Lauren Townsend, Age, 18, was captain of the girls’ varsity basketball team, which was coached
by her mother. Fellow players said she was consumed by the sport.Townsend, who had a 4.0 grade
point average, was a member of the National Honor Society, a candidate for class valedictorian,
and wanted to major in biology in college. She volunteered in a local soup kitchen and also
worked after school in a veterinary hospital. Townsend attended the school prom last week and had received a
scholarship to attend college in Colorado next fall.
