Lauren Esman

Class:
Junior
Position:
LHP/UT
Height:
5-10
B/T:
L/L
Hometown:
Kalamazoo, Mich.
High School:
Gull Lake

Junior (2022)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Appeared in 48 games, starting 38 at first base
• Posted six multi-hit and four multi-RBI games
• Used a bases-clearing double in the seventh to plate three insurance runs in U-M's 8-3 win at #9 Northwestern (April 3)
• Also added insurance with a fifth-inning RBI single vs. Bowling Green (March 29)
• Posted three hits, including a sixth-inning solo homer, at #10 Kentucky (March 3)
• Registered a three-run homer in the seventh vs. Northern Kentucky (Feb. 26); also posted a homer in the fith against Kent State (March 10)
• Went 3-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI in the season opener against Kansas City at the USF Tournament (Feb. 11)

Sophomore (2021)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Appeared in 41 games, starting 33 -- 30 at designated player and three at first base
• Posted seven multi-hit and two multi-RBI games
• Tallied two hits in each game of the Penn State doubleheader (May 1)
• Drove in U-M's first run in the second inning vs. Northwestern-1 (April 24)
• Went 3-for-3 with a double and a home run against Maryland (April 16)
• Tallied first collegiate triple and scored the game-tying run in the second inning vs. Wisconsin (March 14)
• Used a two-run single in the fourth to drive in the lone runs in U-M's 2-0 win vs. Nebraska (March 11)

Freshman (2020)
The 2020 season was canceled after 23 games due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
• Appeared in 14 games, starting nine in the outfield and as designated player
• Also made one appearance in the circle, tossing two shutout innings in relief vs. No. 2 Washington (March 1)
• Knocked out a pinch-hit grand slam to break a tie in the sixth inning vs. Louisville (Feb. 16)
• Scored the game-winning, walk-off run in the ninth inning vs. Fresno State (Feb. 9)
• Also scored the game-winning run in the top of the seventh at No. 25 North Carolina (Feb. 14)
• Made collegiate debut vs. No. 7 Florida at the USF Invitational (Feb. 8)

Prep
• Graduated from Gull Lake High School (2019)
• Three-time MaxPreps and NFCA All American (2017, '18, '19); also earned USA Today All-America honors (2019)
• Named Michigan Gatorade Player of the Year (2019) and Michigan Miss Softball (2019)
• Three-time First Team All-State (2017, '18, '19)
• Twice named the Kalamazoo Gazette Player of the Year (2017, '19)
• As a senior (2019), posted a 0.42 ERA with 341 strikeouts over 148.2 innings
• Batted .675 as a sophomore (2017) with 24 doubles, 21 home runs and 91 RBI
• Three-time team Gull Lake MVP (2017, '18, '19) and two-year team captain
• Played travel ball with Finesse Fastpitch (2016-19)
• Named PGF All-America Central Region (2019)
• Also earned four varsity letters in volleyball; four-time all-district and all-region honoree
• Served as GLHS volleyball team captain for four seasons
• Four-year Highest Honor Roll; Academic All-State (2019), Distinguished Academic Scholar
• National Honor Society (2018-2019), Spanish Honor Society (2017-19)
• Ranked as the No. 65 prospect by FloSoftball and No. 51 by Extra Inning Softball

Personal
• Lauren Ashley Esman was born on June 21, 2001
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, majoring in earth & environmental science
• Daughter of Scott and Dawn Esman; mother played volleyball at Central Michigan
• Has two siblings, Austin and Mandy