Former Kansas student-athlete Lauryn Parrish joined the SMU women's swimming and diving staff as a volunteer assistant in August 2022.
Parrish graduated from the University of Kansas in 2021 with a degree in communication studies, a minor in business and a certificate in professional selling. She was a four-year letterwinner for the Jayhawk program, serving as team captain as a senior.
Parish was named Academic All-Big-12 First Team, and awarded the Marlene Mawson Exemplary Student-Athlete Award, which is presented by Kansas Athletics to one senior female student-athlete each year who played an integral role on her respective team and demonstrates strong character and leadership qualities, while also being a strong competitor in the classroom and on the field of play, as well as the Best Jayhawk in a Supporting Role, presented by Kansas Athletics to one Male or Female Student-Athlete from the 2020-21 season who gave everything they had, day-in-and-day-out, while also having the ability to get the best out of their teammates, elevating the competition every day.
She was also president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee while at Kansas.
Parrish currently works for AT&T as a global business development representative and was formally with National Business B2B as a client solutions executive. She is a native of Fishers, Indiana, and attended Fishers High School.
At Kansas
2020-21 (Senior)
Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team
Named the 2020-21 Marlene Mawson Exemplary Women Student-Athlete Award recipient
Finished seventh in the 200-yard freestyle and 10th in the 500-yard freestyle at the Big 12 Championships
2019-20 (Junior)
Placed eighth in both the 200-yard freestyle and the 200-yard backstroke at the Big 12 Championships
2018-19 (Sophomore)
All-Big 12 First Team
2017-18 (Freshman)
All-Big 12 First Team
Three-time finalist at the conference meet
Prep: School record holder in the 50, 100 and 200 freestyle events… School record holder as a member of the 200 and 400 freestyle relays… IHSAA Mental Attitude Award winner in 2017… Fishers High School Business Student of the Year 2017.
