PREP
• Participated in the 2024 USA Basketball Women’s U17 National Team Trials.
• Two-time TSWA All-State (2024, 2025)
• Chattanooga Times-Free Press Scrappy Moore Female Athlete of the Year (2024)
• Averaged 17.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 2.0 steals and 1.5 blocks per game as a senior
• Put up 14.9 ppg., 8.7 rpg., 2.4 apg., 2.3 spg. and 1.7 bpg. as a junior
• Hit 44 percent from the field, 36 percent on threes and 80 percent at the free-throw line as a junior, leading her team to the 2024 TSSAA Class 4A state semifinals
• Produced 10.8 ppg., 7.2 rpg., 1.9 apg. and 1.9 spg. as a sophomore
• In addition to being the state’s highest ranked recruit in basketball, she was a three-time Tennessee Gatorade Player of the Year in volleyball
• Set Tennessee state record for kills (2,607) and helped CHS to two state titles
• Played with ETA Thunder club
RECRUITING RANKINGS
• No. 45 overall player, No. 9 wing, four-star rating in the espnW100 (2025)
• No. 38 overall player by World Exposure Report (2025)
• No. 47 overall player by BlueStar Basketball (2025)
• No. 50 overall player, No. 12 wing, four-star rating by 247Sports (2025)
PERSONAL
• Daughter of Matt and Wendy Hurst
• Both parents played basketball at Mars Hill College in North Carolina and mom also played volleyball there
• Older brother Grant played basketball at Tennessee
• Lauren and Grant were the first brother-sister combo to play hoops at UT at the same time
• Older sister Addison plays volleyball at South Alabama
• Enjoys playing golf and going to the lake
• Currently pursuing exploratory academic track
• Recipient of the Lloyd Lawson Thornton Winners' Circle Scholarship For Alternate Forward
