Former Loyola standout Lauren Moore enters her fifth season as an assistant coach on Jeff Tylka’s staff in 2019. The Antioch, Illinois native works with the Rambler hitters and infielders.
The team's hitting coach helped produce unprecedented results from the starting nine at the plate, establishing new single-season team records for runs (239), hits (403), RBI (214) and batting average (.303). Three different Rambler hitters captured National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-District honors, highlighted by Allyson Ivey's First Team nods. Ivey, who set school records in batting average (.460) and RBI (54), also took home First Team All-MVC accolades and set the conference record for batting average in a season. Moore's helping hand also saw Shannon McGee set career highs in batting average (.397), runs (41), doubles (13), triples (5), home runs (3), RBI (30), slugging pct (.632) and OPS (1.100) as the outfielder captured All-MVC honors for the second consecutive season.
Moore helped the Ramblers to 23 victories in 2018, including a decision over Notre Dame, the program’s first win over a Power 5 conference opponent since 2016. Then-freshman first baseman Allyson Ivey and junior pitcher Kiley Jones collected NFCA Third Team All-Midwest Region honors, while McGee turned in one of the best offensive seasons in program history en route to First Team All-Missouri Valley Conference recognition. McGee hit .372 and struck out just seven times in 159 at bats. Off the field, Brooke Wilson was tabbed Google Cloud First Team Academic All-District, becoming the first Rambler to earn the accolade since 2013.
During the 2017 campaign, Moore helped a team picked 10
thin The Valley Preseason Poll finish with a winning overall record (27-26) for the first time since 2013 and earn its first MVC Tournament berth and victory since 2014. The Ramblers got off to a sizzling start, winning their first 14 games to set a program record for best start to a season and most consecutive victories and Erica Nagel finished her career ranked sixth on Loyola’s career chart with 169 hits.
In 2016, her first season on the staff, Moore’s tutelage helped Nagel to one of the best offensive seasons in Loyola and Missouri Valley Conference history as the outfielder hit a Loyola and MVC record .453 with 72 hits en route to First Team All-MVC and NFCA Second Team All-Midwest Region honors.
Off the field, Ashley Rogers was named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete Team and 11 Rambler softball student-athletes were named to the MVC Honor Roll.
As a player at Loyola, Moore was one of the most decorated hitters in program history, finishing her career with a .295 batting average, 38 doubles, 29 home runs and 124 RBI. A mainstay in the lineup at third base for four years, Moore was a First Team All-Horizon League and Second Team All-Great Lakes Region selection as a junior in 2013 when she hit .342 with a school-record 13 home runs and 42 RBI. During her senior campaign, Moore earned Second Team All-MVC accolades, helped the Ramblers to the MVC Championship game and was named to the MVC All-Tournament Team. She finished her illustrious career as Loyola’s all-time leader with 124 RBI and 648 at-bats.
Moore resides in Chicago.
Moore's Playing Career Bio
2014: Finished her career as one of the most prolific hitters to wear Maroon & Gold ... Named to the Missouri Valley Conference All-Tournament team after hitting .500 (6-for-12) with two home runs over Loyola's four games in the tournament ... Named a second team All-MVC selection after hitting .286 (24-for-84) with four home runs and 16 RBI in league play ... Finished her career as Loyola's all-time career leader in RBI (124) and at-bats (648) ... Broke Loyola's single-season school record for doubles (15) at the MVC Tournament ... Collected a team-high 14 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games ... Recorded four two-hit efforts over a six-game hitting streak, March 30-April 7 ... Was 3-for-3 in her last game, collecting two RBI in the MVC Championship game versus Bradley (5/10) ... Ripped a home run in each of Loyola's first two games in the MVC tournament ... Went 2-for-3 against Pac-12 powerhouse No. 3 UCLA (3/7) ... Finished 2-for-4 with three RBI and three runs scored in Loyola's win over UNLV (3/8) ... In game two of a twin bill against Wichita State, went 2-for-4 with four RBI ... Circled the bases twice and drove in one run in an eight-inning win over Bradley (4/5) ... Went 3-for-6 with four RBI in a twin bill sweep of Northern Illinois (4/23).
