Lauren Floyd
Sports Anchor/Reporter
Bowling Green, Ky.
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Lauren graduates from Western Kentucky University in May 2022.
While in college, she also interned at Eyewitness News (WEHT/WTVW) out of Henderson, Kentucky during the summer of 2021.
She grew up in Owensboro, Kentucky but has loved being a part of the Bowling Green Community for the past four years.
When not at work, she enjoys spending time with her dog "Rylo" and watching makeup videos on YouTube. She is excited to be a part of the team and serve the city of Bowling Green and surrounding areas while still in school.
Updated: May. 27, 2023 at 12:54 AM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
The No. 4 seeded Hilltoppers will face off against No. 1 seeded Dallas Baptist in the semifinals of the Conference USA Championship beginning at 12:30 p.m. CT on Saturday, May 27 at Reckling Park in Houston, Texas.
Updated: May. 26, 2023 at 9:41 AM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
The No. 4 seeded Hilltoppers will face off against No. 5 Florida Atlantic in an elimination game beginning at 5:30 p.m. CT on Friday, May 26 at Reckling Park in Houston, Texas.
Updated: May. 25, 2023 at 7:58 AM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
No. 4 WKU Baseball defeated No. 5 seed Florida Atlantic, 10-9, in the first round of the C-USA Championship on Wednesday night at Reckling Park.
Updated: May. 24, 2023 at 11:27 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
South Warren and Greenwood will face each other in the 4th Region title game on Thursday at 6 p.m.
Updated: May. 24, 2023 at 9:57 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
The Spartans will face Breathitt County in the first round of the state tournament on Friday, June 2nd at 1:30 p.m. ET in Lexington at Counter Clocks Field.
Updated: May. 23, 2023 at 11:15 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
The semifinal round of the 4th Region baseball tournament took place on Tuesday night at Nick Denes Field.
Updated: May. 23, 2023 at 10:43 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
The second half of the 4th Region Softball Quarterfinals took place Tuesday night at the WKU Softball Complex.
Updated: May. 23, 2023 at 2:45 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
Jackson will reunite with Lutz after spending the last two seasons with him at Texas A&M Corpus-Christi.
Updated: May. 23, 2023 at 2:31 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
WKU women’s basketball has signed Destiny Salary who is a transfer from Ole Miss and had a previous stop at Tennessee.
Updated: May. 23, 2023 at 2:24 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
Freshman infielder Lukas Farris was named to the All-Freshman Team while freshman RHP Dawson Hall was named to the All-Conference Second Team and All-Freshman Team.
Updated: May. 20, 2023 at 10:58 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd and Kaden Gaylord-Day
The senior class of the 2023 KHSAA Boys’ Basketball State Championship team is turning their dreams into a reality by signing to further their academic and athletic careers at their respective colleges.
Updated: May. 19, 2023 at 7:06 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
Due to inclement weather, WKU Baseball and No. 17 Dallas Baptist will resume play tomorrow, with the score being 7-5, in the top of the sixth inning in favor of the Patriots.
Updated: May. 19, 2023 at 5:09 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
WKU Baseball senior Dalton Mesaris has been named to the Conference USA All-Academic Team, as announced by league officials Friday afternoon.
Updated: May. 18, 2023 at 2:09 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
WKU Tennis has added Campbell transfer Anna-Marie Kopecka to the roster for the 2023-24 season, head coach Greg Davis announced Thursday.
Updated: May. 18, 2023 at 2:06 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
WKU Softball saw fifth-year utility player Faith Hegh named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Region Team, the organization announced Thursday.
Updated: May. 18, 2023 at 2:01 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
Katie Isenbarger has followed up her Conference USA High Jump Championship by being named to the C-USA All-Academic Team, the league announced Thursday.
Updated: May. 16, 2023 at 2:48 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
Greenwood High School announced Terrance Williams as the new head coach for Lady Gator Basketball.
Updated: May. 15, 2023 at 5:00 PM CDT
|By Kaden Gaylord-Day and Lauren Floyd
The upcoming Steve Lutz Basketball Camp will be in session from June 5-7 in Diddle Arena.
Updated: May. 13, 2023 at 10:35 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
Bob Seymour homered in the first and Blake Robertson blasted a go-ahead three-run homer in the third that led the Bowling Green Hot Rods to a 4-3 win over the Hickory Crawdads.
Updated: May. 13, 2023 at 5:45 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
Legacy Christian Academy’s Landon Copass signed his letter of intent to further his education and play college basketball at Brescia University.
Updated: May. 12, 2023 at 10:20 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
Nick Schnell connected for his second home run in back-to-back nights.
Updated: May. 12, 2023 at 2:33 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
Former Hilltopper golfer Austin King will return to The Hill as the eighth men’s golf head coach in program history, Director of Athletics Todd Stewart announced Friday.
Updated: May. 11, 2023 at 10:06 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
Shane Sasaki was a perfect 4-for-4 with a go-ahead two-run homer in the bottom of the fifth that helped solidify a 5-4 win for the Bowling Green Bootleggers over the Hickory Crawdads.
Updated: May. 11, 2023 at 3:27 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
Eastern Illinois softball player Olivia Price was named the 2023 Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Year.
