Born and raised in Northern San Diego County, California, Lauren has been playing volleyball since she was 14, as a sophomore at Carlsbad high school.  Lauren earned a volleyball scholarship to UCLA where she was a four year starter as an outside hitter.  She graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Communication Studies.  After she graduated, she competed professionally indoor in Puerto Rico and Turkey.  

 

Lauren began her beach career in 2003.  Since then she has consistently improved her finishes and ranking each season, climbing in 2011 to the 10th ranked team in the world and the 3rd ranked team for the USA.  Some of Lauren’s accomplishments from 2011 include back-to-back season opening 4th place finished and a fifth place finish in Worlds.  In 2011 Lauren and her teammate, Brooke Hanson, upset the #1, #2, #4, #6, #10, and #11 ranked teams in the World.  Additionally, the duo won the Grand Cayman NORCECA, the Cincinnati U.S. Open, the USAV Miami Cuervo, and the Huntington Beach AVP.   

In 2009, Lauren was also nominated for Rookie of the Year for the FIVB season.  In her career, Lauren has over 55 top ten finishes.

 

In May of 2010, Lauren completed her law degree at USC.  She is currently working part-time for GE Aviation.

Awards

2011          US National Team Member

                    US Open Champions

                    Cuervo Miami Champion

                    2- 4th place finishes FIVB

                   Grand Cayman NORCECA

                         Champion

2010          US National Team Member

                    Upset #2 ranked team in the

                        World (Kristiansand,

                         Norway)

                    Upset the reigning World

                        Champions (Stare Jablonki,

                        Poland)

                    3rd:  Xiaolan, China

                        Exhibition

                    5th: Santa Barbara, CA,

                        Belmar, NJ, Long Beach, CA

2009          US National Team Member

                     Nominated for Rookie of the

                         Year, FIVB

                    Upset #1 ranked AVP team 

                         (Brooklyn, NY)

                    4th:  Phuket, Thailand

                    5th:  Panama City, FL,

                         Brooklyn, NY, and San

                         Fransisco, CA 

2008         1st: FIVB Satellites (Vaduz,

                        Liechtenstein and

                        Hacienda Bay, Egypt)

                    5th: Phuket, Thailand,  Santa

                         Barbara, CA and

                         Manhattan Beach, CA

                    7th: Dubai, UAE and Sanya,

                         China

2006         Ranked 8th on the AVP Tour

                          in kills (6.66 per game)

2004          Nominated for Rookie of the

                          Year AVP

                     Gold Medal NORCECA

                           Carolina, Puerto Rico

2001-02    Academic All-American

2000-02   All Pac-10, Honorable 

                           Mention

1999-02     UCLA Volleyball Starting OH

1999             Pac-10 All-Freshman team