University of Nevada Las Vegas

2020 (Senior): Started all 26 games in center in the Covid-19 Pandemic-shortened season ... Hit .284 (21-for-74) in her second year with the Rebels ... Scored 14 runs, drove in eight runs with two doubles, two triples and eight walks ... Went 13-for-14 on stolen bases, which was second-best on the team ... Season-high three hits in a 6-2 win over Southern Utah on Feb. 9 and in a 7-1 over Grand Canyon on March 6 ... Best performance at the plate was the 3-for-4 day with two runs scored against the Thunderbirds on Feb. 9 ... In two games against New Mexico State on on Feb. 28 & 29, went a combined 4-for-7 with a RBI, a double and a triple ... Will return for a fifth year in 2021 after NCAA granted waiver for spring sport athletes due to pandemic.

2019 (Junior): Immediately moved into a starting role in first season at UNLV, starting all 50 games at center ... Hitting at the top of the lineup, spurred a potent UNLV offense that hit .314 as a team ... Led all Rebels with a .395 batting average, 66 hits, 46 runs scored and 23 stolen bases ... The 42 runs scored rank 10th all-time, while the 23 stolen bases is fourth-most all-time in a single season ... The speedy lefty tallied 22 runs batted in, five doubles and four triples ... Her on-base percentage of .452 was second on the team ... Her .395 average and 23 stolen base each ranked third in the Mountain West, her runs scored (46) were tied for fourth and her on-base percentage (.452) ranked fifth ... She tallied 23 multi-hit games which was a team-best in 2019 with a season-high four hits twice (Feb. 16 vs Weber State and March 7 vs San Diego) ... Scored two or more runs in 14 games, with a season-high four runs scored March 7 against San Diego ... Earned her first career Mountain West Player of the Week award on Feb. 12 after going 10-for-16 (.625) with one double, two triples, 10 runs scored, five RBI and 5-for-5 on stolen bases as UNLV went 5-0 on the opening weekend of the season ... Was also stellar defensively in center, with 65 putouts, four assists and no errors for a 1.000 fielding percentage.

SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (2017-18): Spent her first two collegiate seasons at SLCC in Taylorsville, Utah ... Helped the Bruins go 51-8 in her first season in 2017 when they were conference and regional champions and placed second in nationals ... In her final season in 2018, helped the Bruins go 41-14 ... Named a NFCA All-American and an NJCAA All-American after her sophomore season in 2018 ...  Finished career as program's all-time in stolen bases, finishing with 50 swipes in 2018 to lead the Scenic West Athletic Conference ... Batted .440 in 2018. 

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2016 graduate of Herriman High School in Herriman, UT ... Four-year letterwinner for her high school as an outfielder ... Won conference championships all four years ... Four-time First Team All-State and First Team All-Region selection ... Led her team in batting average all four seasons ... Earned team MVP honors twice ...  Also a four-year letterwinner in volleyball, winning a conference championship in 2013 ... Played club as Utility for the Firebirds from 2006-2012 in Salt Lake City, UT ... Played club as Outfield for Pegasus from 2012-2016 in Salt Lake City, UT.

PERSONAL: Lauren Miquelle Tycksen was born in Sandy, UT ... Daughter of Wade and Natalie Tycksen ... Has five siblings ... Abigail(18), Emma(15), Grace(13), Chloe(11), and Vaksen(5) ... Majoring in Sociology.