Lauren Cox

Not to be confused withLauren Cox (swimmer).

Lauren Cox

Personal information
Born	(1998-04-20)April 20, 1998 Flower Mound, Texas,U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school	Flower Mound (Flower Mound, Texas)
College	Baylor(2016–2020)
WNBA draft	2020:1st round, 3rd overall pick
Selected by theIndiana Fever
Playing career	2020–present
Position	Power forward
Number	13
Career history
2020–2021	Indiana Fever
2021	Los Angeles Sparks
2023	Connecticut Sun
Career highlights and awards
NCAA champion(2019) Big 12 Player of the Year(2020) First-team All-American –AP,USBWA(2020) WBCACoaches' All-American (2020) Pat Summitt Most Courageous Award(2020) Third-team All-American – AP, USBWA(2019) 2x Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year (2018, 2019) 3x Big 12 All-Defensive Team (2018–2020) 3x First-team All-Big 12 (2018–2020) Big 12 Sixth Player of the Year (2017) Big 12 All-Freshman team (2017) McDonald's All-American(2016)
Medals RepresentingUnited States Women'sbasketball FIBA Americas U-16 Championship 2013 Mexico National team FIBA U-17 World Cup 2014 Czech Republic National team 2015 Russia National team

Lauren Elizabeth Cox(born April 20, 1998) is an American professionalbasketballplayer forVirtus Bologna (Italy).She playedcollege basketballfor theBaylor Lady Bears.She was named a preseason All-American by Lindy's Sports, Athlon Sports, and Street & Smith prior to the 2019 season beginning. In November 2019, ESPN ranked Cox as the second-best collegiate women's basketball player in the country behindSabrina Ionescu.She would be namedBig 12 Player of the Yearthat season.

Professional career

Cox was drafted by theIndiana Feverat the2020 WNBA drafton April 17, 2020 with the 3rd overall pick. In her rookie season she played 14 games, averaging 3.6 points and 3.3 rebounds. During her sophomore season, she played in 11 games for the Fever before being abruptly waived on June 27, 2021. Three days later on June 30, 2021, she signed with theLos Angeles Sparks,finishing the season with them by playing in 15 games and averaging 3.5 points and 3.7 rebounds.

Cox was not signed after finishing the 2021 season with the Sparks. And thus, would miss the entire 2022 season. In June, 2022, it was announced she would be joiningValencia Basket Clubfor2022-2023 seasonof theLiga Femenina de Baloncesto.She also played in the FIBA World Cup 3x3 Basketball Tournament during the summer of 2022.

On February 7, 2023, theConnecticut Sunannounced that they signed Cox andKristine Anigwe(9th overall pick of the 2019 WNBA Draft) to training camp contracts.

WNBA career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Reboundsper game
APG	Assistsper game	SPG	Stealsper game	BPG	Blocksper game	PPG	Points per game
TO	Turnoversper game	FG%	Field-goalpercentage	3P%	3-point field-goalpercentage	FT%	Free-throwpercentage
Bold	Career best	°	League leader

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2020	Indiana	14	1	13.1	.419	.500	.733	3.3	1.4	0.4	0.3	0.8	3.6
2021	Indiana	11	0	8.6	.316	.333	1.000	2.0	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.6	1.4
	Los Angeles	15	0	14.0	.413	.200	.778	3.7	0.6	0.7	0.9	0.6	3.5
2023	Connecticut	1	0	0.0	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career	2 years, 2 teams	41	1	11.9	.398	.357	.771	3.0	0.8	0.5	0.5	0.7	2.9

High school

Cox was one of the top-rated high school basketball players in the country. She was the 2016Women's Basketball Coaches AssociationHigh School Player of the Year.

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Reboundsper game
APG	Assistsper game	SPG	Stealsper game	BPG	Blocksper game	PPG	Points per game
TO	Turnoversper game	FG%	Field-goalpercentage	3P%	3-point field-goalpercentage	FT%	Free-throwpercentage
Bold	Career best	°	League leader

College

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2016–17	Baylor	37	1	13.4	.433	.412	.747	4.1	1.2	0.4	1.4	1.1	7.6
2017–18	Baylor	34	34	30.2	.516	.304	.748	9.7	2.9	1.1	2.7	1.7	15.3
2018–19	Baylor	38	38	29.5	.522	.306	.734	8.3	3.7	0.8	2.6	1.5	13.0
2019–20*	Baylor	22	22	30.2	.463	.333	.614	8.4	3.6	1.3	2.7	1.6	12.5
Career		131	95	25.2	.492	.322	.725	7.5	2.8	0.8	2.3	1.5	12.0

* 2020 NCAA tournament canceled due toCOVID-19 pandemic

Personal life

Cox was diagnosed withtype 1 diabetesat the age of 7. She wears an insulin pump during games.In each season of Cox's Baylor career, the Lady Bears played a preseason type 1 diabetes benefit game. The 2019 edition of the game, in Cox's final season at Baylor, was especially significant for her personally, as the opponent wasdefendingNCAA Division IIchampionLubbock Christian,which featured her younger sister Whitney—who had been diagnosed with the disease at age 17—as a freshman reserve. Near the end of the 2019–20 season, theUnited States Basketball Writers Associationannounced that both sisters would receive thePat Summitt Most Courageous Awardfor their basketball and community involvement in the face of their condition.