2013: Had one of the best offensive seasons ever by a Rambler, batting .342 (55-for-161) with six doubles, 13 home runs, 42 RBI, and a .621 slugging percentage ... First Team All-Horizon League selection and was named NFCA Second Team All-Great Lakes Region to become the first Loyola position player to earn all-region status since Ellen Kresl in 2008 ... Established a new Loyola single-season record with 13 home runs and fell two RBI shy of matching Becky Marx's single-season school record (44) ... Named Horizon League Player of the Week on February 26 ... The Ramblers went 10-1 when she homered ... Recorded 16 multi-hit performances and drove in three or more runs on seven occasions ... Closed out the season by hitting safely in the final eight games of the year ... In Horizon League action, hit .372 (29-for-78) with six homers and 20 RBI ... Her play was key to Loyola's success as she batted a staggering .417 (40-for-96) in the Ramblers' wins, compared to .231 (15-for-65) in their losses ... Will enter her senior campaign needing 12 home runs and five RBI to match Loyola's career records in those categories ... Opened the season by going 3-for-4 with a homer and three RBI to spark Loyola to a victory over Rhode Island ... Hit dingers in back-to-back contests on a pair of occasions ... Went 2-for-3 with a homer and five RBI in a win versus La Salle ... Hit a game-winning solo home run in the sixth inning of a 1-0 win at Northwestern ... Also tallied game-winning homers in both ends of a doubleheader sweep of Green Bay ... In game two of a twin bill sweep of Valparaiso, went 3-for-3 with two homers and four RBI ... Circled the bases twice and drove in five runs in a 7-3 win at Detroit ... Followed that up by going 3-for-4 with three runs scored and a RBI in a 12-0 victory over the Titans in game two of the doubleheader ... Her average never dipped below .300 all year ... Loyola posted an 18-4 ledger when she drove in at least one run ... Member of the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll.
2012: Put together a solid sophomore season, hitting .281 with 11 doubles, three home runs and 26 RBI ... Was steady at the hot corner, committing only four errors in 49 games ... Has started all 101 games in her career ... Hit .308 (24-for-78) with six doubles, a pair of homers and 15 RBI in Horizon League play ... Batted .346 (18-for-52) at Loyola Softball Park and .333 (28-for-84) in Loyola's wins ... Tallied a 10-game hitting streak, April 6-18 ... Recorded 10 multi-hit outings ... Played error-free defense over the final 18 games ... Mashed her first home run of the year, a two-run blast, at Tulsa ... Loyola went 14-3 when she drove in a run ... Went 3-for-3 with a double, two RBI and a pair of runs scored in a 9-1 win against Detroit ... Recorded a pair of hits and scored three runs in game two of a doubleheader at Wichita State ... Drove in three runs in a 15-1 win versus Arkansas-Pine Bluff and again in an 8-0 victory at Wright State ... Member of the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll.
2011: Had an impressive rookie campaign, batting .258 with six doubles, four home runs and 20 RBI ... Her 20 RBI ranked second on the team ... Was sensational with the glove, committing only eight errors at third base, while starting all 52 contests there ... Batted .284 in Horizon League play ... Hit .325 in Loyola's wins and .306 at Loyola Softball Park ... Collected nine multi-hit outings ... In her first career appearance as a Rambler, went 2-for-2 with a double, stolen base and RBI in the season opener at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi ... Hit safely in six of her first seven games ... Had a season-best, five-game hitting streak, February 11- March 6 ... Crushed a two-run homer against Michigan State ... Recorded two hits, including a double, and drove in the only run in a 1-0 win at UIC ... Doubled, homered and knocked home a pair of runs, while also scoring twice, in an 8-0 victory versus Wright State ... Went 3-for-3 with an RBI in a 2-0 win against Butler ... Belted a two-run home run versus UIC in the Horizon League Championship.
High School: During her senior campaign at Antioch High School, batted .450 with seven home runs, 45 RBI, 36 runs scored, eight doubles and a .644 slugging percentage ... First Team Illinois Coaches Association All-State and All-North Suburban Conference selection in 2010 after helping Antioch to a third-place finish in the IHSA 3A Tournament ... Tied an IHSA Tournament record by hitting two home runs during the state finals ... Earned her team's Defensive Player of the Year award as a senior and collected Daily Herald and Chicago Sun-Times All-Area accolades ... As a junior in 2009, played error-free ball as the starting third baseman to help Antioch to a school-record 32 wins and a regional championship ... Played club for the Illinois Chill Gold, which qualified for both ASA Gold and Premier Nationals in 2010 ... Helped the Illinois Chill Gold finish 17th out of 68 teams, the top finish by a team from the Midwest, at the 2010 Premier Nationals in Irvine, Calif. ... At Antioch, was coached by current Loyola assistant coach Jeff Tylka.
