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Lara Somfai
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Lara Somfai Season 2025-26

PositionF
Height6-3
Academic YearFreshman
HometownMór, Hungary
MajorUndeclared
High SchoolIMG Academy [Fla.]
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In The News

As a Freshman (2025-26)

  • ACC All-Freshman Team
  • USBWA National Freshman of the Week (Nov. 25)
  • Four-time ACC Rookie of the Week (Nov. 10; Dec. 15; Dec. 29; Feb. 9)
  • Started all 32 games in which she appeared
  • Averaged 10.8 points and a team-high 9.1 rebounds in 26.3 minutes per game
  • Was one of six freshmen in the country to average 10.8 points and 9.1 rebounds
  • Finished fifth in the ACC in rebounding and second in progam history in freshman rebounding behind Kaylee Johnson in 2014-15 (9.6)
  • Won a program-record four conference Rookie of the Week awards
    • Haley Jones was a three-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week in 2019-20 and Kaylee Johnson was a three-time winner in 2014-15
  • Was ninth in the ACC in double-doubles (7) and had the most double-doubles for a Stanford freshman since Chiney Ogwumike had a school freshman record 11 in 2010-11
  • Against Pitt on Feb. 5, went for 15 points, 23 rebounds, eight assists, two steals and three blocks, becoming just the second player in NCAA history with those numbers in available records dating back to 2002-03 and the only freshman
    • Illinois-Chicago’s Ruvanna Campbell had the exact same line against Northern Illinois on Nov. 17, 2014
  • Her 23 rebounds are an ACC freshman record, the most by a major conference freshman in the country this season, and the most for an ACC player since Sarah Imovbioh (Virginia) had 24 against Ohio State on Nov. 14, 2014
    • The rebounding total is tied for third in Stanford history, trailing only 24-rebound performances from Cameron Brink at Oregon State on Feb. 29, 2024 and Chiney Ogwumike against Oregon on Feb. 24, 2013
  • Followed up the game at Pitt with a career-high 19 points, nine rebounds, six assists and one block at Georgia Tech on Feb. 8.
    • Was the only freshman with that line in a game this season and the first ACC freshman to do it since Hannah Hidalgo in Dec. 2023
  • Finished the season with 344 points, 291 rebounds, 49 assists, 22 blocks and 24 steals, becoming the 15th freshman in NCAA history to total those numbers and the first Power 4 freshman to do it since Stanford's Kayla Pedersen in 2007-08

Basketball Australia

  • Has represented Australia in four international tournaments around the globe
  • Led Australia to a fifth-place finish at the FIBA U17 World Cup in Leon, Mexico in July 2024, averaging a team-best 14.4 points and 5.3 rebounds in seven games
    • Finished ninth in the tournament in scoring and had a 23-point outing in the group phase against Croatia
  • One month prior, was named to the All-Star Five at the 2024 FIBA U18 Women's Asia Cup in China, averaging 17.6 points and 10.8 rebounds
    • Australia swept its five games en route to its second consecutive title
  • Averaged 14.8 points and 11.5 rebounds at the 2023 FIBA U17 Women's Oceania Championship in Papua New Guinea
  • Averaged 16.0 points and 5.0 rebounds in two games at the 2023 U16 Women's Asian Championship in Jordan

Prior to Stanford

  • A 2025 graduate of IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla.
  • A five-star talent, rated as the No. 12 player in the country according to ESPN HoopGurlz
  • McDonald's All-American (2025)
  • Jordan Brand Classic All-American (2025)
  • Nike Hoop Summit Team World roster (2025)
  • In her final high school game, scored 10 points in 12 minutes to lead IMG back from down 17 and win the 2025 Chipotle Nationals title over Montverde Academy in overtime

Personal

  • Born in Mór, Hungary
  • Parents are Nora and Peter Somfai
  • Moved to Adelaide, Australia when she was two years old
  • Bilingual, Hungarian is her first language and she learned English at school
  • Entire family still lives in Hungary and her parents are moving back this year to Székesfehérvár