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Jersey Number 88
Lauren Shaw
- Position:
- Pitcher
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- B/T:
- L/L
- High School:
- Keystone HS
- Hometown:
- LaGrange, Ohio
- Previous School:
- Iowa
Career Highlights
• Big Ten Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 16, 2020)
2023
Shaw made one start and 17 relief appearances in the circle in her final season as a Bruin … logged 25.1 total innings … posted a 1-0 record with a 2.49 earned run average and 21 strikeouts … went 4.0 innings with two strikeouts, two hits and one earned run allowed in her longest outing of the season and winning effort versus CSU Bakersfield (Feb. 10) … pitched 1.0 inning of shutout relief against Iowa (Feb. 24) … tossed two innings of scoreless relief versus Cal Poly, striking out one batter (March 4) … did not allow a run to score in the month of April in her seven relief appearances (9.1 innings).
2022
Shaw made eight starts and 25 total appearances … posted a 6-2 record with a team-leading 1.47 earned run average across 57.0 innings pitched … joined forces with Megan Faraimo to toss the third combined perfect game in program history with her 2.0 innings against Pennsylvania (March 10) … threw 5.0 innings of one-hit, shutout ball against Iowa State (Feb. 25) … went 4.0 shutout innings, allowing only two hits and striking out a season-high seven batters in her victory over Fresno State (March 12) … allowed just one earned run in 6.1 innings against No. 12 Oregon for the win in her longest outing of the season (April 11) … had 11 scoreless relief appearances.
Iowa (2018-21)
Shaw compiled a 21-18 record with a 2.19 ERA in 255.1 total innings pitched over 56 appearances and 38 starts in her Hawkeye career ... put together back-to-back nine-win campaigns in 2020 and 2021 … had a 9-4 record and two saves in 2021 as a senior, including six complete games and 58 strikeouts … ranked sixth in the Big Ten with a 2.03 ERA that season … ranked 21st in the nation and first in the Big Ten in walks allowed per seven innings (1.09) … tied for second in the Big Ten with nine wins in 10 starts as a junior in 2020 before the COVID-19 shutdown … ranked fourth in the Big Ten with a 1.71 ERA that season … sent a career-high 10 batters down on strikes in a complete-game shutout against Georgia Tech (Feb. 16, 2020), earning her Big Ten Pitcher of the Week honors … threw four complete games her freshman season in 2018.
Keystone High School
Shaw amassed a 53-13 overall record with 29 career shutouts and three no-hitters at Keystone High School … tossed four perfect games and totaled 467 strikeouts and a 1.01 career ERA … as a junior in 2016, she had a 23-3 record, including 202 strikeouts, 13 shutouts and three perfect games to help guide the team to a first-place Patriot Athletic Conference and a state runner-up finish … led the team to a 20-6 record, a second consecutive conference title and a state final four appearance to earn all-state, all-region, all-county, all-district and all-conference selections as a sophomore in 2015 … played travel ball for 10 years, last with the Ohio Lasers’ Blue, leading the team to a second-place finish in the ASA Class A nationals in Bloomington, Ind.
Lauren Shaw's Game Highs at UCLA
Lauren Shaw's Game Highs at Iowa (2018-21)
Lauren Shaw's Career Pitching Statistics (2018-21 at Iowa)
• Big Ten Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 16, 2020)
2023
Shaw made one start and 17 relief appearances in the circle in her final season as a Bruin … logged 25.1 total innings … posted a 1-0 record with a 2.49 earned run average and 21 strikeouts … went 4.0 innings with two strikeouts, two hits and one earned run allowed in her longest outing of the season and winning effort versus CSU Bakersfield (Feb. 10) … pitched 1.0 inning of shutout relief against Iowa (Feb. 24) … tossed two innings of scoreless relief versus Cal Poly, striking out one batter (March 4) … did not allow a run to score in the month of April in her seven relief appearances (9.1 innings).
