Player Bio: Lauren St. Clair

  Lauren St. Clair
Lauren St. Clair
Player Profile
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Philadelphia, PA
High School:
Mt. St. Joseph Academy
Height:
6-0
Position:
G/F
Experience:
3V

At Stanford: One of the top 3-point shooters in the nation ... Sound fundamental player ... Solid defensive player .... Ranked ninth in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage as a sophomore (46.6), which also ranked as the second best single season total in Stanford history ... Career 3-point percentage of 40.0 (114-of-285) is the seventh best mark in Pac-10 history ... Ranks eighth in school history in 3-pointers made with 114 ... Has made three or more 3-pointers in a game 17 times in her three seasons ... More amazingly, she attempted just one 3-pointer in her senior year of high school ... Career averages are 7.1 points and 3.0 rebounds (74 games - 45 starts).

2000-01 Season: a-stclair2.jpgNamed Honorable Mention Pac-10 All-Academic ... Averaged 7.3 points and 2.8 rebounds in 27.7 minutes (30 games - 21 starts) ... Ranked seventh in the Pac-10 in blocked shots (1.07 pg), eighth in 3-point percentage (36.1) and ninth in 3-pointers per game (1.60) ... Shot 83.6 (46-of-55) percent from the free throw line, and connected on 11 of her last 12 (91.7 percent) ... Made three or more 3-pointers in a game on eight occasions ... Scored in double figures 10 times ... Philadelphia native knocked down eventual game-winning 3-pointer with 38 seconds left in OT against St. Joseph's (11/24) ... Had 21 points, including 5-of-7 from 3-point range, at Oregon State (1/11) ... In home sweep over Oregon (2/8) and Oregon State (2/10), averaged 19.0 points and was a combined 10-of-17 (58.8 percent) from 3-point range ... In Feb. 10 game against Oregon State, scored season-high 24 points and was 6-of-11 from behind the arc.

1999-2000 Season: Honorable Mention All-Pac-10 ... Honorable Mention Pac-10 All-Academic ... Played in all 30 games, including 22 starts, and averaged 9.3 points and 3.7 rebounds in 24.9 minutes overall and 10.7 points and 4.1 rebounds in 24.8 minutes per Pac-10 game ... Led the Pac-10 and ranked ninth in all of Division I women's basketball in 3-point percentage at 46.6 (61-of-131) ... The 46.6 percent is the second highest single season total in Stanford history - behind only Jennifer Azzi's 49.5 (53-of-107) in 1989 - and fifth best in Pac-10 history ... Shot an amazing 53.1 (43-of-81) percent from behind the arc in Pac-10 games, which was over five percentage points higher than the next best total (Jamie Carey, 47.8) ... In Stanford's eight games vs. ranked opponents, connected on 62.5 (25-of-40) percent of her 3-point attempts ... Made five or more 3's in a game on six occasions ... Had 17 points, including five 3-pointers, and a career-high six assists in upset win over then-No. 7 Iowa State on Nov. 21 ... Scored 15 points on five 3-pointers on Dec. 18 vs. Western Michigan ... Recorded career-highs of 25 points, including 6-of-9 shooting from 3-point range, and nine rebounds on Jan. 15 vs. Oregon as Stanford rallied from a 26-point deficit to win by 16 ... Was a perfect 5-of-5 from 3-point range, and finished with 17 points in home win over then-No. 17 UCLA on Feb. 3.

1998-99 Season: Averaged 2.1 points and 1.7 rebounds ... Appeared in 14 total games, including two starts (Nov. 13 vs. Arkansas and Nov. 14 vs. Duke) ... Missed 12 of the final 13 games due to hip soreness ... Pulled down season-high five rebounds vs. Texas Tech on Nov. 27 ... Had season-high 11 points, including two 3-pointers, at Tennessee on Dec. 19.

High School: Graduated from Mount St. Joseph Academy in 1998 ... As a senior, led her team to its second Catholic Academy League Championship in four years and averaged 18.3 points and 12.1 rebounds ... Listed among USA Today's Top 25 Seniors ... A 1998 Parade Second Team All-American and Street & Smith's Fourth Team All-American ... Named a Nike/WBCA Honorable Mention All-American ... Selected First Team All-State and First Team Tri-State Area as a senior ... Named MVP of the Catholic Academy League, and was also ... Montgomery County Player of the Year as a senior ... Finished her career with 1,817 points, 1,304 rebounds, 431 blocks, 325 steals and 311 assists ... In 1997, named one of USA Today's Top 15 Juniors ... Street & Smith's Honorable Mention All-American ... Averaged 15.6 points and 10.9 rebounds as a junior ... Led her team to the Elite Eight in the state tournament in 1996 after averaging 15.8 points and 11.6 rebounds per game ... Named First Team All-Conference and All-Area as a sophomore ... Played for the Catholic Academy League Champions as a freshman, and averaged 13.9 points and 11.1 rebounds ... National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society member ... National Merit Commended student.

Personal: Parents are Jack and Chris St. Clair ... Grandfather, Jack, was a cross country All-American at Penn State ... Dad, Jack, rowed at Temple and is currently the coach of the Villanova Varsity Women's Crew team.

YearG-GSFG-FGAPct3P-3PAPctFT-FTAPctPtsAvgRebAvgPF-DAstTOBkStlMin
1998-9914-28-37.2165-21.2389-11.818302.1241.714-061154127
1999-200030-2291-198.46061-131.46636-44.8182799.31113.762-146472026747
2000-0130-2163-188.33548-133.36146-55.8362207.3842.861-257573230832
Totals74-45162-423.383114-285.40091-110.8275297.12193.0137-310911557601706