Lauren Crandall (born March 17, 1985, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American field hockey player.
[5] As a high school senior, her team won the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association field hockey State Championship.
[5] Crandall attended Wake Forest University, where she played on the field hockey team as a midfielder.
[3] She graduated from Wake Forest in 2007 magna cum laude with a communication major and a minor in international studies.
[8] Crandall joined the United States women's national field hockey team in 2005.
[9] At the 2011 Pan American Games, the team won gold, defeating then reigning World Cup champions Argentina.
Upon her retirement, US women's head coach Craig Parnham praised Crandall as an "international powerhouse.