Alabama Softball Welcomes Rising Senior Lauren Esman
7/19/2022 4:28:00 PM | Softball
The left-handed utility player joins the Crimson Tide after three seasons at Michigan
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama softball announced the addition of rising senior Lauren Esman its 2023 roster, joining the Crimson Tide after three seasons at Michigan.
Esman played in 40-plus games in each of the last two seasons with the Wolverines and 14 in her COVID-shortened 2020 freshman campaign. She was a .277 career hitter, posting a personal-best 31 hits, 17 runs scored and 20 RBIs in 2022. She was the 2019 Michigan Gatorade Player of the Year and Michigan Miss Softball as a senior at Gull Lake High School, posting a 0.42 ERA with 341 strikeouts over 148.2 innings.
The left-hander has also found her stride in the circle in two summers with the Florida Gulf Coast League, winning the league's Pitcher of the Year award this season with 55 strikeouts over 47.2 innings pitched with just nine runs allowed and five walks.
Esman joins a 2023 Crimson Tide roster that includes fellow transfers Emma Broadfoot and Faith Hensley along with returning NFCA All-American Montana Fouts and All-Region honorees Bailey Dowling, Ashley Prange and Ally Shipman.
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