PLAYER CARD
Lauren Proctor (OF) University of Massachusetts
Statistics: Ht    AVG.267    R12    H24    HR0    RBI11    FLD%1.000    ERA    W-L   
Classroom:Proctor was named Third Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America and Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team in 2006 and 2007. She is working towards a double Major in Journalism and English with a minor in Spanish. Proctor currently writes for a couple of small music magazines, but she has future aspirations of writing for the New Yorker, Wired, or Rolling Stone magazines. She would eventually like to work as a socially conscious entrepreneur in the world of publications and music. Proctor plans on attending graduate school at either Colombia University, Brown University, NYU, or Northwestern. She boasts a 3.7 GPA, and her expected graduation date is May of 2008.
Character:Proctor is a co-captain of the 2008 UMass squad after starting every game since her freshman year. Her teammates and coaching staff label her as smart, Intelligent, calm, collective, and “one of the most consistent players offensively and defensively this school has every seen.”
Community:Proctor writes a rural awareness blog for “RuralVotes” and works with the organization to bring local foods to schools. She is also in the process of spearheading a program that benefits local Massachusetts farmers, and a program that helps in the rehabilitation of prisoners by adding fresh and healthy foods to their diet.
Competition:1st Team A-10 All Conference in 2006 and 2007 … 1st Team Cosida/ESPN the Magazine All-District 2006/07 … 1st Team NFCA All-Region in 2006, 2nd Team NFCA All-Region in 2007… UMass has a 117-45-2 record with Proctor in the lineup … The Minutewomen have gone to two NCAA Regionals and one Super Regional since Proctor has stepped foot on campus … Her .350 career batting average ranks sixth on the all-time UMass softball list … Her 33 career doubles are 10th on the all-time list
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