Lauren Buck Class: Junior Hometown: Flint, MI High School: Powers Catholic Height: 5-10 Birthdate: 11/07/1987

AS A SOPHOMORE: Stepped into Notre Dame's successful varsity eight boat, helping the Irish return to the NCAA Championships ... rowed with the varsity eight boat at the NCAA Championships, reaching the Petite Final ... sat in the varsity eight boat for a third-place finish in the Grand Finals at the Central/South Region Championship (6:34.48) ... helped the Irish to the BIG EAST Championship, scoring a win in the varsity eight Grand Final with a time of 6:31.85 ... rowed varsity eight crew to a victory over Virginia, Princeton, and George Washington, posting a 6:19.1 time ... swept varsity eight boat competition at the Windemere Classic, defeating California (7:04.46), Stanford (7:17.03), and UCLA (6:46.50) ... rowed varsity eight boat to a second place finish behind Clemson, posting a 6:54.50 time, good enough to beat Michigan State and Michigan ... secured varsity eight boat's first win of season against Alabama and Cincinnati (6:38.31) ... rowed with varsity eight crew against Tennessee and Minnesota ... placed fourth in varsity eight boat competition at the Head of the Rock ... selected a National Scholar Athlete by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) ... selected to the BIG EAST Academic All-Star Team ... earned her first monogram with the program.

AS A FRESHMAN: First-year member of Irish team rowed in the novice eight boat ... helped boat garner three second-place finishes in opening spring regatta against Minnesota and Tennessee ... member of top novice boat that captured win at Lubbers Cup and won Petite Final at San Diego Crew Classic ... helped crew to second-place finish at BIG EAST Championships ... won Petite Final at Central/South Regional Championships with a time of 7:09.90 ... had an impressive finish at the Head of the Rock placing third out of 23 entries in a time of 19:03.34 ... rowed in the open eight and finished 22nd (19:19.17 ) ... sat in the fifth seat in both races ... raced in the novice eight at the Notre Dame Invitational placing third out of eight entries ... placed fourth in the novice eight-a (17:14.57) at the Head of the Elk.

PREP AND PERSONAL: Received 10 varsity letters in an impressive prep career that saw her play on the soccer, volleyball and basketball teams at Powers Catholic ... member of four regional-champion soccer teams and two regional champions in basketball ... helped the soccer team reach the state finals in 2003 ... led her basketball team to two conference titles, including an undefeated season as a senior ... recipient of second-team all-state honors in volleyball and soccer, as well as an honorable mention all-state selection in basketball ... named all conference and all-city in basketball as a senior ... garnered all-conference recognition in soccer and volleyball following her junior and senior campaigns ... played in all-star games in both volleyball and basketball ... named a Kiwanis Student-Athlete ... included in the Flint Journal's list of top female athletes in the Big 9 Conference ... treasurer of her school's chapter of the National Honor Society ... uncle, David McNally, played baseball at Northwestern ... one of Douglas and Mary Lynn Buck's five children ... born Nov. 7, 1987, in Flint, Mich. ... enrolled as a biology major in the College of Science.