Lauren Ashley Gibson (born August 19, 1991) is an

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player.

Personal life

Gibson's hometown is

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. Her parents are Steve and Lorrie Gibson, and she has an older sister named Danielle.

Amateur softball career

She attended

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where she played softball, basketball, and soccer. Gibson led the Chesapeake softball team to 2 consecutive class 4A state championships, pitching no-hitters in both games. Currently, she attends the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at

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. Gibson was chosen as a NFCA first-team All-American in 2011, after winning the SEC batting title with a .420 average. In 2012 after leading the Lady Vols to the Women's College World Series, she was once again chosen as a NFCA first-team All-American at second base. Gibson was chosen as the Co-SEC Player of the Week for the week of March 11, 2013. She earned this honor after hitting .500 with three home runs against No. 3/3 Florida and Winthrop. She won the 2013

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award following the end of the season.

Team USA

Gibson has been a member of Team USA since 2011. With the United States women's national softball team she won the

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. Gibson led team USA in 2012 with a .500 batting average. She also hit 5 home-runs and tallied 18 RBIs in 22 games in 2012.

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1991 births People from Pasadena, Maryland Living people Softball players from Maryland Softball players at the 2011 Pan American Games Tennessee Volunteers softball players Softball players at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in softball Sportspeople from Anne Arundel County, Maryland University of Tennessee alumni Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games {{US-softball-bio-stub