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2016 Softball

18 Lauren Li

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Harvard-Westlake
  • Hometown Los Angeles, Calif.

Biography

2016: Unanimous first-team All-Ivy ... Team captain for a second-straight season ... Appeared in 44 games, making 43 starts (3B, P) … Fourth on the team with a .323 batting average … Knocked a team-best eight doubles, while ranking second on the squad in both slugging percentage (.496) and RBI (21) … Launched four home runs (third on the team) … Registered 13 multi-hit games … Tallied 63 total bases (second on team) … Went 5-for-7 with six RBI in a doubleheader sweep of Cornell (4/23) … Closed season by going 5-for-8 with a pair of RBI in a doubleheader against Columbia (4/30) … Tossed 64.2 innings in the circle, recording a mark of 6-5 … Led the team with a 4-2 record and a 3.42 ERA against Ivy foes … Voted by the team as the Player’s Player of the Year. 

2015: Unanimous first-team All-Ivy … Second-team ECAC All-Star ... Academic All-Ivy selection ... Two-time Ivy League Player of the Week (3/17 and 4/14) … Three-time Ivy League Honor Roll (3/10, 3/31, 4/21) … Named by team as Most Valuable Player … Tied for fourth best batting average in Ivy League and second best on team, hitting .375 … Third in the Ivy League with 29 RBI … Appeared in 40 games, starting 30 in the field primarily at third base but played at second and short … Had nine starts in the circle for the Red and Blue … Had second best slugging percentage (.608) and on-base percentage (.449) on team … Swiped six bases in as many attempts … Started season with a nine-game hit-streak (3/6-3/11) and recorded five-straight games with multiple hits (3/27-4/1) … Also had an eight-game hit streak  (4/11-4/19) … Recorded a total of 13 multiple-hit games and eight multiple-RBI games … Scored the tenth most runs in a single season (31) and tied for the seventh most triples in a single season (3) … Set five batting single-game highs during Ivy League play … Set single-game high five RBI and four runs scored against Harvard (3/29) … Set single-game high seven total bases and five at bats at Yale (4/4) then matched five at bats at Columbia (4/25) … Credited with first collegiate sac fly against Princeton (4/19) … Was a perfect 3-for-3 in the first game of a doubleheader against Harvard, scoring two runs, driving in two, walking once, and stealing a base … Scored on Weaver’s walk-off hit in the bottom of the eighth in game two against Harvard to win 15-14 (3/29) … Totaled four home runs this season, all hit against Ivy opponents … Hit first home run of the season, a two-run homer, in the bottom of the sixth of game two against Harvard to take a 13-12 lead … Gave Quakers a 1-0 lead in the top of the first of game one against Yale with a solo home run … Led off the top of the sixth in the third game against Cornell with a solo home run … Hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth for a 4-0 lead over Princeton in game two … Hit 10th double of the season at Dartmouth during game two of the Ivy League Championship Series … In the circle for the Red and Blue, finished the season with a 6-2 record and was a perfect 4-0 against Ivy opponents … Made 14 appearances in the circle and tossed 44.2 innings, striking out 26 … Making eight appearances in Ivy League play, threw 27.1 innings and struck out 15 … Set pitching single-game high of seven strikeouts against Bowling Green (3/10) … Caught two runners stealing against Toledo for a single-game high (3/6) … A team captain.

2014: Honorable mention All-Ivy … Ivy League Weekly Honor Roll (4/22) … Appeared in 38 games, starting 37 primarily at shortstop … Made 12 appearances in the circle, getting a start against Providence (3/12) … Credited with win against Cornell (4/13) … Tossed a total of 22 innings and five strikeouts … Batted .202 and slugged .250 this season … Hit first career home run against Colgate (3/9) … In 20 Ivy games, recorded 16 of her 21 hits … Went 2-for-3 against Princeton, twice, collecting an RBI (4/19-20) … Had 59 putouts and 40 assists.

