Lauren Scherf

Lauren Marie Scherf (born 7 March 1996) is an Australian-Latvian professional basketball player.

Early life Scherf was born in Melbourne, Victoria, in the suburb of East Melbourne.

Professional career WNBL Scherf debuted in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) in the 2013–14 season with the Dandenong Rangers. She played four seasons with the Rangers, where she won the WNBL Rookie of the Year Award in the 2014–15 season.

Between 2017 and 2019, Scherf played for the Canberra Capitals. She then played two seasons with the Sydney Uni Flames in 2019–20 and the 2020 Hub season.

Scherf joined the Perth Lynx for the 2021–22 WNBL season. She returned to the Lynx for the 2022–23 season. On 7 January 2023, she had 33 points and 14 rebounds in a 75–64 win over the Sydney Flames, with 27 of her points coming in the first half. Later that month, she played her 200th WNBL game.

State Leagues In 2012, Scherf played for the Melbourne Tigers in the Big V. Between 2013 and 2017, she played for the Dandenong Rangers in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL). She won SEABL championships with the Rangers in 2015 and 2016. In 2019, she played for the Knox Raiders in the NBL1 In 2021 and 2022, she played for the Kilsyth Cobras in the NBL1 South. In 2024, she played for the Frankston Blues in the NBL1 South.

Italy, France and Turkey In March 2023, Scherf joined Magnolia La Molisana Campobasso of the Italian Lega Basket Femminile.

For the 2023–24 season, Scherf joined Flammes Carolo Basket of the Ligue Féminine.

National team career Scherf has represented Australia at the 2011 FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship, 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship, 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (winning bronze), 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival (winning gold), 2014 FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship, 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, 2021 FIBA Women's Asia Cup, and the 2023 FIBA Women's Asia Cup.

In April 2025, Scherf was named in the Opals squad for a trans-Tasman series against New Zealand in May.

Personal life Scherf holds a Latvian passport thanks to her paternal grandmother. She played under her Latvian name, Lorena Marija Serfa, in Turkey during the 2024–25 season.