Updated: May. 11, 2023 at 12:30 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
Now in a win-or-go-home-game, the Hilltoppers are set for [6] Middle Tennessee Thursday evening at 7 p.m. CT at the Dr. Billy Bundrick Field in Ruston.
Updated: May. 10, 2023 at 5:59 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
WKU Hilltopper Basketball head coach Steve Lutz announced the signing of JUCO transfer Enoch Kalambay to the 2023-24 roster.
Updated: May. 10, 2023 at 4:46 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
Craig’s final bit of play finishes a historic campaign by WKU Women’s Golf.
Updated: May. 10, 2023 at 4:37 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers survive the single-elimination round in the second game of the 2023 Conference USA Softball Tournament, as they defeated FIU, 2-1, in Ruston, Louisiana.
Updated: May. 10, 2023 at 3:57 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
Keyshawn Askew pitched a season-high 6.0 innings and Matthew Dyer lifted a two-run home run in the third to carry the Bowling Green Hot Rods to a 5-2 win over the Hickory Crawdads
Updated: May. 9, 2023 at 10:01 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
Junior Caminero notched three hits with an RBI as part of a 14-hit night for the Bowling Green Hot Rods in their 12-1 victory over the Hickory Crawdads on Tuesday at Bowling Green Ballpark.
Updated: May. 9, 2023 at 8:48 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
WKU Baseball fell to Eastern Kentucky, 16-1, on Tuesday night at Nick Denes Field.
Updated: May. 9, 2023 at 7:58 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
Conference USA has moved up all Wednesday games up roughly two hours than originally scheduled. The No. 5 Hilltoppers are now slated to face eight-seed FIU at 12:30 p.m. CT.
Updated: May. 9, 2023 at 4:57 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
Three WKU Tennis players have been named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team in Sofia Blanco, Paola Cortez, and Samantha Martinez, the organization announced on Tuesday.
Updated: May. 9, 2023 at 4:15 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
WKU Women’s Golf sophomore Catie Craig improved in her second round at the NCAA Regional hosted by Georgia.
Updated: May. 6, 2023 at 10:17 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
The Hilltoppers are preparing for the Conference USA Softball Tournament next weekend in Ruston, hosted by La Tech. The Tops’ seeding will be announced tomorrow after all the regular-season games are completed.
Updated: May. 6, 2023 at 8:55 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
WKU Baseball defeated FIU, 7-2, to even the series on Saturday evening at the FIU Baseball Stadium.
Updated: May. 6, 2023 at 8:53 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
The Bowling Green Hot Rods win 7-6 over the Rome Braves in extra-innings on Saturday at Advent Health Stadium.
Updated: May. 6, 2023 at 8:50 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
For one of the most prestigious 8U travel softball teams out of Bowling Green, they got the chance to play in their own backyard.
Updated: May. 5, 2023 at 9:20 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
To cap off the final regular season series and homestand, the WKU Hilltopper Softball team walked off Louisiana Tech in the bottom of the seventh inning, 7-6, to take the series opener.
Updated: May. 5, 2023 at 2:42 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
WKU Softball pitcher Katie Gardner was selected to the Conference USA Softball All-Academic Team, the league announced Friday.
Updated: May. 4, 2023 at 7:19 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
Bowling Green Hot Rods infielder, Junior Caminero, has been named the South Atlantic League Player of the Month for April.
Updated: May. 4, 2023 at 5:09 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
WKU women’s basketball has signed Caitlin Staley for the 2023-24 season.
Updated: May. 4, 2023 at 4:57 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
Glasgow High School senior Keiran Stockton made it official Thursday afternoon by signing his letter of intent to further his education and play football at Lindsey Wilson College.
Updated: May. 4, 2023 at 10:52 AM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
Martin, a Bowling Green, Kentucky native, hit .500 (4-for-8) for the weekend as the Warhawks took two-of-three from the fourth-ranked Chargers and finished the regular season winners of eight of their last 10 games.
Updated: May. 1, 2023 at 3:57 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
Brian Webb and Lauren Floyd welcome WKU women’s golf head coach Adam Gary and sophomore golfer Catie Craig ahead of her run in the NCAA Women’s Golf Regionals.
Updated: May. 1, 2023 at 2:28 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
WKU Baseball outfielder Ty Crittenberger has been named the Conference USA Hitter of the Week, as announced by league officials Monday afternoon.
Updated: Apr. 30, 2023 at 7:28 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
It was a big week for Bowling Green High School as a total of eight student-athletes signed to play their respective sports at the next level.
Updated: Apr. 30, 2023 at 6:18 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
The Bowling Green Hot Rods split a doubleheader with the Asheville Tourists, dropping game one, 11-10, in extras and rebounding in game two, winning 4-3, on Sunday at Bowling Green Ballpark.
Updated: Apr. 30, 2023 at 6:12 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
The Hilltoppers have now won eight of their last nine conference games for the first time since 2009 and have swept their second consecutive conference series for the first time since 2010, both as a member of the Sun Belt Conference.
Updated: Apr. 30, 2023 at 4:33 PM CDT
|By Lauren Floyd
The Hilltoppers took their fourth Conference USA series of the season with a 7-4 win over FIU to take the series finale on Sunday afternoon.
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