Lauren Sears

14

Class: Senior Hometown: Ashburn, Va. High School: Broad Run HS

Height: 6-2 Position: MB Experience: 3L

Leading candidate for middle blocker position ... Good transition player ... Excellent service game ... Impressive spring season ... Hard worker ... 2010 (Jr.): Played in and started all 31 matches ... Played in 116 sets ... Finished third on the team with 261 kills ... Averaged 2.25 kills per set ... Recorded a team-high 26 aces ... Led the team in total blocks ... Named to the C-USA All-Academic team ... Totaled 10 matches with double digit kills ... Posted 13 matches with three or more blocks ... Named to the Capital One District VI All-Academic First Team ... 2009 (So.): Played and started all 32 matches ... Finished with 188 kills ... Third on the team in total blocks with 76 ... Recorded a season-high 16 kills against Mississippi State (9/8) ... Named to the Samford Tournament and Jaguar Classic All-Tournament Teams ... Conference USA All-Academic Team ... ESPN The Magazine District VI First Team ... 2008 (Fr.): Played and started all 30 matches ... Played in 108 sets ... Led the team in total blocks with 111 ... Finished the season with 198 kills ... Third on the team in aces with 22 ... Named to the C-USA All-Freshman team ... Registered a season-high 15 kills against East Carolina (10.3) ... Totaled six matches with double-digit kills ... Named to the Southern Miss LaQuinta Inn All-Tournament Team ... Had 13 matches with four or more blocks ... Tallied a season-high 11 blocks against East Carolina (11/7) ... Led the team in attack percentage ... Ranked among C-USA leaders in blocks per set ... High School/Club Team: A four-year letterwinner at Broad Run High School for Coach Susan Dezzntli ... Tallied 289 kills with an attack percentage of .477 her senior season ... Recorded 105 service aces and 88 blocks ... Named the 2008 Senior Aces "The 150" by PrepVolleyball.com ... Earned first team all-district and second team all-region honors ... Named her team's MVP and co-captain ... Honorable Mention All-Met two times ... Tabbed Velocity Sports Performance Athlete of the Month ... Played club volleyball for Coach John Teifer on the Virginia Elite squad ... Personal: Daughter of David and Kimberley Sears ... Father played volleyball at The Ohio State University ... Mother played volleyball and basketball at Missouri State ... ... Sister, Sarah, plays volleyball at Stetson University and younger sister, Emily, is a member of the Golden Eagle volleyball team ... Member of National Honor Society ... A mathematics major.