Lauren Innerst

Photo by: Tamar Kreitman

Class:
Senior
Position:
Pitcher/First Base
Height:
5-7
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Hometown:
San Jose, Calif.
High School:
Oak Grove

2022: Named NFCA All-Region Third Team ... Named Second Team All-Ivy ... Named Ivy League Pitcher of the Week on March 7 ... Led the Ivy League with a 2.20 ERA and was second in the league allowing hitters to hit .199 on the season ... Fourth in the league with 77 strikeouts ... Allowed the second fewest hits (57) and third fewest runs (34) of any pitcher in the Ivy League ... Appeared in 18 games with 12 starts, including five complete games in the circle ... Finished the season with a 7-5 record and led the Bears with 79.2 innings pitched ... Picked up her first with of the season with four innings pitched and two earned runs allowed against Prairie View A&M (March 5) ... Threw six innings, allowing just two unearned runs with four strikeouts against Princeton (March 20) ... Struck out nine batters in six innings against Penn (March 26) ... Struck out a career-high 11 batters in five innings, allowing one run on one hit in a win over Bryant (March 30) ... Won her last three games of the season beating Rhode Island (April 27), and Cornell (April 30 & May 1) ... Allowed just two runs over the last 23 innings of the season while striking out 19 in three complete game wins, including two shutouts ... Hit .188 on the season with 13 hits, four doubles and three RBI.

2021: Appeared in both games in the circle … Did not allow a run with two strikeouts over 2.0 innings vs. Johnson & Wales (Apr. 11) … Threw 2.1 innings with one strikeout at Holy Cross (Apr. 14) … Season shortened due to COVID-19.

2020: Played in and started seven games … Made three appearances with one start in the circle … Posted a .304 batting average, seven hits, four RBIs, one double, and one run at the plate … Notched a 4.28 ERA, 12 strikeouts, one complete game, and 18.0 innings pitched … Held opponents to a .236 batting average … Registered a 1.000 fielding percentage on 15 chances … Threw 7.0 innings and allowed just two earned runs vs. North Dakota (Feb. 28); finished 2-for-3 at the plate against the Fighting Hawks … Tossed 5.0 innings and earned the win vs. UNC Wilmington (Feb. 21); went 4-for-5 with two RBIs, a double, and a run at the plate against the Seahawks … Season shortened due to novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

2019: Earned Honorable Mention All-Ivy honors … Captured Ivy League Rookie of the Week twice (Mar. 11, Mar. 26) … Won the team’s Outstanding First-Year Athlete award … Ranked third in the Ivy League in strikeouts (70), first in strikeouts caught looking (29), seventh in ERA (3.02), and seventh in innings pitched (109.0) … Stood second in the league in Ivy play in strikeouts (44), second in strikeouts caught looking (14), fourth in innings pitched (69.2), and ninth in ERA (3.32) … Pitched in 28 games with 11 starts … Tallied six complete games, a save, and a 5-11 record … Made 16 appearances with eight starts and three complete games in Ivy play … Tallied a season-high seven strikeouts twice – in game one at Cornell (Mar. 24) and in game two vs. Dartmouth (Apr. 27) … Posted a .176 batting average and .246 on-base percentage with nine hits, eight RBIs, five runs, three doubles, and three walks on the year … Threw a complete game and allowed just one earned run at North Carolina A&T (Mar. 8) … Tossed a complete game and gave up just one run in game one vs. Princeton (Apr. 6) … Went 3-for-3 with two RBIs, a double, and a run at Cornell (Mar. 25) … Finished 2-for-3 with two runs, an RBI, and a double in game one at Cornell (Mar. 24) … Earned NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete honors.

Before Brown: Won Blossom Valley Athletic League MVP honors as a senior … Gained BVAL All-League accolades all four years … Garnered BVAL Freshman of the Year, Sophomore of the Year, and Junior of the Year plaudits … Selected as Oak Grove’s Senior Female Athlete of the Year and Junior Female Athlete of the Year … Recorded a 1.51 ERA and a .465 batting average as a senior … Posted an ERA of 1.24 as a sophomore … Played for head coach Frank King … Competed on the club level for Cal Nuggets from 2014-18 … Also competed in volleyball as an outside hitter for head coach Isaac Fabunan; earned First Team All-League … Gained Oak Grove’s Female Academic Athlete of the Year all four seasons … Graduated as Oak Grove’s valedictorian.

Personal: Lauren is the daughter of Dianna and Evan Innerst; Dianna competed in bowling at San Jose State and at the professional level … Has one older sibling, Shelby … Plays the alto saxophone and bass guitar … Plans to concentrate in Biomedical Engineering.

Why Brown? “I chose Brown because of the liberal education, and when I first visited campus it felt like home. To me it almost felt like California but on the other side of the country. I fell in love with the physical campus as well as its values in education and serving the community.”