2022
Shaw made eight starts and 25 total appearances … posted a 6-2 record with a team-leading 1.47 earned run average across 57.0 innings pitched … joined forces with Megan Faraimo to toss the third combined perfect game in program history with her 2.0 innings against Pennsylvania (March 10) … threw 5.0 innings of one-hit, shutout ball against Iowa State (Feb. 25) … went 4.0 shutout innings, allowing only two hits and striking out a season-high seven batters in her victory over Fresno State (March 12) … allowed just one earned run in 6.1 innings against No. 12 Oregon for the win in her longest outing of the season (April 11) … had 11 scoreless relief appearances.
Iowa (2018-21)
Shaw compiled a 21-18 record with a 2.19 ERA in 255.1 total innings pitched over 56 appearances and 38 starts in her Hawkeye career ... put together back-to-back nine-win campaigns in 2020 and 2021 … had a 9-4 record and two saves in 2021 as a senior, including six complete games and 58 strikeouts … ranked sixth in the Big Ten with a 2.03 ERA that season … ranked 21st in the nation and first in the Big Ten in walks allowed per seven innings (1.09) … tied for second in the Big Ten with nine wins in 10 starts as a junior in 2020 before the COVID-19 shutdown … ranked fourth in the Big Ten with a 1.71 ERA that season … sent a career-high 10 batters down on strikes in a complete-game shutout against Georgia Tech (Feb. 16, 2020), earning her Big Ten Pitcher of the Week honors … threw four complete games her freshman season in 2018.
Keystone High School
Shaw amassed a 53-13 overall record with 29 career shutouts and three no-hitters at Keystone High School … tossed four perfect games and totaled 467 strikeouts and a 1.01 career ERA … as a junior in 2016, she had a 23-3 record, including 202 strikeouts, 13 shutouts and three perfect games to help guide the team to a first-place Patriot Athletic Conference and a state runner-up finish … led the team to a 20-6 record, a second consecutive conference title and a state final four appearance to earn all-state, all-region, all-county, all-district and all-conference selections as a sophomore in 2015 … played travel ball for 10 years, last with the Ohio Lasers’ Blue, leading the team to a second-place finish in the ASA Class A nationals in Bloomington, Ind.
Lauren Shaw's Game Highs at UCLA
| INNINGS PITCHED | 6.1, vs. Oregon (4/3/22) |
| STRIKEOUTS | 7, vs. Fresno State (3/12/22) |
Lauren Shaw's Game Highs at Iowa (2018-21)
| INNINGS PITCHED | 8.1, at Purdue (3/27/21) |
| STRIKEOUTS | 10, vs. Georgia Tech (2/16/20) |
Lauren Shaw's Career Pitching Statistics (2018-21 at Iowa)
| YEAR | ERA | W-L | APP | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | 2B | 3B | HR | BF | BAVG | WP | HBP |
| 2018 | 2.79 | 3-12 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 85.1 | 103 | 69 | 34 | 18 | 70 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 404 | .276 | 7 | 7 |
| 2020 | 1.71 | 9-2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 73.2 | 65 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 61 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 300 | .231 | 2 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2.04 | 9-4 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 96.1 | 107 | 40 | 28 | 15 | 58 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 425 | .274 | 2 | 5 |
| IOWA TOT | 2.19 | 21-18 | 56 | 38 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 255.1 | 275 | 132 | 80 | 48 | 189 | 37 | 4 | 12 | 1129 | .263 | 11 | 13 |
| 2022 | 1.47 | 6-2 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 56.0 | 42 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 231 | .196 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2.49 | 1-0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.1 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 109 | .265 | 1 | 2 |
| UCLA TOT | 1.81 | 7-2 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 81.1 | 69 | 28 | 21 | 15 | 67 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 340 | .218 | 4 | 6 |
| TOTALS | 2.09 | 28-20 | 98 | 47 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 337.2 | 344 | 160 | 101 | 63 | 256 | 46 | 4 | 20 | 1469 | .253 | 15 | 19 |
Highlights - UCLA Softball vs. Arkansas (May 29, 2026)
Friday, May 29
UCLA Softball Postgame – vs. Arkansas (May 29, 2026)
Friday, May 29
UCLA Softball Postgame - vs. Alabama (May 28, 2026)
Friday, May 29
UCLA Softball Press Conference - Coach Inouye-Perez, Megan Grant, Taylor Tinsley (May 28, 2026)
Thursday, May 28
