Lauren Collins Class: Senior Hometown: Indianapolis, Ind High School: Lawrence Central Event: Throws

2002-03: Selected as a USTCA Academic All-American ... named first-team all-MAC, earned the MAC Championships Most Valuable Performer award and selected academic all-MAC ... scored 28 individual points at the MAC Championships ... launched a personal-record throw of 193-7 at the MAC meet in the hammer throw, which also allowed her to qualify for the NCAA National Championships ... her mark crushed the MAC meet record by nearly nine feet and also the track record by the same distance for first place ... Collins' throw also beat the Miami record by almost 21 feet ... broke the Miami school record in the shot put with an NCAA Regional Qualifying mark of 49-1 1/2 for first place at the MAC Championships ... took second in the discus with a 153-10 mark at the MAC meet ... threw her season-best, NCAA Regional Qualifying mark of 154-11 in the discus at the Southern Ohio Cup ... set the Miami indoor track and field record in the 20 lb. weight throw and the shot put ... took second in the 20 lb. weight throw at the Rod McCravy Memorial on Feb. 7, where her three throws ranked number first, third, and eighth longest in school history ... also set the shot put record at Cincinnati on Jan. 11 ... earned two first-place finishes and one second-place finish, while achieving three NCAA Regional-qualifying marks at the Clemson Invitational ... earned the MAC Female Track and Field Athlete of the Week award on April 7 ... received her second career MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week award on Feb. 12 during the indoor track and field season.

2001-02: Miami Outdoor Track and Field Performer of the Year ... shattered her own school record in the 20-pound weight throw by more than four feet with a 58-9 1/2 throw at the Findlay Invitational ... set a new outdoor Miami standard in the shot put with a 48-2 3/4 effort at the Billy Hayes meet ... came in third in the shot put and seventh in the weight throw at the indoor MAC meet, establishing a new school mark of 47-11 in the former ... scored in three throwing events at the outdoor MAC meet for the second straight year ... named MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week after winning the shot put, discus and hammer throw at Southern Ohio Cup ... scored a team-high 176 points on the season, moving her into ninth all-time.

2000-01: Established a school record in the 20-pound weight throw at the Ball State Quad with a throw of 54-5 1/2 ... placed fifth in the shot put at the indoor MAC meet ... was the top-ranked freshman outdoors in the conference in the shot put and hammer ... ranked second in the MAC in the discus ... placed in all three throwing events at the outdoor MAC meet, highlighted by her second-place finish in the hammer throw.

High School: Placed seventh at the state meet in the discus as a junior ... improved more than five feet in the shot put as a senior to place fourth in the state in the event ... placed sixth in the state in the discus as a senior ... sectional champion in both the shot put and discus ... regional champion in the discus.

Personal: Daughter of Vernon and Tina Collins ... majoring in interdisciplinary studies.