Furman University

Honors & Awards
2023-24 Big South Conference All-Freshman Team

2025-26: In her first season as a Paladin saw action in 26 games and logged 24 starts...helped lead Furman to an 18-13 campaign and 9-5, fourth place SoCon finish...the nine SoCon wins were the most since Furman won 10 in 2021-22...a big part of the Paladins’ success was a 6-1 road conference record — the best SoCon road mark in program history (1984-present)...averaged 6.2 points per game and shot a team best .373 from 3-point range (50x134)...scored a season high 16 points on 5-of-5 shooting from 3-point range against Clemson in Timmons Arena...tallied a pair of 15-point performances against Brevard (110-54 win) and Samford (70-62 win)...hit on 5-of-10 3-pointers against Brevard and 5-of-9 from beyond the arc versus Samford...logged a season high 38 minutes and delivered nine points (3x5 3-pointers) and five rebounds at Wofford (65-64 win)...suffered a season ending knee injury in the first minute of play in the Paladins’ eventual 63-61 road win over UNC Greensboro...

2024-25 (Gardner-Webb): Earned playing time in all 29 games and made 28 starts at Gardner-Webb...averaged 9.6 points and 4.1 rebounds per game...shot 33.6 percent from the field and 29.3 percent from 3-point range (56x191)...scored a career high 24 points (6x12 3PFGs) in a 71-70 loss to Radford...tallied 19 points against UNC Asheville (77-65 win)...posted 13 double figure scoring performances.

2023-24 (Gardner-Webb): Started 21 games as a freshman for Gardner-Webb while appearing in 28 games...averaged 8.0 points and 4.1 rebounds to finish as the team’s third-leading scorer...scored a season high 18 points (5x10 3PFGs) versus South Florida...finished second on the team with 53 made 3-point field goals...named to the Big South All-Freshman Team.

High School: 2023 graduate of Greeneville (Tenn.) High School...finalist for Miss Tennessee Basketball...earned Tennessee Sports Writers Association 3A All-State honors her senior year...was also named the District 2 AAA Regular Season Player of the Year and the Tournament MVP...averaged 15.0 points per game, 6.0 rebounds per game and 3.0 assists per game her senior season...shot 41 percent from the field and 36 percent from 3-point range... scored over 2,000 career points and claimed over 600 career rebounds in four seasons...earned all-state honors in volleyball as well.

Personal: Full name is Lauren Elizabeth Bailey...born Sept. 14, 2004, in Greeneville, Tennessee...daughter of Ken and Sandy Bailey...has a sister, Meredith, and a brother, Trey.