Lauren Cruz

Position:
Forward
Class:
Junior
High School:
Centreville
Hometown:
Centreville, Va.

? 2005, 2006 All-MAC Second Team
? 2005 MAC Commissioner’s Award
? 2005, 2006 MAC Academic Honor Roll
? 2004, 2005, 2006 NFHCA National Academic Squad

BALL STATE: Three-year letterwinner . . . a nursing major with a 3.26 grade-point average . . . 2006: Started all 20 games . . . registered eight shots on goal . . . logged an assist in the season-opener against William & Mary (Aug. 26) . . . 2005: Played in all 18 games with starts in 17 . . . registered three assists . . . assisted on the lone goal in a 1-0 overtime win over Miami (Oct. 7) . . . 2004: Started 16 of the 18 games she played . . . notched one goal and one assist . . . goal came Sept. 18 against then-No. 19 Northwestern . . . assist came Sept. 25 in win over Miami.

HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Starr Karl at Centreville, where current BSU teammate Jodi Mann prepped . . . a three-year letterwinner in field hockey . . . scored 12 goals and added 10 assists her senior season on the way to first team all-district, first team all-region and second team all-state accolades . . . helped her team to three straight district titles plus regional championships in 2001 and 2002 . . . received the Coaches Award as her team’s Best Offensive Player . . . also earned letters in lacrosse . . . participated in Futures both regionally and nationally . . . helped her Futures squad to the 2003 National Indoor Championship . . . participated in the 2002 and 2003 National Field Hockey Festival . . . graduated with a 3.3 GPA.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Jorge and Martha Cruz . . . has one brother, Gabriel . . . born Feb. 7, 1986, in Alexandria, Va. . . . full name is Lauren Lucia Cruz.