Lauren Camenzind - Softball - Arkansas Razorbacks

#8 Lauren Camenzind

UTL | So. | 5-7 | R/R | Valley, Neb. | Skutt Catholic HS

Career Highlights
NFCA All-South Region Third Team (2023)

2023 | Freshman
Saw action in 50 games with 47 starts at catcher … Named NFCA All-South Region Third Team … Slashed .292/.377/.338 with 38 hits, 19 RBI, 18 runs scored, eight doubles and one home run … Compiled a team-high .994 fielding percentage (min. 15 total chances) on 324 total chances, committing just two errors behind the plate … Threw out five would-be base stealers at catcher … Also turned two double plays … Slashed .303/.394/.352 with 20 hits, nine RBI and eight runs scored during SEC play … Filed 10 multi-hit and four multi-RBI performances … Tallied first career hit in win over Arizona (Feb. 24) … Drove in first career run on a single vs. Drake (Feb. 26) … Registered first career multi-hit and multi-RBI game vs. North Texas (March 5), finishing 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI … Hit first career home run vs. North Texas (March 5) … Went 2-for-2 with two RBI in game two vs. Texas A&M (March 11) … Helped Arkansas clinch a series win vs. Alabama (March 20) after going 2-for-4 with two RBI in the rubber match … Finished 2-for-3 with a double in rubber match victory against Florida (March 26) … Filed back-to-back multi-hit games against Texas A&M-Commerce (April 18) and Kentucky (April 22) … Went 2-for-3 with a double and run scored vs. Texas A&M-Commerce (April 18) … Followed suit with a 2-for-4, one RBI performance in win vs. Kentucky (April 22) … Collected a career-high three hits (3-for-3), including a double, to go along with a double in win vs. Missouri (May 5) … Went 2-for-3 vs. Oregon in NCAA Fayetteville Regional Finale (May 21).

High School: Tabbed the No. 22 player in Extra Inning Softball’s 2022 Extra Elite 100 … A three-time all-state honoree and won back-to-back state titles with her twin sister Hannah at Skutt Catholic … Logged a .489 batting average with 11 doubles, 15 home runs, 39 RBIs and 57 runs and registered a 1.733 OPS for a 33-0 SkyHawks team, the first ever undefeated squad in Class B … During four high school seasons at Skutt Catholic, she guided her team to two state titles and a combined record of 122-16 … Played on the travel circuit for Aces Fastpitch and hit .385 with 19 doubles her final season.

Personal: The daughter of Chad and Amanda Camenzind … Chose Arkansas because of the passion the state has for the university … She has a twin sister, Hannah, who also plays for Arkansas … She wears #8 because it was her first number when she started playing softball and she wants her final years playing softball to be for the little girl who fell in love with the sport … Majoring in Broadcast Journalism … Her career aspirations include being a sideline reporter for ESPN.