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    Lauren Adams Lanford
    Lauren Adams Lanford

    Position:
    Assistant Coach
    Experience:
    2nd season
    Alma Mater:
    Stephen F. Austin, '07

    08/30/2012

    SFA To Open UND Classic On Friday

    Ladyjacks will taken on Green Bay, South Dakota and North Dakota in round-robin event.

    A former Ladyjack setter from 2003-06, Lauren Adams Lanford is entering her third season as assistant coach for SFA.

    Before returning to the coaching staff prior to the 2011 season, Lanford spent time as a student assistant coach in 2007 with SFA and helped lead the Ladyjacks to a share of their fourth consecutive Southland Conference title and a 27-8 overall record.

    During her playing days she was part of three Southland Conference championship squads and was named to the all-Southland Conference Tournament team in 2006, helping take= the Ladyjacks to the NCAA Tournament where they would eventually upset Alabama for the school's first-ever NCAA Tournament win.

    She finished her career with nearly 1,300 assists and averaged a career-high 9.4 assists per set as a freshman in 2003.

    Prior to returning to SFA, she served as an academic advisor at Arkansas State, a position she accepted following a stint as a graduate assistant at SFA in student services. She holds both bachelors and masters degrees from SFA.