Lauren Barber

Lauren Barber

Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Mequon, Wisc.
High School: Homestead
Position: Throws

Personal Bests

Shot Put - 13.02 (42' 8.75') (Ninth All-Time)
Discus - 31.88 (104' 7")
Hammer - 30.79 (101')

2008-09
Placed ninth in the shot put and 11th in the weight throw at the Indoor Heptagonal Championships ... Finished 11th in the shot put at the Husky Winter Carnival ... Placed fifth in the shot put and ninth in the weight throw at the Battle of Beantown ... Was second in the shot put and fifth in the weight throw at the HYP meet ... Placed third in shot put (12.69 meters) at the UMASS Pre-Conference Meet … Competed in the hammer throw in the Harvard-Yale meet … Threw a personal best of 13.02 meters in the shot put at the HY-OC meet, good for ninth all-time in Harvard annals.

Personal
Letterwinner in basketball and track and field ... Earned all-conference honors in the shot put as a junior and senior and in the discus as a junior ... All-area in the shot put as a senior ... Named Scholar-Athlete of the North Shore conference ... Team MVP for field events as a junior and senior ... Plays the string bass ... Member of the Homestead Student-Athlete Leadership Team and SS Homestead ... Volunteered with the Veterans Affairs of Milwaukee, the United Negro College Fund and in the Latino community ... Tutors at local public schools and teaches students about the cardiovascular system at the Discovery World Museum at Pier Wisconsin ... Organizes lab time and programs with local high schools at the Medical College of Wisconsin ... Has traveled to Europe several times to play with the Homestead High School Symphony and Chamber Orchestra.