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Greif begins her sophomore season at Cal after earning Pac-10 All-Freshman accolades...tri-captain with Ashley Walker and Krista Foster...a complete guard who can score off the dribble and can shoot from the outside...works hard on both ends of the floor and gets everyone on the court involved...has a strong basketball IQ and is a calming influence on the court...vocal on the court...excels at feeding the ball into the post...talented rebounder for a guard...first player to verbally commit to Cal under head coach Joanne Boyle...unselfish but is a scoring threat when needed...averaged 18.0 ppg to rank fifth in the 2007 San Francisco Pro Am summer league.
As a freshman in 2006-07:Named Pac-10 All-Freshman honorable mention...one of two Cal players to start all 32 games...fourth on the team in scoring (8.2 ppg) and third in rebounding (5.4 rpg, 17th Pac-10)...led Cal in three-point percentage (35.0%, 7th Pac-10), three-pointers made (1.50 pg, 6th Pac-10) and total steals (50 total, 1.6 spg)...her 48 three-pointers and 137 attempts rank fifth in Cal's season record book...ranked fifth in the Pac-10 in minutes played per game (36.25) and sixth in minutes played in conference games (37.22 mpg)...recorded career highs of 21 points, five assists and five steals in Cal's come-from-behind home win over UCLA...also swiped a career-high five steals vs. Saint Mary's...scored a then-career-high 19 points to lead Cal to a 65-56 victory over Oregon in Berkeley...posted 10 double-digit scoring games and two double-digit rebounding efforts...contributed 15 points, six rebounds and three assists in Cal's 72-57 upset win at No. 8 Stanford...registered nine points, one rebound and two steals vs. Notre Dame in the first round of NCAAs...twice paced Cal in scoring and three-times topped the team in rebounding...grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds at Kansas and led the Bears in the next game at UCLA with 10 boards...second on the team with 81 assists (2.5 apg)...one of six Bears who shot over 70 percent from the foul line (71.8%)...finalist for the Oregon Prep Athlete of the Year Award that was announced Feb. 11...played in the 2006 San Francisco Pro Am summer league.
High School: Graduated from Lincoln High School as the all-time leading scorer in school history with 1,961 points in 98 games...averaged 20.0 points, 9.1 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 4.7 steals per game during her four-year career...as a senior, averaged a career best of 22.9 ppg to lead the state of Oregon and 9.5 rpg and added 3.9 apg and 4.3 spg...shot 46 percent from the floor and 75 percent from the charity stripe as a senior...three-time Street & Smith's honorable mention All-America recipient...McDonald's All-American nominee...2005 and 2006 League Player of the Year...four-time first-team all-league choice and a first-team all-state pick in 2005 and 2006...among the top five scorers in the state her freshman through junior seasons...helped Lincoln win the league title in 2005 and a co-championship in 2004...her high school retired her #15 jersey, making Greif the first player to ever have a jersey retired in the school's 100-plus year history...named to the End of the Trail all-tournament team in 2005 while competing for her club team, Calswish...played three years of varsity soccer, becoming a three-time first-team all-league honoree and a three-time all-state selection...three-year member of the varsity golf team, finishing 27th in the state in 2006.
Personal: Lauren Terranova Greif was born Sept. 16, 1987, in Portland, Ore...her parents are Greg Terranova and Elaine Greif...her brother, Michael, graduated from USC in 2006...interests include golf, music and photography...undeclared major.
GREIF'S CAREER STATISTICS Year G-Gs Min Fg-a Pct 3p-a Pct Ft-a Pct Reb Avg Pf-D Ast To Blk St Tp Avg 06-07 32-32 1160-36.2 81-222 .365 48-137 .350 51-71 .718 173 5.4 70-1 81 76 7 50 261 8.2
