10th Planet Brown Belt
Lauren is an Austin native with 25 years of experience in competitive sports and 10 years experience in personal training, sports specific performance coaching and nutrition. At the age of 5 she began swimming and went on to compete internationally until the age of 10. Through adolescence she competed in various sports such as track and field, volleyball, basketball, archery, horse judging, training, and riding. At the age of 19 Lauren began racing in triathlons and at 20 qualified for the USAT National Triathlon and Triathlon Olympic trials. At the same time, she discovered her interest in coaching and began working towards becoming a personal trainer. While racing in triathlons, Lauren began coaching and competing in power lifting, Olympic lifting, and CrossFit. She became a personal trainer, pose running certified coach, ryde cycling coach, certified CF coach, and a triathlon coach and in 2013 was voted the best triathlon coach in Austin. Following an injury that took her away from triathlon, she began taking self defense classes at a local martial arts school that also offered Muay Thai. She fell in love with the art and community and began training in MMA. Lauren trained in MMA for 2 years and began coaching self defense and striking classes. After 4 years of MMA training she decided to work towards improving her ground fighting skills with the intent to pursue competition in MMA. She found 10th Planet Austin and quickly fell in love with Jiu Jitsu and the community far beyond any sport she had ever experienced. During her early years of Jiu Jitsu, Lauren attended physical therapy school and graduated in 2020 earning her PTA license. Though she was a PTA, her heart was set on building a life and career in Jiu Jitsu so she chose to commit the majority of her time to growing in this avenue. Lauren was promoted to brown belt in 2022. Lauren has been competing in Jiu Jitsu since white belt and has earned various accolades at the highest levels of the sport in her division. She is passionate about competing, traveling, meeting new people, and sharing her love and knowledge of the sport in hopes to build up and motivate those around her to reach their highest potential.