CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• 2013 Big Sky All-Conference First Team
• 2013 Big Sky All Tournament Team
• 2013 Big Sky Spring All-Academic Team
• 2014 NFCA Scholar-Athlete
 
CAREER GAME HIGHS (LAST)
Hits: 3-3x (Seattle, 2/24/13)
Runs: 2-5x (Idaho State, 4/20/13)
RBI: 3-2x (Sacramento State, 4/27/13)
 
2014 (AS A SOPHOMORE)
Lauran redshirted the season after suffering a season-ending injury in the Vikings’ second game of the season against Indiana (2/7) at the Kajikawa Classic in Tempe, Ariz. … Earned NFCA Scholar-Athlete honors for her work in the classroom.
 
2013 (AS A FRESHMAN)
Lauran earned Big Sky All-Conference Second Team ... Big Sky All-Tournament Team  ... Big Sky Spring All-Academic Team …  Played in all 56 games making 54 starts as catcher as a true freshman … Hit .265 going 43-for-162 with 16 runs scored … Drove in 26, second best on the team … Hit eight doubles and four home runs … Threw out 16-of-2 base stealers … Drove in a pair going 1-for-3 against Southern Utah (5/9) in the opening game of the Big Sky Tournament … Hit the game-tying three-RBI double to left against Sacramento State (4/27) ... Went 3-for-4 at Seattle (4/24) ... Went 2-for-4 in the series finale against Idaho State (4/21) ... Went 2-for-5 with a pair of runs scored with a RBI later in the day against Idaho State ... Blasted her fourth home run of the season going 1-for-2 with two runs scored while walking two times at Idaho State (4/20) ... Drove in a career-high three runs in game two of a doubleheader with the Wildcats going 2-for-4 with a pair of runs scored and her third home run of the season ... Went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs at Weber State (3/29) ... Went 5-for-5 in first five plate appearances against Southern Utah ... Drove in two more runs going 2-for-3 later in the day ... went 3-for-3 with a 2-run home run against Southern Utah (3/22) ... Went 5-for-8 with a run scored, 4 RBIs, BB, and a HR in three games against Southern Utah ...Went 1-for-3 with a run scored, two RBIs, and first career HR at No. 21 Hawai’i (3/8) ... Went 1-for-2 with two runs scored against East Carolina (3/8) ... Went 2-for-3 with a run scored and a RBI against UC Riverside (3/2) ... Went 2-for-3 with a run scored and a RBI against No. 8 California (2/17) ... went 3-for-4 with 2 runs scored, 2 RBIs, and a double against Kentucky (2/10) ... Went 2-for-3 against No. 20 Stanford (2/8) ... Made Portland State debut going 1-for-1 with a RBI and a walk against San Jose State (2/7).
 
PRIOR TO PORTLAND STATE
Attended Texas Tech for the fall 2012 term before transferring to Portland State.
 
AT SOUTH SALEM HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letter-winner for one of the top high school teams in the state of Oregon ... Squad advanced to the playoffs three times and finished second in state during both her junior and senior seasons ... Named the All-Central Valley Conference (CV) first-team catcher all four seasons ... Was a second-team all-state catcher as a freshman ... Was a first-team all-state selection her final three seasons ... Honored to the Statesman Journal's all-region team as both a freshman and senior ... Also participated in water polo where she was a second-team All-CV selection as a sophomore.
 
TRAVEL BALL
Played for the Northwest Bullets, one of the top travel ball programs on the west coast ... Member of the Bullets team for five years ... Squad finished 17th at ASA Nationals in 2008 and then fifth a year later ... Team also recorded a 19th-place performance at Premier Nationals in 2010 along with a 12th-place finish in 2011 and 17th-place showing in 2012.
 
PERSONAL
Daughter of Shane and Rhonda Bliss ... has a younger sister, Lyndan ... majoring in Criminal Justice and plans to eventually attend law school.