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Athlete Feature: Back-To-Back Success With IWU Hoop Star Lauren Huber

By Scott Abramson|Updated on July 6, 2023 (originally published on March 3, 2023)

Lauren Huber is a sophomore at Illinois Wesleyan University. On the Women's Basketball Team, she made a name for herself last year as a freshman when she played a big role in the team's success. Now, this year she is going back to back in great years as she continues to impress with special games and a really impressive stat line.

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Last season, Lauren started 26 of 29 games as a freshman playing a total of 747 minutes. During that time she produced 367 points putting her second on the team, 45 steals, and 35 assists, both enough to put her in the top 5 of the team in the respective categories, and led the team in rebounding with 181 rebounds. During her freshman year, Lauren won player of the week for the CCIW(College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) on 11/29/2021. For the season, Lauren was named Third Team All-Region by D3Hoops.com, All-CCIW First Team, and a CCIW Newcomer of the Year nominee.

Now to this year, the second of back-to-back impressive runs: the season is still going on with the team looking toward the playoffs. So far, Lauren has played and started all 25 games, and in these games, Lauren has played a total of 720 minutes with a team-high 472 points and 252 rebounds, along with 55 assists which is good for the second on the team's assist list. The 472 points scored is the second-highest in all of the CCIW for the season with her rebounds being the CCIW leader as well.

That's not it though. Lauren isn't just having back-to-back good years–this season, she won back-to-back player of the week for the CCIW on November 21st and November 28th and then won the award again on December 12 and January 23rd. But not even that feat is impressive enough to cap off Lauren's resume–on November 29th, Lauren was named to the D3Hoops.com Team of the Week exceeding her accomplishments to all of D3 and not just the CCIW.

Lauren has given a new meaning to the phrase back-to-back…and she's not even done as the Titans head into the playoffs. With two more years ahead, the CCIW awaits what Lauren will do next as she is sure to continue dominating the conference.

Follow Lauren on Instagram @lauren_huber and IWU sports @iwusports to see where Lauren and the team go from here.
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