University of Connecticut Athletics
2022 Softball Roster
Lauren Benson
- Position:
- Catcher
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Elgin Park Secondary
- Hometown:
- White Rock, British Columbia
Career: 113 games played in a UConn uniform...44 career hits, with 25 runs batted in, and 30 runs scored...Nine extra base hits...Career .331 on-base percentage...Career .987 fielding percentage ranks eighth all-time in program history.
2024: Made appearances in 26 games with 17 starts...Tallied eleven hits, with six runs batted in and nine runs scored...Had a game tying two run double against Boston College on April 23rd...Career high three runs batted in against Creighton on April 12th.
2023: Appeared in 34 games with 16 starts...Recorded twelve hits, driving in seven runs, and scoring seven runs...Hit her first career home run at Creighton on April 22nd...Drove in the game tying run, and scored the go ahead run against DePaul on April 30th.
2022: Made 23 appearances with 12 starts...Held a .378 on base percentage, with nine hits, six runs scored, and four runs batted in.
2021: Appeared in 31 games with 27 starts… Tallied 13 hits, eight runs, eight RBI, a pair of doubles and one triple on a .165 average… recorded one stolen base against Lamar (Feb. 27)… Notched multi-hit game at Providence on April 27… 1.000 fielding percentage.
Before UConn: Member of the Yale Secondary Softball Academy from 2017-2019… Earned a silver medal in the 2018 U19 Kent Washington Flame Invite… Eight-year member of the White Rock Renegades… 2017 North Delta Tournament MVP and Canadian Championship Top Catcher… Assisted the Renegades to first-place finishes in the U-16 Provincial Championship and the U16 Canadian Nationals while also picking up the 2018 Top Catcher recognition… Named to the U17 Canadian World Qualifier Roster and the U19 Canadian Junior National Team in 2019, helping both teams capture bronze medals in the U17 Pan-American World Qualifier and the U19 World Championship… Also a two-year member of the Elgin Park Secondary Senior Girls Volleyball team… Three-time selection to the Elgin Park Secondary School All-Academic Honour Roll… Featured by Peace Arch News in White Rock, British Columbia.
