MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Get to know University of Tennessee Southern softball student-athlete Lauren Pettie. Check back each week to learn about a different SSAC student-athlete.
| Name: Lauren Pettie |
| College: University of Tennessee Southern |
| Sport: Softball |
| Hometown: Fayetteville, Tenn. |
| Major: Exercise Science |
| Instagram name: readypettie |
| Favorite Class: Activity Skills |
| Best advice a coach has given you: Focus on the future but learn from the past |
| Post-college plans: Go to dental school to become a dentist |
| If you could have dinner with any three people, past or present, who would you pick? Adam Sandler, Kevin Hart, and Jasmine Williams |
| Something on your bucket list: Go to Japan |
| Who would play you in a movie? Drew Barrymore |
| If you could pick one superpower, what would it be? To fly |
| What is your biggest pet peeve? People not giving full effort |
| Go-to hype song before a game: Love by Keyshia Cole |
| Favorite home-cooked meal: Fried Potatoes, Corn, pintos and cornbread, kraut and weenies, Mac and cheese |
| What is the weirdest superstition you’ve seen from another athlete? Licking your bat before every at bat |
| What is something you’re surprisingly good at outside of your sport? Building and assembling objects |