Hall of Fame
A native of Bethpage, N.Y., Lauren Wetherell played lacrosse at Binghamton from 2002-06. She earned a bachelor's degree with honors in English, rhetoric and global culture in 2006. Wetherell went on to receive her master's degree with honors in education from Binghamton in 2008.
Wetherell was of the early standouts in a sport that was in its infancy when she arrived to campus in 2002. Binghamton added lacrosse as a varsity sport in 2002 and Wetherell began her four-year career in season number two. By the time she graduated, Wetherell had helped the Bearcats gain footing in a competitive America East conference that featured national power Boston University and several other regionally-ranked opponents.
As a freshman, Wetherell quickly made her mark with a three-goal game in her collegiate debut at Siena. She added four goals in her next outing at Le Moyne and wound up scoring a team-high 18 goals in 12 games. Only three opponents kept her off the board all season long and she earned second team America East all-conference and All-Rookie honors. Wetherell added 35 draw controls to earn a spot among the nation's leaders.
In 2004, Wetherell helped spearhead an attack that scored more goals than the previous two seasons combined and averaged nearly 10 tallies per game. She notched 26 goals and added 18 assists while continuing to pace the team in draw controls with nearly three a game, which ranked 14th in the nation. The Bearcats recorded their historic first conference win with a 12-11 victory at Vermont and earned four wins during the season.
As a junior in 2005, Wetherell produced a team-high 22 assists as the Bearcats continued to make strides in just their fourth varsity season.
Wetherell then provided a fitting bookend to her career as a senior when she returned to being the team's top point producer with 17 goals and 27 assists. Her assist average ranked 20th in the nation and she again earned a spot on the America East all-conference second team. She repeated as team MVP and also was a member of the America East All-Academic and IWLCA Scholar-Athlete Teams.
She finished with 70 goals, 74 assists and 135 draw controls in 59 career games. Wetherell still ranks first in program history in career assists (1.25 per game), is third in draw controls (2.31) and ground balls (2.41) and fourth in points per game (2.44).