2013: Honorable mention All-Ivy … Ivy League Rookie of the Week (4/2) … Ivy League weekly honor roll (3/26) … Appeared in 22 games as a pitcher, starting 10 in the circle … Appeared in 11 games as a batter, starting three at designated player and one at third base … Led the team with two saves, second with a 4.02 ERA, 22 appearances, 71.1 innings pitched, two shutouts, and five complete games, and tied for second with six victories and 17 strikeouts … Threw three innings, allowing one earned run and striking out one, to pick up her first career save in the season opener against UConn (3/1) … Went 1-for-1 with a double for her first career hit at Central Florida (3/2) … Pitched three innings, allowing one run and striking out one, to pick up her first career victory against Holy Cross (3/4) … Went 1-for-3 and picked up her first career RBI in Game 2 against UT-Martin (3/7) … Went 1-for-3 with a walk and two RBI against South Dakota (3/8) … Threw a complete game, allowing two runs, for the win in Game 2 against Lafayette (3/15) … Threw a complete-game shutout, striking out three, for the victory in Game 2 against Holy Cross (3/23) … Picked up her first career Ivy League win, pitching the complete game and allowing two runs with two strikeouts in Game 2 against Harvard (3/29) … Picked up her second save, throwing 1.1 shutout innings with a strikeout in Game 2 against Dartmouth (3/30) … Threw another complete-game shutout for a win at Yale in Game 2 (4/5) … Picked up the complete-game victory, allowing two runs in Game 2 at Columbia (4/26) … Had a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in 31 chances.

High School: Four-time letterwinner in softball ... Team captain her junior and senior years ... Team MVP freshman through senior years ... Guided team to Mission League championship in 2012 ... Four-time All-Mission League First Team selection ... Mission League Pitcher of the Year in 2012 ... All-CIF Southern Section First Team selection her senior year ... Los Angeles Daily News First-Team All-Area selection her senior year ... Three-year member of Harvard-Westlake School Student-Athlete Advisory Council; chairman her senior year ... Member of the Honor Roll and Spanish National Honor Society.

Personal: Daughter of Mai and Mark Li ... Sister, Allison, played volleyball at Wellesley College ... Enrolled in the Wharton School of Business.

Career Stats:

Yearavggp-gsabrh2b3bhrrbitbslg%bbhbpsogdpob%sfshsb-attpoaefld%
2013.....17611-4170310044.2353150.333000-072401.000
2014.....20238-371041221201726.25054240.265030-0594011.900
2015.....37540-39120314510342973.608161180.449106-645701.991
2016.....32344-4312721418142163.496132110.394011-445537.933
TOTAL....299133-12336864110214961166.451378580.374147-1015618719.948
Yeareraw-lappgscgshosviphrerbbso2b3bhrbfbavgwphbpbksfasha
2013....4.026-2221052/0271.1102424118171317334.343360112
2014....6.051-112100/0022.0291919105602107.31522003
2015....4.396-214900/0044.262392812261424212.32810047
2016....4.616-5171021/2054.27040362671023268.30372027
TOTAL...4.5119-10653073/22192.2263140124665543516921.32513100729

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Hits: 3 - 7 times
Doubles: 1 - 21 times
Triples: 1 - 4 times
Home runs: 1 - 9 times
Total bases: 7 - at Yale (Apr 04, 2015)
RBI: 5 - Harvard (Mar 29, 2015)
Runs scored: 4 - Harvard (Mar 29, 2015)
Walks: 2 - 6 times
Hit by pitch: 2 - at Villanova (Apr 29, 2014)
Struck out: 2 - 9 times
Sac flies: 1 - Princeton (Apr 19, 2015)
Sac bunts: 1 - at Dartmouth (Apr 05, 2014); vs. Troy (Mar 07, 2014); Yale (Mar 31, 2014)
At bats: 5 - at Yale (Apr 04, 2015); at Columbia (Apr 25, 2015)
Stolen bases: 1 - 7 times
Innings pitched: 7.0 - 4 times
Walks allowed: 4 - 3 times
Strikeouts: 7 - vs. Bowling Green (Mar 10, 2015)
Batters faced: 31 - at Columbia (Apr 26, 2013)
Field chances: 7 - 5 times
Putouts: 5 - at Harvard (Apr 9, 2016)
Assists: 5 - Cornell (Apr 13, 2014); Princeton (Apr 19, 2015)
Runners CS: 2 - vs. Toledo (Mar 06, 2015)

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2013Freshman

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    5'5"
    18
  • 18

    2014Sophomore

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    5'5"
    18
  • 18

    2015Junior

    P/UTIL
    5'5"
    18
  • 18

    2016Senior

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    5'5"
    18