Lauren Betts Season 2022-23

In The News

• 12/27/22: Lauren Betts is the future of Stanford basketball, even if she isn't the now - Marisa Ingemi (San Francisco Chronicle)
• 6/10/22: No. 1 senior Lauren Betts is ready for her next journey at Stanford - Charlie Desadier (WSlam)
• 11/2/21: Bigger than tall: How No. 1 recruit Lauren Betts found herself and her voice - Eden Laase (Just Women's Sports)

Career Accolades | Career Statistics and Single-Game Highs

• Pac-12 champion (2023)
• Pac-12 All-Freshman Team Honorable Mention - Coaches (2023)
• Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Feb. 13, 2023)

As a Freshman (2022-23) | Game-by-Game Stats• Pac-12 Champions

• Pac-12 All-Freshman Team Honorable Mention - Coaches
• Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Feb. 13, 2023)
• Appeared in 33 games off the bench
• Averaged 5.9 points, 3.5 rebounds and nearly one block in 9.7 minutes per game
  • Shot a team-high 60.2 percent from the field, the fifth-best single-season shooting percentage in school history
  • Ranked fourth on the team in rebounding and fifth in scoring
• Scored a season-high 18 points against CSUN (11/9)
• First double-double came against Grambling State (11/26), scoring 11 points with 13 rebounds
• Finished with 10 double-digit scoring performances, including five of her last nine games vs. Pac-12 opponents
• Dished a season-best three assists at No. 21 Colorado (2/23)
• Blocked a season-high four shots at No. 17 Arizona (2/9)
• Totaled three steals at Portland (11/13)
• Averaged over eight points per game in her last 11 appearances of the season

USA Basketball

• Has won two gold medals playing for the United States (2021 FIBA U19 World Cup in Hungary, 2019 FIBA Americas U16 Championship in Chile)
  • Named to the All-Star Five at the 2019 FIBA Americas U16 Championship after averaging a double-double
  • Youngest player on the 2021 FIBA U19 World Cup team, nearly averaging a double-double

Prior to Stanford

• A 2022 graduate of Grandview High School in Aurora, Colo.
• A five-star talent, rated as the No. 1 player in the country according to both ESPN HoopGurlz and Prospects Nation
• McDonald's All-American (2022)
• Jordan Brand Classic All-American (2022)
• WBCA High School Player of the Year (2022)
• Two-time Colorado Gatorade Player of the Year (2021-22)
  • One of four players in state history to win the award multiple times
• CHSAA Colorado Player of the Year (2022)
• Four-time all-conference and all-state (2018-22)
• Won Colorado state championship as a senior in 2021-22, averaging 17.2 points, 11.0 rebounds, 3.6 blocks and 3.5 assists per game
• As a junior in 2020-21, averaged 17.5 points, 11.0 rebounds, 2.6 blocks and 1.9 assists per game, shooting 80 percent from the field
  • Team advanced to semifinals of the state championship
• Advanced to the state championship game as both a freshman and sophomore
• Played club basketball for Colorado Premier (2019-21)
• Also played volleyball as a freshman and enjoyed competitive swimming as a child

Personal

• Born in Vitoria, Spain and lived in Barcelona, Seville, Málaga and San Sebastian before moving to Colorado at the age of eight
• Daughter of Michelle and Andy Betts
  • Mother, Michelle, played volleyball at Long Beach State, winning the 1993 national championship
  • Father, Andy, played basketball at Long Beach State
    • Picked in the second round of the 1998 NBA Draft by the Charlotte Hornets
    • Featured experience playing for both England and Great Britain national teams
    • Played professional basketball in Europe for 14 years in Spain, Italy, Greece and Ukraine
• Oldest of four children, with younger sister Sienna and younger brothers Dylan and Ashton
• Tied with Chandra Benton ('98) and Cori Enghusen ('02) as the tallest players in program history
• Volunteered locally with Project C.U.R.E., preparing medical supplies to be sent to developing countries around the world
• Donated her time at the Ronald McDonald House-Denver and as a youth basketball coach.