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Class
Senior
Hometown
Castaic,
Last School
Valencia High School
Roster Years
2002-2005
Career Summary
Lauren Watson Perry was a two-time all-american catcher during her four seasons at BYU. She is one of the BYU greats with her name scattered across the BYU career and season record books. In 2003 and 2005 she was an all-MWC selection, along with being named the 2005 MWC Player of the Year. She helped lead the Cougars to their second conference championship in school history, along with the second trip to the NCAA regionals. See the season summaries tab for more information.
Personal
- Parents are Richard and Michelle
- Played at Valencia High School
- Married Brian W. Perry December 2004
- Graduated December 2005 with BA in Communications
Before BYU
- First-team All-American 18-U Gold Nationals 2001
- Offenseive Player of the Year 1998, 2000, 2001
- Defensive Player of the Year 1999
- First-team All-League 1998-2001
- First-team L.A. Times 2000
- First-team Daily News 2000
- Second Team L.A. Times 1998
- Player of the Year Daily News 2001
- Player of the Year L.A. Times 2001
- MVP Daily News Senior All-Star Game 2001
- First Team All-CIF 2001
Stats
YEAR AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB OB% 2002 .277 148 25 41 4 1 3 22 56 .378 14 .340 2003 .379 174 42 66 8 3 10 32 110 .632 21 .449 2004 .280 168 30 47 4 4 4 28 71 .423 15 .342 2005 .421 171 52 72 10 2 8 33 110 .643 15 .471
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
2002
- Started in 48 games
- Tallied 41 hits and 25 runs in 148 plate appearances
- Recorded an 11-game hitting streak
- Had two four-RBI games
- Recorded her first collegiate grand slam against Utah State (March 2, 2002)
Sophmore Year
2003
- Second-team Easton All-American
- Second-team West All-Region selection
- All-Mountain West Conference honors
- MWC All-Tournament Team Selection
- MWC Player of the Week March 25, 2003
- New Mexico State All-Tournament Team
- BYU Offensive Player of the Year voted by coaches and teammates
- Led the team with 66 hits as a lead-off hitter
- Second in the MWC in batting average, hits, and triples
- Recorded her second grand slam against Utah (March 29, 2003) in the bottom of the sixth inning
Junior Year
2004
- Appeared in 52 games while starting in 51
- Scored 30 runs and knocked in 28 RBI
- Tallied 47 hits with four doubles, triples and home runs
- Led the team and the MWC with four triples
- Stole six bases
- Defensively notched a .982 fielding percentage
- Led the team with 147 putouts
- Named to the New Mexico State Invitational All-Tournament Team and was named the Tournament MVP
Senior Year
2005
- Appeared in 57 games, starting 56
- Led team and ranked 14th in the nation in batting average (.421)
- Led team in runs with 52
- Ranked 14th in the nation in runs per game (0.91)
- Led team with .471 on base percentage and 12 stolen bases
- Named Second Team Easton All-American
- Mountain West Conference Player of the Year
- Named to the MWC All-Conference team
- Earned MWC Player of the Week honors for performance at the Louisville Slugger Tournament where she batted .800 with four home runs and seven RBI
- Led BYU to MWC regular season and tournament titles and its first ever national ranking
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
Medical Redshirt Year