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Lauren Battista, Women's Basketball, Bentley, Class of 2014
Lauren Battista, the WBCA Division II National Player of the Year in 2014, led the Bentley women’s basketball program to the 2014 NCAA National Championship with a perfect 35-0 record. Battista, a standout player at Bentley from 2010-14, finished her career with 2,112 points – second-most in program history and sixth-most in NE10 history. A two-time NE10 Player of the Year, she earned NE10 Woman of the Year and the Honda Women’s Athlete of the Year awards during her senior campaign.
Battista helped lead the Falcons to four-consecutive NE10 Regular Season and Tournament Championships, while becoming a three-time WBCA All-American. She was a three-time NE10 Sport Excellence Award winner and the 2014 Capital One Academic All-America of the Year recipient. Battista owns the Bentley program record for games played and games started.Battista is the 16th NE10 women’s basketball player inducted into the Hall of Fame and the seventh from Bentley.
The NE10 is proud to welcome nine additions to the Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2019. The league adds a pair of national-title winning teams, in addition to seven exceptional former student-athletes, to its Hall of Fame.
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Each year, 4,500 of those student-athletes compete in conference championships in 24 sports, making the NE10 the largest DII conference in the country in terms of sport sponsorship. Leading the way in the classroom, on the field and within the community, the NE10 is proud of its comprehensive program and the experience it provides student-athletes.
