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Lauren Mills

Left-handed pitcher/First baseman
SEAMAN HS
TOPEKA, KANSAS
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-9
Press Release

Peak Performance

.696

Batting Average

15

Home Runs

0.825

On Base Percentage

60

RBI
“Lauren Mills is an outstanding softball player and ferocious at the plate. She is very methodical at the plate and disciplined. She is looking for one thing and one thing only, and that is a pitch she can drive.”
Troy Chapman
Head Coach at Emporia High
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-9 senior first baseman and left-handed pitcher compiled a .696 batting average with 15 home runs and 60 runs batted in this past season, leading the Vikings (21-4) to the Class 5A state semifinals. Mills also collected eight doubles, scored 32 runs and walked 39 times to produce a .825 on-base percentage and a 1.642 slugging percentage. In the circle, Mills owned an 8-1 record with a 3.43 earned run average. She concluded her prep softball career with a .731 batting average and 37 home runs.

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Academic Achievement

Mills has maintained a 3.27 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a national letter of intent to play softball on scholarship at Wichita State University this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A two-time state champion power lifter, Mills is a member of her school’s Art Club and has had her work shown at the Seaman High Art Gallery and the Topeka Art Guild. She has volunteered locally as a youth softball and volleyball coach.