Lauren Putz

Class:
Freshman
Position:
UT
Height:
5-7
B/T:
L/R
Hometown:
Phoenix, Ariz.
High School:
Xavier College Preparatory

Freshman (2025)
• NFCA All-Great Lakes Region second team
• Named to D1Softball's Freshman All-America first team (utility player)
• Big Ten All-Freshman Team
• Top 25 finalist for NFCA Freshman of the Year
• Started all 60 games, starting 45 at designated player and 15 at first base
• Ranked top three in all offensive categories with a .392 batting average, 69 hits, including 29 for extra bases, 51 runs and 48 RBI
• Tallied 21 multi-hit and 13 multi-RBI games
• Belted a go-ahead two-run homer in the sixth inning to complete U-M’s 4-3 comeback win vs. UCF in NCAA Regional play (May 16)
• Went 2-for-3 and drove in all three runs in U-M's 3-0 win in the regular-season finale at Minnesota (May 4)
• Recorded three hits, including a solo home run, and three RBI vs. #7 UCLA (April 28)
• Posted three hits, including a single to put the winning run in scoring position in the eighth, and scored a run vs. Michigan State (March 29)
• Went 2-for-3 with two runs and three RBI, including the go-ahead two-run homer in the third, in the home opener vs. Western Michigan (March 25)
• Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week (March 24) after hitting .417 with two doubles, two homers and six RBI against Maryland and Wisconsin over U-M's Big Ten opening weekend (March 20-23)
• Knocked out two home runs in three games -- vs. Georgia State (Feb. 16), UNC Wilmington (March 2) and North Carolina Central (March 8)
• Posted five RBI and scored four runs in the Georgia State game; also tallied five RBI vs. Queens (March 1) with a two-run double and three-run double in the first and second innings, respectively
• Registered a hit apiece in the first three games of the season, including a solo home run vs. Illinois State (Feb. 8)
• Made collegiate debut in the season opener vs. Delaware at the USF-Rawling Invitational (Feb. 7)

Prep
• Graduated from Xavier College Preparatory (2024)
• Named MaxPreps' 2024 Arizona Player of the Year
• 6A Premier Region Player of the Year (2024) and two-time Offensive Player of the Year (2021, '23); four-time First Team All-Premier Region
• Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) 6A Conference Player of the Year (2024) and two-time Offensive Player of the Year (2021, '23)
• Four-time AIA 6A All-Conference first team honoree
• Posted a .559 career batting average with a 1.223 slugging percentage and .679 on-base percentage; tallied 165 hits, 187 runs, 122 RBI and 42 homers
• Registered a .802 on-base percentage as a senior (2024); posted 42 hits, including 18 homers, and walked 59 times in 102 plate appearances
• Helped lead her Xavier College Preparatory team to three state championships (2021, '22, '24)
• Played travel ball with the Arizona Storm organization; named a PGF All-American in 2023 after contributing to a third-place national finish
• Honor Roll
• Rated as the No. 13 prospect by Extra Innings Softball

Personal
• Enrolled in the School of Kinesiology, majoring in sport management
• Born on November 2, 2005
• Daughter of JJ and Kelsey (Kollen) Putz
• Father played baseball at Michigan (1996-99) and 12 MLB seasons; 2007 MLB All-Star (pitcher)
• Mother played softball at Michigan (1999-2002); two-time NFCA All-American (second base; 1999, '21)
• Has three siblings, Kaelyn, Ethan and Addison; Kaelyn currently plays beach volleyball at Lindenwood