AS A JUNIOR IN SOFTBALL (2015): Only team member to start all 51 games in 2015...Finished season with a .213 batting average and 15 RBI...Led squad with 29 walks...Her 29 walks or the most by a Pioneer in a single season since joining the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) in 2010...Posted slash line of .213/.357/.273...Collected season-high three base hits against Academy of Art (Feb. 5) and S.F. State (April 25)...Finished with seven multi-hit games...Brought home season-best two runs in wins against Dominican (Feb. 1) and S.F. State (April 25)...Went 1-for-2 with an RBI double and drew season-high three walks at Chico State (Feb. 21)...Drew multiple base on balls in five games.
AS A SOPHOMORE IN SOFTBALL (2014): Started 51-of-53 games in second year with Pioneers...Led team majority of season and finished with .340 batting average...Tied for team lead with 29 runs scored...Led squad with 54 hits and 13 doubles...Finished with two homers and 23 RBI as the team's primary leadoff hitter...Opener conference play going 7-for-12 with 10 RBI against S.F. State...Led Pioneers with 17 multi-hit games and seven 3-hit games...Posted personal best hitting streak of seven games...Collected seven multi-RBI games including a season-high four in game versus S.F. State (Feb. 15)...Scored season-high three runs against Cal State Stanislaus (April 19)...Team went 18-11 when she hit out of the leadoff spot.
AS A FRESHMAN IN SOFTBALL (2013): Appeared in 44 games, making 38 starts, splitting time at catcher and outfielder...Finished season with a .245 batting average and seven RBI...Five of her 27 hits went for extra bases...Scored eight runs and walked six times...Finished season on a 10-game hit streak (April 19-27)...Had five multi-hit games...Drove in season-high three runs against Cal State Stanislaus (April 19).
AS A FRESHMAN IN VOLLEYBALL (2011): Played one season at setter for the Pioneer volleyball team...Saw action in three matches...Dished out 17 assists in four sets.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: A three-sport athlete and four-year letterwinner in volleyball at Fall River Jr. Sr. High School…Played four years of varsity softball for FRHS...Played three years of varsity volleyball and basketball...Part of the Bulldog softball squad that went 29-9-2 overall and 10-0 in league play in 2010…Guided Fall River to its third CIF Northern Section title and the Shasta Cascade League championship as a senior…Earned second-team Division V All-State honors in addition to first-team All-Northern Section selection and Shasta Cascade League MVP recognition…Collected four-straight all-league and all-section honors…Played catcher and first base on the Bulldog softball team for four years, earning all-league, all-section, all-state and All-America honors…Also named all-league and all-section as a basketball player at Fall River…Participated in Future Farmers of America and Student Council at FRHS.
PERSONAL: Lauren Vestal (pronounced ves-tull)...A speech language pathology major…Hobbies include swimming, long walks on the beach, hiking, camping, rafting, skydiving, fishing, hunting, traveling, bowling, and hanging out with friends and family...Favorite athletes are Barry Bonds and Buster Posey...Likes to eat sushi, chips and salsa, and ribeye...Watches "House of Cards," "Dexter," "Scandal," "Game of Thrones," "Good Will Hunting," "One Million Ways to Die in the West" and the Harry Potter series...Listens to Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran...Says "Cal State East Bay "chose me" to explain reason for becoming a Pioneer...Born in September 1993...Has two brothers Jered (23) and Colin (19)…Parents are Hardy and Chelle Vestal.
2015 MEDIACSUEB CAREER STATS| Year | BA | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SLG% | BB | HBP | SO | GDP | OBP | SF | SH | SB-ATT | FLD% |
| 2013 | .245 | 44-38 | 110 | 8 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .291 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 1 | .288 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | .952 |
| 2014 | .340 | 51-51 | 159 | 29 | 54 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 23 | .459 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 0 | .397 | 0 | 2 | 2-3 | .933 |
| 2015 | .213 | 51-51 | 136 | 23 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .243 | 29 | 2 | 29 | 1 | .357 | 1 | 0 | 4-5 | .912 |
| TOTAL | .272 | 146-140 | 405 | 60 | 110 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 45 | .341 | 44 | 9 | 62 | 2 | .354 | 2 | 3 | 6-8 | .938 |
