Girls Athlete of the Week: Lauren Gibson, Chesapeake-AA, softball

March 26, 2008

The junior pitcher, last year's All-Metro Player of the Year, helped the No. 1 Cougars to two wins in capturing the Anne Arundel Easter Classic on Saturday. In an 8-2 season-opening win over No. 2 Broadneck, Gibson threw a four-hitter with 11 strikeouts, while reaching base four times on walks and scoring three runs. Playing second base in a 14-1 win over No. 10 Severna Park, she went 3-for-3 with one walk, drove in two runs, scored two runs and stole a base. Gibson, who has made a verbal commitment to Tennessee, led the Cougars to the Class 4A state championship last year, throwing a no-hitter against Damascus in the title game. She finished the season with an 18-3 record and hit .471 with 24 RBIs and 24 runs.

Others considered // Heather Brown, Northeast, softball; Cara Canington, C. Milton Wright, lacrosse; Hayley Rausch, Severna Park, lacrosse.

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