Lauren Lyons Class: Junior Hometown: Marietta, Ga. High School: Wheeler H.S. Height: 5-11 Birthdate: 03/02/1978

PREP AND PERSONAL: Particpated in swimming and cross country at Wheeler High School ... three-year letterwinner in swimming who won one letter in cross country ... won an academic award in swimming her freshman year ... won the cross country outstanding sportsman award her senior season ... named outstanding female student-athlete of her high school her senior year ... volunteered at the Women’s Resource Center her freshman season at Notre Dame ... studied abroad her sophomore year in ‘98-’99 in Spain where she volunteered in an elderly home and taught English to Spanish families ... a member of Spanish Club ... father John was a fencer for the Irish from 1969-71, serving as team captain ... brother John (1995-99), uncle Michael (1971-73) and uncle Christopher (1978-80) were all fencers for the Irish, while her sister-in-law Martha was a football and soccer manager ... born March 2, 1978, in Paris, France ... enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters, majoring in both anthropology and Spanish.