Lauren Groff

Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Palmyra
Hometown:
Palmyra, Pa.

As a junior (2005) - Co-vice captain... Started 16 games... Missed last five games due to injury... Posted a defensive save against Wake Forest... Earned BIG EAST Academic All-Star honors... Named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll and was a Dean's Scholar in fall and spring semesters... Named to NFHCA National Academic Squad.

As a sophomore (2004) - Started all 22 games... Earned MAC All-Tournament honors... Named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad and the Athletic Director's Honor Roll... Named to the Dean's List.

As a freshman (2003) - Started all 23 games... Provided solid defense in the backfield and gained valuable experience while making a smooth transition to Division I hockey... Named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad and the Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

In High School - Lettered four years under coach Wendy Reichenbach... Co-captain of the team her junior and senior years... Her team was the Mid-Penn Capital Division and District champions... Named team Most Valuable Player (2001)... Participated in the National Futures Tournament (2001-03)... Played in the Junior Olympics (2001)... Received the Player's Player award (2001)... Earned Mid-Penn All Star and All County honors (2001 and 2002)... Named to Patriot News Big 11 second team (2001 and 2002)... Named to Pennsylvania High School Field Hockey Coaches Association All State team (2001 and 2002)... Keystone State Games Participant (1999 and 2002)... Named to the NFHCA High School National Academic Squad (2002).

Personal - Full name is Lauren Ashley Groff... Daughter of Terry and Barb Groff... Birthdate is March 4, 1985... Major is accounting... Athletic goal at U of L is to win a national championship... Proudest moment of her life was playing in her first collegiate game with her parents, brother and both sets of grandparents in the stands... Post college ambitions are to find a job she enjoys and is successful in, get married, start a family and own a bed and breakfast in an old country farm house somewhere in New England... The greatest challenge she's had to overcome was moving away from home and finding her place in the world... Before every game she says a prayer during the national anthem.

Groff's StatisticsYear    GP/GS   Shots   G   A   TP  DS2003    23/23   1   0   0   0   02004    22/22   0   0   0   0   12005    16/16   0   0   0   0   1Career  61/61   1   0   0   0   2