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Lauren LaPlant Named CoSIDA Academic All-District III First Team

First honor for LaPlant and ninth for the women's basketball program

CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Western Carolina women's basketball redshirt senior Lauren LaPlant has been named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District III First Team.
It is the first all-academic honor for LaPlant and the ninth overall for Catamount women's basketball.

First-team Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second and third-team Academic All-America honorees will be announced in late May.
LaPlant, from Asheboro, N.C., is currently pursuing her master's degree in Health Science with a 4.0 GPA. She graduated on Dec. 14, 2019, Suma Cum Laude with a degree in Chemistry holding a 3.91 GPA.

She ended her career with 171 made three-pointers ranking fourth in the WCU record books and concluded her career with 834 points. In her final campaign, LaPlant averaged 7.8 points per game and led the team with 40 three-pointers on the season scoring in double figures six times and ends her career having scored in double figures a total of 36 times. She also scored 20 or more points twice on the season.

As a redshirt junior, LaPlant broke the program record for most three-pointers in a season with 80.

She is a three-time Southern Conference honor roll recipient and thrice was named to the SoCon All-Academic team.
 
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Players Mentioned

Lauren LaPlant

#4 Lauren LaPlant

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