Elmira College Athletics

Honors & Awards:
Booster Club Player of the Year (2024)
Empire 8 Third Team All-Conference (2023-24)

2024-25 Season
Started 22 games, averaging 29.4 minutes per contest…posted 11.0 PPG, 2.4 RPG, and three APG…shot 33.5% from the field, 34.2% from three, and 92.6% from the free-throw line (team high)…scored a season-high 21 points vs. Alfred (Feb. 8), shooting 7-14 FG, 3-6 3PT, and 4-4 FT…recorded a season-best five made threes and dished out a season-high 6 assists twice, including against SUNY Brockport (Feb. 1)…grabbed a season-high seven rebounds vs. Penn College (Nov. 13)…played a season-high 41 minutes vs. Utica (Feb. 14).

2023-24 Season:
Started all 24 games for the Soaring Eagles in her second year of play…played a total of 696 minutes during the season…led the team with 285 points on .341 shooting…knocked down 36 three-pointers with a .353 shooting percentage from distance…dished out a team-high 69 assists to go along with 37 steals…finished in double-digit scoring 15 times during the season, including a run of eight consecutive games of 10+ points…scored a career-high 31 points in Elmira's 71-59 win over Keuka (Feb. 16), going 7-10 from beyond the arc while recording five assists…also notched 21 points in a 69-67 overtime win against Alfred (Jan. 25), going 4-8 from downtown…was named as a member of the All-Empire 8 Third Team for the 2023-24 season.

2022-23 Season:
In her first season of collegiate action, appeared in 26 games for the Soaring Eagles while starting in each of the games as the primary guard option for Thad Phillips…finished the year averaging 7.4 points and 3.5 assists in 27.4 minutes per game, while posting a .390 field goal percentage (71-of-182)...reached double-figure scoring nine times during the season, including a season-high 17 points on 5-of-6 shooting against Russell Sage (Jan. 6) to go along with three assists, two rebounds, and a pair of steals…in the season-opener against Penn College, recorded a season-best eight assists…scored 12 points and chipped in seven assists in the Empire 8 Tournament First Round in Elmira’s 65-58 victory over Houghton (Feb. 21)...put together a three-game stretch of reaching double-digit scoring against St. John Fisher (Jan. 27), Nazareth (Jan. 28), and Medaille (Jan. 31).

2021-22 Season:
Did not appear in any games for the Soaring Eagles during the season.

Before Elmira
Lettered in basketball at Springfield Commonwealth Academy in Springfield, MA…earned All-League Team honors at St. Mary's High School before transferring.

Personal
Laura is a Business Administration major with a concentration in Marketing.