Academic Medallion 3 years
Eye of the Tiger Award 2014
US Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award
Pat Summit Courage Award
2015 ESPY Award for Best Moment
NFL - Ed Brock Courage Award
2016 NCAA HOF – Inspiration Award
Honorary Doctorate Degree for Humane Letters from MSJU
State of Indiana Sagamore of the Wabash Award
2019 Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee
Lauren Hill
Inspirational Hero
Born October 1, 1995 - Died April 10, 2015 (age 19)
Lauren Hill, a resident of Greendale, Indiana attended Lawrenceburg High. During her High School career Lauren not only excelled academically, but also showed her athletic ability by playing 3 years of soccer and 4 years of basketball.
On November 20, 2013 in the early basketball season of Lauren’s senior year she was diagnosed with an inoperable and
terminal brain tumor called Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG). Determined to let nothing stop her from playing her senior season of basketball she continued to play through radiation and trial chemo. She inspired Lawrenceburg and the
surrounding schools as she continued to play with adversity, grace, determination and never give up attitude. Lauren like most high school athletes, dreamed of playing basketball at the collegiate level. Prior to diagnosis on October 1, 2013 she
accepted to play basketball for Mount Saint Joseph University as long as she could have jersey #22. Lauren graduated in 2014 and attended MSJ for the fall semester in 2014. In October 2014 Lauren received MRI results that her tumor was growing and her life expectancy was reduced to 10 weeks. Her battle with cancer became public when the NCAA agreed to move up the season opener against Hiram College two weeks prior from original date so Lauren could play before tumor symptoms caused her to become more physically challenged. The strong public interest in Lauren’s first college game caused the game to be moved to a bigger venue on Xavier University’s Campus. The Cintas Center sold 10,250 seats in less than an hour for the big game on November 2, 2014. Lauren’s story continued to spread through media and went global. Lauren utilized the media platform to become the voice of DIPG by spreading awareness and raising much needed research funds to get better medical treatments for future children. By December 31, 2014 she had helped raise over $1 million dollars for brain cancer research through The Cure Starts Now Foundation, where she was named the foundation’s Chief Motivational Officer. Lauren ended her collegiate career playing in 4 games and scoring 10 points. When Lauren could no longer physically play the game she continued to support her MSJ Basketball Team by becoming an honorary coach. Lauren passed on April 10, 2015 raising over $1.4 million dollars at the time of her death and to date more than $2.3 million dollars has been raised in her honor to support and fund research grants. Help us continue the fight in Lauren’s honor and all the other children who lost their lives by making a donation to Layup4lauren.org.
Notable LHS Recognition:
Lettered 3 times in Basketball
Jack Anderson Award 3 years
Member of The National Honor Society
Callaway Memorial Scholarship
Robert W. Meyer – Exemplary Pride & Commitment
Tim “Pup” Johnson Scholarship
H.P. Harrison – Outstanding Mental Attitude
Mount Saint Joseph University – Dean’s Scholarship
McKain Family Athletic Memorial Scholarship
Mount Saint Joseph University Grant
Notable Post-Graduate Recognition:
Wilma Rudolph Courage Award
Honored at the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame
First Team All HCAC 2015 – Courage and Outstanding Leadership
2014 ESPNW Impact 25 Honoree
Heartland Women’s Basketball All Conference Award
2014 Spirit of Cincinnati USA Ambassador Award
Ohio Governors Courage Award
2014 National Guard – Outstanding Character & Values
Named Chief Motivational Officer - The Cure Starts Now Foundation
2014 NCAA Statistical Champion Courage Award
SportsCenter Top Stories of 2014
Honored by Wheaties and EA Sports – NBA Live 15
Dearborn County Chamber of Commerce Award
2014 Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Runner Up
2015 NCAS Courageous Student Athlete
Glamour Magazine - 50 Most Inspirational Women of 2014
2015 Musial Award for Extraordinary Character
Tyler Robinson Foundation – 2015 Individual Humanitarian Award
CSPN – 2015 Sports Story
Mount Saint Joseph University – 2015 Championship Award
2016 Sports Faith Hall of Fame
2016 Friar’s Club – Francis Award
2016 Talika Dennis Carter Memorial Recipient—Phenomenal Women of the Year
2018 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference - All Decade Team Inductee