Lauren Schlechte Class: Senior Hometown: St. Louis, Mo. High School: Oakville Height: 5-10 Position: C/IF B/T: R/R

As a Junior (2005): Started in 19 games behind the plate, four at shortstop and one at third base, and played in a total of 45 games for the Yellow Jackets ... Hit .239, with two doubles, one home run and 10 runs batted in ... Posted a .345 on base percentage and drew 12 walks ... Stole two bases in three attempts ... Picked one base runner off and threw out five of the nine base runners attempting to steal ... Went 2-for-3, with a season-high three RBIs against Furman (2/16) ... Finished 1-for-3, with a home run against Saint Louis (3/5).

As a Sophomore (2004): Started in 52 games of 56 played, 31 at catcher, nine at first base, eight at third base and one at shortstop ... Finished the season No. 2 on the Tech squad with a .395 on base percentage ... Drove in 17 runs and posted a .216 batting average ... Tallied five doubles and three home runs ... Her 33 walks tied her for third most for any Tech player in a season and ranked fourth in the ACC ... Stole six bases in nine attempts ... Posted multiple hits and runs batted in in four different games ... Threw out four base runners on the season ... Smacked a three-run home run against Ohio (3/19), finishing with a season-high three RBIs ... Went 2-for-3 against UL-Monroe (2/7) and Georgia State (2/19) with two RBIs.

As a Freshman (2003): Started in 28 of the 32 games played in for Tech ... Posted a .941 fielding percentage at third base ... Had a .292 on-base percentage ... Tallied 15 hits, four RBIs, three doubles and one home run in 78 at bats ... Walked 10 times on the year ... Finished a perfect 2-for-2 against nationally-ranked Oregon State with two doubles and a walk on March 8 ... Went 2-for-3, with a home run and two runs batted in versus Princeton on March 16.

High School: Four-year letterwinner in softball at Oakville High School ... Earned second-team all-state honors at third base in 2001 ... Two-time all-conference honoree (2000-01) ... First-team all-district as a senior ... Also played basketball for two seasons, earning team MVP honors in 1999 ... Member of student council ... Four-year class representative ... Member of French Club and National French Honor Society ... Honor Roll student for all four years ... Earned Who's Who Award as a freshman and senior ... Served as historian for C.O.E.

Personal: Lauren Christine Schlechte ... Daughter of Don and Julie Schlechte ... Born March 26, 1984, in St. Louis, Mo. ... Majoring in science, technology and culture.