Bucknell University Athletics
Lauren Schober Receives Senior Athletic Award at Bucknell
4/28/2009 8:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
April 28, 2009
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Bucknell senior Lauren Schober (Chicago, Ill./Regina Dominican), a member of the Bison women's basketball team, received a special award at the University's annual Senior Athletic Awards Banquet, sponsored by the Bison Club and held at the Elaine Langone Center on Tuesday, April 28.
Schober won the Edward W. Pangburn Award, presented to senior athletes “for sportsmanship, fellowship, and contribution to the University.” Schober shared the award with Mark Schmiegel of the men's soccer team, who was the male selection.
In addition to Schober, several other student-athletes were honored at the banquet, including the winners of the Christy Mathewson Award, given to the most outstanding athletes in the senior class.
Schober became the 19th player in Bison women's basketball to score 1,000 points, finishing her career with 1,129. While the Chicago native has also been a strong scorer, ranking fourth at Bucknell in career three-point field goals made and attempted, she also was known as an effective all-around player. Schober ranks among the top five in 12 Sojka Pavilion records, including first in steals with 101.
Schober has been recognized by the Patriot League a number of times, including selections to the 2008 All-Tournament Team and the All-Rookie Team. As a senior, she was voted All-Patriot League Second Team after leading the league in steals (3.0/game) and finishing among the best in 10 other categories.
Named her team's Co-MVP this year, Schober led the squad to a pair of national postseason appearances. After the Bison claimed the 2006-07 Patriot League regular season title, the team earned a bid to the 2007 WNIT. A year later, Bucknell made an improbable run through the league tournament, becoming the first No. 5 seed to win the championship and earning an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament.
Schober has long been involved on campus and in the community, serving as the team's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee representative, tutoring with the Bucknell Buddies program and remaining active with her sorority. An elementary education major, she was a student teacher in a second grade class in nearby Milton in fall 2008. Schober was recognized with a Lowe's Senior CLASS Award nomination for her commitment to her community, academics and sport.
Bucknell is a highly selective, privately endowed liberal arts institution with an enrollment of approximately 3,500 undergraduate students. Bucknell competes in NCAA Division I as a member of the Patriot League and has full membership along with American, Army, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh and Navy. Bucknell has won the Presidents' Cup, signifying the Patriot League's all-sports champion, in 14 of 18 years, including 10 of the last 11.
Recently, 17 Bison programs – the seventh-most in Division I – earned NCAA Public Recognition for having Academic Performance Rates in the top 10 percent nationally in their respective sport. In addition, Bucknell ranks fifth in Division I in the total number of CoSIDA Academic All-America selections, with 116 national Academic All-Americans since 1970.
