Lauren Cox

Lauren Cox
Personal information
Born	April 20, 1998 (age 26); Flower Mound, Texas, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school	Flower Mound; (Flower Mound, Texas)
College	Baylor (2016–2020)
WNBA draft	2020: 1st round, 3rd overall pick
	Selected by the Indiana Fever
Playing career	2020–present
Position	Power forward
Number	13
Career history
2020–2021	Indiana Fever
2021	Los Angeles Sparks
2022–2023	Valencia Basket Club
2023	Connecticut Sun
2023–2024	Virtus Bologna
2024–present	Townsville Fire
Career highlights and awards
	NCAA champion (2019); Big 12 Player of the Year (2020); First-team All-American – AP, USBWA (2020); WBCA Coaches' All-American (2020); Pat Summitt Most Courageous Award (2020); Third-team All-American – AP, USBWA(2019); 2x Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year (2018, 2019); 3x Big 12 All-Defensive Team (2018–2020); 3x First-team All-Big 12 (2018–2020); Big 12 Sixth Player of the Year (2017); Big 12 All-Freshman team (2017); McDonald's All-American (2016);
Representing United States
Women's basketball
FIBA Americas U-16 Championship
FIBA U-17 World Cup

Lauren Elizabeth Cox (born April 20, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for Virtus Bologna (Italy).^[1] She played college basketball for the Baylor Lady Bears.^[2] She was named a preseason All-American by Lindy's Sports, Athlon Sports, and Street & Smith prior to the 2019 season beginning. In November 2019, ESPN ranked Cox as the second-best collegiate women's basketball player in the country behind Sabrina Ionescu.^[3] She would be named Big 12 Player of the Year that season.^[4]

^ "Lauren Cox è una nuova giocatrice di Virtus Segafredo Bologna!" (in Italian). 2023-07-12. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
^ "Lauren Cox - Women's Basketball". Baylor University Athletics.
^ "The top 25 players in women's college basketball". ESPN.com. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
^ "2019-20 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 WBB Awards Announced" (Press release). Big 12 Conference. March 9, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2020.

[1] "Lauren Cox è una nuova giocatrice di Virtus Segafredo Bologna!" (in Italian). 2023-07-12. Retrieved 2024-01-25.

[BaylorBio-2] "Lauren Cox - Women's Basketball". Baylor University Athletics.

[3] "The top 25 players in women's college basketball". ESPN.com. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2020.

[4] "2019-20 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 WBB Awards Announced" (Press release). Big 12 Conference. March 9, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2020.

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