Lauren Fruits joined the Roadrunner staff in May 2021 as the director of operations.
Fruits was previously on Aston’s staff at the University of Texas from 2018-20 in two different roles.
For the 2019-20 season, Fruits served as the special assistant in which her duties included overseeing and administering the Longhorns’ recruiting efforts and served as the director of summer camps for the team.
Prior to serving in that role, Fruit was the team’s graduate manager for the 2018-19 season where she coordinated schedule for managers and practice players, assisted with game and opponent scouting, coordinated community service appearances and was involved in on-campus recruiting.
From 2011-18, Fruits coached and taught business education at Lee’s Summit North High school – her alma mater – in Lee’s Summit, Mo. She was the head junior varsity girls basketball coach from 2014-18 and the varsity girls golf coach from 2016-19. She also served as an assistant for the junior varsity and varsity basketball teams from 2009-14 and for golf from 2013-15.
Fruits played basketball at Central Methodist University in Fayette, Mo. She was named the team’s Most Valuable Player in 2006 and earned the Eagle Award in 2007. She earned a bachelor’s degree in business with a minor in education in 2006 and a Masters of Education in 2009 from Central Methodist. In 2019, she earned a Masters of Education in sport management from Texas.
Fruits was previously on Aston’s staff at the University of Texas from 2018-20 in two different roles.
For the 2019-20 season, Fruits served as the special assistant in which her duties included overseeing and administering the Longhorns’ recruiting efforts and served as the director of summer camps for the team.
Prior to serving in that role, Fruit was the team’s graduate manager for the 2018-19 season where she coordinated schedule for managers and practice players, assisted with game and opponent scouting, coordinated community service appearances and was involved in on-campus recruiting.
From 2011-18, Fruits coached and taught business education at Lee’s Summit North High school – her alma mater – in Lee’s Summit, Mo. She was the head junior varsity girls basketball coach from 2014-18 and the varsity girls golf coach from 2016-19. She also served as an assistant for the junior varsity and varsity basketball teams from 2009-14 and for golf from 2013-15.
Fruits played basketball at Central Methodist University in Fayette, Mo. She was named the team’s Most Valuable Player in 2006 and earned the Eagle Award in 2007. She earned a bachelor’s degree in business with a minor in education in 2006 and a Masters of Education in 2009 from Central Methodist. In 2019, she earned a Masters of Education in sport management from Texas.