#16 Lauren Houston Season 2025

2013 Purple & Gold Challenge All-Tournament Team
2010 Tiger Invitational All-Tournament Team

SENIOR SEASON (2013)
Totaled 33 appearances which included 31 starts at catcher … LSU won 23 of 31 games when Houston was in the starting lineup … Secured a .200 batting average (14-for-70) to go along with one home run and eight RBIs … Collected 229 putouts and 12 assists versus two errors for a .992 fielding percentage … One of eight players in program history to record over 800 career putouts … Was hit-by-a-pitch nine times, third on the team … Finished her career being hit-by-a-pitch 46 times, second on LSU’s all-time list … Hit safely in five of her first six starts (Feb. 8-15) … Was LSU’s opening day starter at catcher … Batted eighth and went 1-for-1 with a run scored during an 8-0 win over North Carolina (Feb. 8) … Turned in a 2-for-2 effort, scored two runs and drove home two RBIs fueled by a solo homer at Ole Miss (Feb. 13) … Was 2-for-3 with a RBI versus North Dakota State (Feb. 15) … Drew a bases loaded walk during LSU’s three-run fourth inning and 7-2 comeback win over Virginia (Feb. 15) …  Named to the Purple & Gold Challenge All-Tournament Team (Feb. 15-17) … Was behind the plate for Rachele Fico’s SEC record-tying 22-strikeout performance at Mississippi State (March 8) … Broke a 1-1 tie with a RBI single in the second inning of LSU’s 7-1 victory over No. 17 Kentucky (March 15) … Finished off LSU’s 8-0 game one win over Georgia Southern (March 19) with a two-run single … Scored a career-high three runs which included the eventual game-winner on A.J. Andrews’ RBI single during the sixth inning at Florida State (April 3) … Added a RBI on a bases loaded walk as part of LSU’s seven-run fourth inning and 10-2 series clinching win over No. 10 Texas A&M (April 14) … Was 1-for-3 against No. 4 Alabama (April 25) … Started at catcher during both of Rachele Fico’s starts versus No. 21 Louisiana-Lafayette (May 18 & 19) at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional.

JUNIOR SEASON (2012)
Garnered 29 appearances which included 28 starts at catcher … LSU won 22 of 28 games when Houston was the starting catcher … Collected a .226 batting average (12-for-53) and added five RBIs … Hit-by-pitch a team-leading 13 times, which also was tied for fifth place in the SEC rankings … For her career, Houston has been plunked on 37 occasions, second-most in program history … Secured a team-leading .425 on-base clip … Notched her first hit and RBI of the season versus Cal State Northridge (Feb. 18) … Tacked on a season’s best two RBIs against Utah State (Feb. 19) … Was 2-for-2 with a walk and RBI during LSU’s 7-4 victory over No. 23 Oklahoma State (March 3) … Hit-by-pitch three times and scored two runs versus Mississippi Valley State (March 10) … Hit safely in four consecutive SEC starts during the Mississippi State and South Carolina series (March 17-18 & March 24-25) highlighted by a 2-for-3 effort in the MSU finale … Cranked a two-out, RBI single to plate Ashley Applegate for LSU’s only run in a 1-0 win at No. 2 Florida (April 24) … Picked up hits in both of her NCAA postseason starts at No. 8 national seed Texas A&M (May 20) and No. 9 national seed Missouri (May 27) … Caught Brittany Mack‘s career-high 17 strikeout-performance in game two of the NCAA Columbia Super Regional (May 27) … Missed the Women’s College World Series due to injury.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2011)
Notched 49 appearances with 45 starts split between catcher (35) and designated player (10) … LSU won eight of 10 contests when Houston was the designated player … Teamed with Morgan Russell to limit opponents to 51 stolen bases and throw out 13 runners from the catcher position … Upped her average to .246 (29-for-118) with two home runs and 13 RBIs … One of seven Tigers to record double digit RBIs … Hit-by-pitch 20 times, good enough for second on the team and in the SEC … Posted four of her six multi-hit efforts during month of February … Went 2-for-2 and set a career-high with three RBIs against Louisiana Tech (Feb. 13) … Cranked a three-run dinger as part of LSU’s eight run fifth-inning during an 11-2 triumph over Nicholls State (Feb. 19) … Was 2-for-4 with two RBIs versus Cal Poly (Feb. 27) … Turned in 2-for-4 effort against Hofstra (March 4) during Yvette Girouard‘s 500th win at LSU … Went 2-for-2 with a solo homer at No. 1 Georgia (March 11) … Recorded 16 putouts during LSU’s 2-1 win in 14 innings over No. 1 Alabama (April 8) … Posted five 1-for-3 performances over a seven-game run (April 13-22) … Laced sixth inning single which turned into winning run in a 4-2 victory at Mississippi State (April 29) … Hit safely in all three games and added RBIs during the last two games of the South Carolina series (May 6-8) … Was 1-for-3 with a RBI single against Texas A&M (May 22) at the NCAA College Station Regional.   

FRESHMAN SEASON (2010)
Tallied 27 appearances, including 18 starts … Tigers won 17 of 18 games when Houston was the starting catcher … Garnered 11 of her 18 starts during LSU’s program-best 24-game winning streak (Feb. 20-March 31) … Went 4-for-42 at the plate with six RBIs … Recorded her first career RBI on a bases loaded walk against Southeastern Louisiana (Feb. 24) … Turned in a 2-for-3 performance and her RBI single broke a 1-1 tie in the sixth inning against Jacksonville State (Feb. 27) en route to Tiger Invitational All-Tournament Team honors … Provided two RBIs against South Alabama (March 5) … Added a RBI on a bases loaded walk at McNeese State (March 31) … Picked up 113 putouts highlighted by a career-best 12 in the middle game of the Arkansas series (April 18).

HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterwinner for Andria Waguespack at St. Thomas More High School in Youngsville … Team captured the 2007 4A and 2009 5A State Championships … Four-time All-District and All-Acadiana First-Team selection from 2006-09 … Notched 2007 District MVP and LSWA All-State First-Team accolades … Garnered 2009 Daily Advertiser All-Acadiana MVP and LSWA All-State First-Team honors … Tallied LSWA All-State Honorable Mention in 2006 and 2008.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Rodney and Monique Houston … Born on Oct. 25, 1990 … Majoring in sports administration with a commerce concentration.