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Lauren Aldridge - Women's Basketball - Kansas Jayhawks
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Lauren Aldridge

Position Guard
Height 5'7''
Class Sophomore
Hometown Marshfield, Mo.
High School Marshfield HS
bio

2014-15 (Freshman)
Named to the All-Big 12 Freshman Team… Phillips 66 Freshman of the Week (12/7)… Started all 32 contests, averaging the most minutes per game on the roster (35.0)…  Totaled a team-high 1,119 minutes in her freshman campaign… Chalked up 8.1 points per game with a 37.4 field goal percentage… Led the team with 5.0 assists per game, good for third in the Big 12… Tallied a total 259 points in her freshman campaign and logged 14 games in double digits… Was second on the team with 3.8 three-pointers per game behind a 34.7 percentage from beyond the arc… Ended the season with a 86.3 percent success rate from the free throw line; second-best on the Jayhawk roster… Posted a career-high 12 field goal attempts against Iowa State (3/2)… Marked a career-high 16 points at Oklahoma State (2/21) behind a perfect 4-for-4 mark behind the arc… Handed off a career-best 10 assists at TCU (2/17) and dished out five or more assists in 10 of Kansas’ last 14 games… Snagged a career-high five steals in the win against West Virginia (1/24)… Recorded a career-best 44 minutes at Creighton (12/22)… Shot 100 percent from field goal range in three games; against Temple (4-for-4), then-No. 10 Cal (2-for-2) and Kansas State (1-for-1).

High School
A four-year letterwinner at Marshfield High School… Helped the Bluejays win four-straight Central Ozark Conference Championships… During her senior season, she led Marshfield to the Class 4 District 10 Championship and third-place finish at state… A three-time conference Player of the Year, four-time all-conference selection, four-time all-state honoree… Named a finalist for Miss Show-Me Basketball as a senior… Holds school records for single-game assists, career three-point makes and most three-pointers in a single game.
 
Personal
Daughter of Steve and Jennifer Aldridge… Has a brother, Tyler, and two sisters, Emily and Quinn… Born in Springfield, Missouri…. Father, Steve, played baseball at Missouri State, while her mother, Jennifer, ran cross country and track for the Bears… Graduated in the top five percent of her class and as Summa Cum Laude… Plans to major in sport management.