…Also a track and field athlete at Fort Zumwalt West, winning a district and conference title in javelin as a junior…Played travel ball for St. Louis Chaos.
Personal
Lauren Brianne Rowland was born 11/30/05 in Oklahoma…Daughter of Traci and the late Matt Rowland of O’Fallon, Mo….Has one brother, Devlin… Majoring in Exercise Science.
CUSA Honor Roll: 2026
MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026
2026 (Sophomore)
Appeared in 48 games and made 47 starts primarily in the outfield and at the designation player position…Batted .250 with 31 hits, 26 RBI, 24 runs, 24 walks, eight doubles, five home runs and a triple…Was a perfect 4-for-4 in stolen base attempts…Committed zero errors in the outfield in 41 total chances…Tallied nine multi-hit and six multi-RBI games…Recorded a career-high four RBI against Fordham (Feb. 7)…Hit home runs in back-to-back games against Fordham (Feb. 7 and 8)…Drew a career-high four walks, one with bases loaded to log an RBI, against Grambling State (Feb. 13)…Drove in two and knocked an RBI triple in run-rule win against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Feb. 27)…Smacked two doubled and collected an RBI at Northwestern State (Feb. 28)…Hit the game-winning solo home run in the top of the seventh in a come-from-behind win at Delaware (March 20)…Went 2-for-3 and drove in the first run of the game in a shutout victory at Louisiana Tech (March 29)…Tallied two hits, including an RBI double, in run-rule win at Sam Houston (April 11)…Member of the CUSA Commissioner’s Honor Roll…Named to MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2025 and Spring 2026.
2025 (Freshman)
Made 40 appearances and earned 11 starts as a true freshman…Primarily served as an outfielder and pinch hitter…Batted .279 with 12 hits, nine RBI and two home runs on the season…Recorded her first collegiate hit and scored a run at SIUE (March 11)…Went 1-for-1 with two RBI and scored a run versus UIC (March 15)…Logged a hit, a RBI, a stolen base and scored a run against Kansas City (March 26)…Hit a two-run homer in a pinch-hit appearance at Mizzou (April 2)…Tallied a season-high two hits including an RBI-double at Indiana State (April 13)…Drove in two runs in a pinch-hit opportunity at Illinois State (April 18)…Earned two starts in the MVC Tournament and went 2-for-4 in MoState’s quarterfinal loss to Illinois State (May 8)…Went 3-for-3 in stolen base attempts on the year… Named to the MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2024 and Spring 2025.
High School
Four-year starter out of Fort Zumwalt West High (Mo.) for head coach Ryan Oetting…Three-time all-conference first team selection…Earned all-district honors three times, including two first-team nods…Two-time second-team all-region honoree…Named a team caption in both her junior and senior seasons…Collected academic all-conference honors four times…Batted .365 and owned a .420 on-base percentage to help lead the Jaguars to an 18-5 record and both conference and district championships as a freshman…Hit .360 and drove in 23 runs with a .476 on-base percentage in her sophomore campaign, earning a spot on the all-region second team...Bounced back in her senior campaign, as she batted .363 with 33 runs, 33 hits, 18 RBI and 14 stolen bases runs en route to first-team all-conference, first-team all-district and second-team all-region accolades….Was a member of the National Honor Society and a Missouri Girls State inductee…Also a track and field athlete at Fort Zumwalt West, winning a district and conference title in javelin as a junior…Played travel ball for St. Louis Chaos.
Personal
Lauren Brianne Rowland was born 11/30/05 in Oklahoma…Daughter of Traci and the late Matt Rowland of O’Fallon, Mo….Has one brother, Devlin… Majoring in Exercise Science.
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