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Jersey Number 33
Lauren Okafor
- Year:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- Center
- Height:
- 6-3
- Hometown:
- Hamden, Conn.
- High School:
- Hopkins School
- Previous:
- Providence
- Major:
- Pre-Medicine and Psychology
At JMU:
2014-2015 as a Senior:
- Fall Semester President's List
2013-14 as a Junior
- Spring Semester Dean's List
- JMU Athletic Director Scholar-Athlete
- CAA Commissioner's Academic Award
- St. John's Chartwells Holiday Classic All-Tournament Team
- JMU Invitational All-Tournament team; Second on team for field goal percentage (.471)
- Fifth on team for rebounds (153) with an average of 4.4
- Third in blocked shots (38)
- Fourth in offensive rebounds (70)
- Arthur Ashe, Jr., Female Sports Scholar Award recipient
2012-13
- JMU Athletics Director Scholar-Athlete
- Redshirted the season due to transfer rules
At Providence:
2011-12:
- Played in 28 of 30 games and started 24 games
- Team leader in blocked shots (35) and second in rebounding (5.4)
2010-11:
- Big East All-Freshman Team
- Played in 27 of 29 games and started one game
- Second on team in blocked shots (26)
High school:
- Coached by Amanda Forcucci at Hopkins
- ESPN HoopGurlz Position Rank:Â #23 power forward as a senior (2010)
- All-State as a senior (2010)
- New England Prep School All-Star as a junior and senior (2009, 2010)
- New Haven Register All-District as a sophomore, junior and senior (2008, 2009, 2010)
- All-Fairchester League as a sophomore, junior and senior (2008, 2009, 2010)
- All-Area as a freshman, sophomore, junior and senior (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
- Her AAU team Ring City Basketball advanced to Nike Nationals semifinals 2009
Personal:
- Daughter of Carlene Okafor
- Pre-medicine and psychology major who plans a career as a clinical psychiatrist
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, financial secretary, The Pre-Med Association, The Association of Black Psychologists Vice President
- Volunteer at Harrisonburg Health and Rehabilitation Center
- Has an older sister, Amber, a graduate student at the University of New Haven, and a younger brother, Caleb-Pierre Harris, 10 years old
- Enjoys painting, poetry and singing
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