Lauren West

Position:
All-Around
Class:
Senior
High School:
Chesterton
Hometown:
Valparaiso, Ind.

BALL STATE: Two-year letterwinner . . . owns the team’s highest grade point average of 3.793 as an elementary education major.

2007 (Sr): Competed in every meet . . . turned in a career best performance on beam at the Mid-American Conference Championships (3/31) . . . earned a personal high 9.725 on floor in a win against Northern Illinois (2/23) . . . tied that high at the Eastern Michigan Invitational (3/12).

2006 (Jr.): Earned Academic All-MAC Honors . . . competed in eight meets . . . scored a 9.650 on beam at Missouri (Feb 24-25) to tie for team-high honors . . . logged season-high of 9.700 on floor (March 10) . . . . careerr high of 37.650 in the all around (Feb. 12) . . . logged career-high scores of 9.375 on vault and 9.300 on bars.

2005 (So.): Set a career-best mark on beam (9.700), while scoring a season-best 9.575 in the floor exercise . . . her mark on beam tied for fifth best on the team . . . placed 11th on floor (9.450) vs. Eastern Michigan.

2004 (Fr): Did not compete on the team.

HIGH SCHOOL: Competed for Coach Maria Bachuchin at Chesterton . . . a Level 9 gymnast . . . USAG and high school state qualifier as a senior . . . team was state runner up her senior season . . . two-time bars champion in 2001 and 2002 . . . 2002 beam champion . . . 2003 Mental Attitude Award recipient . . . 2002 all-around state champion . . . all-conference . . . four-year all-state selection . . . an all-state academic recipient in 2003 . . . a member of the two-time IHSAA state championship team in 2000 and 2002 . . . competed in track and field . . . established the school record in the 100-meter hurdles in 2003 . . . graduated with a 3.80 GPA . . . a member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Gary and Rebecca West . . . has two brothers, Justin and Josh, one sister, Leslie and one sister-in-law, Lexy . . . born April 15, 1985, in Valparaiso, Ind. . . . full name is Lauren Beth West.