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Lauren Boone
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Concord Community
- Hometown:
- Elkhart, Ind.
2019-20 (Junior)
2017-18 (Freshman)
Prior to Rutgers
Personal
- NCAA Zone Qualifier - Platform
- Placed third on both 1-meter and 3-meter vs. Villanova (1/17)
- Took third on 1-meter at the Rutgers Pre-Season Tune-Up (10/12)
- Finished second in 1-meter diving at the Rutgers Tri-meet against Brown and Wagner (11/16)
- Top Rutgers finisher and third overall at the Frank Elm Rutgers Invitational in 2-meter diving. (12/1)
2017-18 (Freshman)
- Scored second and third place finishes on the 1- and 3-meter boards, respectively, at the ECAC Championships at Rutgers (2/23-24)
- Finished fourth on both 1- and 3-meter in a dual meet win against Nebraska (1/26-27)
- Made the finals and placed seventh in 1-meter diving at Princeton's Big Al Open (12/3)
- Made collegiate debut with a pair of fifth place finishes on the 1- and 3-meter boards at the Illinois tri-meet with Northwestern (10/27)
Prior to Rutgers
- A three-time NISCA All-American diver from Concord Community High School in Elkhart, Indiana, coached by Korey Schrock
- A member of the 2017 sectional championship team
- On the diving boards, a three-time sectional champion, three-time All-Conference Team honoree, a school and pool record holder at Concord, four-time state championship qualifier, two-time state finalist, and a two-time WSBT Burger King Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Week
- Named a 2017 All-Academic All-American
- Selected as the school's valedictorian, the senior class secretary, and the director of Concord International Adventures
- Member of the National Honors Society
Personal
- An undecided major
- Daughter of Chantel and Robert
- Has one sibling, Duncan
- Member of the Honors College and recipient of the Henry Rutgers scholarship
- Started diving at six years old
- An avid traveler
- Proudest sports moment was learning nine dives from the 5-meter platform lists in an hour despite never being on the platform before
- Greatest sports influence is Olympic diver Laura Wilkinson
| Nickname: | Lo |
| One word to describe your Coach: | Determined |
| Favorite Rutgers athlete, past or present: | All of Dive Squad |
| Best player ever competed against: | Olympian Jessica Parratto |
| Major: | Journalism and Media Studies |
| I chose my major because: | I enjoy the classes and am very interested in pursuing media as a career! |
| Favorite place to hang out on campus: | Academic Building |
| The person I most admire is and why: | My Nana, because she is so independent, has traveled so many places, is absolutely hilarious, straightforward and honest, caring and supportive. |
| If I wasn’t swimming, I’d be: | Traveling |
| Favorite professional athlete: | Laura Wilkinson |
| Favorite professional sports team: | Chicago Cubs |
| One word to describe myself in the pool: | Energetic |
| One word to describe myself out of the pool: | Passionate |
| Few people know that I: | make the best banana bread of all time |
| Person who had greatest influence on my athletics career: | My brother, Duncan |
| I started playing my sport because…: | my brother started a diving club when he was in third grade, and I followed him there and I never left! |
| I chose Rutgers because…: | Coach Fred, the team, the divers, the support staff and the location. I had never felt more welcomed into a new place! I also love the city. |
| Favorite cereal: | Krave |
| The movie I have watched the most in my lifetime is: | Step Brothers |
| The best actor/actress to play me in a movie is…: | Jennifer Lawrence |
| Favorite musician/group: | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers |
| The first song I knew all the words to is: | Breaking Free from High School Musical |
| If I could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, I would win a gold medal at: | Making friendship bracelets |
| Rituals I have before, during or after a game are: | Shake each leg, three quick squats, close my eyes and visualize, and one big squat jump |
| Favorite all-time gift received: | A family ring from my Nana that has been passed down |
| Pets I had growing up were: | A boxer mix named Vixon from when I was born to 15. Now we have a labradoodle named Kobe, a newfypoo named Charli and an orange cat named Kitty (or Catdog). |
| My favorite Halloween costume growing up was: | Tinkerbell |
| The place in the world I would most like to visit is: | Mount Everest |
| The website I visit most often is: | Canvas.Rutgers |
| My favorite teacher was/is:(name, grade, subject) | Mr. Molnar, 9th grade, AP World History |
| The quote that most resonates with me is: | "Don't be afraid to be different." -Micheal Jackson |
| If my life was a book, the title would be: | The Life of Lo |
| If I could choose any color when buying a new car it would be: | Black |
| My spirit animal is: | A shark |
| One thing on my bucket list is: | Scuba dive around around the Great Barrier Reef. |
| Phone app you cannot live without: | Google Maps |
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