During Lauren Lucas’ freshman season last year, she watched from the dugout cheering on her teammates in the NCAA Norman Regional. The Shockers were playing against Texas A&M and two of Lucas’ former travel ball teammates were on A&M’s roster.
Most of her travel ball teammates went to power-five schools and Lucas was one of the only players from her team to go to a mid-major softball program. Watching her teammates claim a 9-7 win over A&M gave Lucas more satisfaction that she picked the right program to play for. However, she said it gave her hope that she would be in the starting lineup if she kept working hard and waiting her turn to crack the starting lineup.