Lauren Duff Season 2019

2018-19 ACC Academic Honor Roll

2019: Played in 29 games, drawing 13 starts at catcher and 10 as the designated player… Had a double and also scored one run versus Boston College (4/27) … Tallied a two-run double against North Carolina (4/21) … Had one hit and scored a run at Charlotte (4/17) … Recorded one hit and one RBI against Virginia (4/13) … Tied a career-high two home runs versus No. 20/17 (4/10) and also had three RBIs … Hit her first home run of the season versus Binghamton (3/19), a solo shot to left … Recorded one hit at NC State (3/16) … Earned one walk and one hit against Georgia Tech (3/10) … Finished with one hit and one RBI in the second contest versus Georgia State (2/24) … Recorded one hit versus Georgia State (2/23) … Collected an RBI double, garnered two walks and a season-high 12 putouts behind the dish at Charleston Southern (2/17) … Tallied an RBI single versus ETSU (2/17) … Posted two hits, including a double, and one RBI at Charleston Southern (2/16) … Turned in a double and a single with an RBI and two runs scored versus Detroit Mercy (2/16) … Had two hits, including a double, versus Purdue (2/10) … Posted one run and one hit at College of Charleston (2/9) … Recorded seven putouts and two at-bats versus [RV] Wichita State (2/8).
 
2017: Started and played in all 53 games … Logged 52 starts behind the plate … Set career-highs with 48 hits, seven home runs and 21 RBI … Tied for second in the ACC with 16 runners caught stealing … Picked off two runners … Registered 10 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games … Matched her single-game high of three hits three times against Seton Hall (2/26), Georgia Tech (3/31) and Western Carolina (4/25) … Tallied an RBI single against Iowa (2/18) … Had her second-career multi-home run against the Pirates (2/26) … Went 1-for-3 with a solo home run at South Carolina (3/8) … Scored twice and went 2-for-3 with an RBI against North Carolina (3/19) … Hit a two-run home run against East Tennessee State (3/21) … Went 3-for-5 and reached on an E6 that scored the game-winning run against Georgia Tech (3/31) … Went 1-for-3 with a run scored and three RBI against the Yellow Jackets (4/1) … Smashed a two-run home run against Longwood (4/11) … Had an RBI and drove in the go-ahead run on a sac bunt in the top of the sixth at Liberty (4/18) … Scored twice and collected three hits at Western Carolina (4/25).

2016 ACC Freshman of the Year
2016 First-Team All-ACC
2016 NFCA Third-Team All-Mid-Atlantic Region
 
2016: ACC Freshman of the Year - the first in Tech history … NFCA’s Mid-Atlantic Region third team selection … Led the Hokies with a .347 average, slugging .605 with five home runs, a pair of triples, and 13 doubles … Logged a 20-game hitting streak that ranks the second longest in Tech’s record books … Ranked second in the ACC with 13 runners caught stealing for the season … Ranked second with an .807 slugging percentage against ACC competition … Slugged 20 multi-base hits with a team high of 13 doubles … Had 12 multi-hit games … Collected 246 putouts with 37 assists as catcher … Made her collegiate debut at USF with four putouts as catcher … Launched two home runs, driving in six against Virginia to tie a school record of home runs in a single game.
 
High School: Played at Hickory High for Coach Ryan Wieck … A two-time all-state selection … Finished her career as the school’s all-time leader in hits, RBIs, doubles, home runs, batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage and total bases … Batted .492 as a senior with 33 RBIs, 23 runs and nine home runs … Helped lead the Hawks to the South Region title and a berth in the Group 5A state title game … A first-team Group 5A all-state selection … Named the Chesapeake Sports Club softball player of the year … Named first-team All-Tidewater, All-South Region (5A) and first-team All-PennSouth Conference … As a junior, was first-team All-Tidewater, all-region, all-conference and all-region … Named the conference player of the year after hitting .547 with nine doubles, five triples and three home runs … Honored as Hickory softball's Most Valuable Player her junior and senior seasons … Was first-team all-state, all-region, All-Tidewater and all-conference as a sophomore after hitting .455 with 12 doubles, three home runs and not allowing a single stolen base from her catcher position … Was first-team all-district and second-team all-region as a freshman after hitting .434 for the year … Also competed in track for Hickory … Played travel ball for Coach Tom Bunn and the Williamsburg Starz.
 
Personal: Lauren Colette Duff … Born June 6, 1997 … Daughter of LCDR Roy Travis Duff (USCG) and April Duff … Has an older brother, Colin … Major is criminology/sociology.