Lauren Williams Class: Sophomore Hometown: Houston, Texas High School: Stratford Height: 6-4 Position: Middle Blocker Experience: 1V

2008
In her first collegiate season, Williams had 209 kills (2.11 kps) with a .323 hitting percentage and a team-leading 103 blocks (1.04 bps) with 15 solo blocks and 88 block assists...named to the Pac-10 Conference All-Freshman Team...recorded 11 blocks (two solo, nine assisted) in her first two collegiate matches at the Runza/AVCA Showcase against No. 4 Texas and No. 7 Nebraska...had seven kills along with four blocks (two solo, two assisted) in a 3-1 win against Oklahoma on Sept. 4. On Oct. 3 at Oregon State, she had 13 kills and hit .545 (13-1-22) in the five-set loss against the Beavers...on Oct. 11 in a five-set loss to No. 10 Washington, Williams recorded a season-high 16 kills with six block assists while hitting .462 (16-4-26)...hit .477 in two matches at Arizona State and Arizona (Oct. 17 and 19)...had 13 kills in both matches...against the Wildcats on Oct. 19, she recorded kills in her first 11 attempts and added six blocks (one solo, five assisted)...recorded 12 kills and eight blocks (one solo, seven assists) in a five-set upset over No. 4 Cal on Oct. 25 at the Galen Center...had nine kills and six blocks against No. 7 Oregon on Oct. 31, followed by a match with 15 kills and seven blocks against Oregon State...had a combined 15 kills without recording an error in 30 attempts (.500) in matches at No. 5 Washington and Washington State (Nov. 7 and 9)...hit .550 (12-1-20) on Nov. 21 at No. 2 Stanford and followed it with a .455 match (11-1-22) with four blocks at No. 7 Cal.

2007
She redshirted in her 2007 freshman season.

National Team
She played on the 2008 Women's A2 National Team...played on the 2007 Junior National Training Team...played on the U.S. Youth National Team in 2004 and 2005 and was a member of the High Performance squad in 2003...played for the squad that finished fourth at the World 18 and Under Games in 2005 in Macau, China, and the gold-medal squad at the 2004 NORCECA Championship.

High School/Club
Williams was a 2007 Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 selection...earned all-state honors as a senior at Stratford High in Houston, Texas under coach Becky Palermo...named to the Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston Area first team in her senior season as well as being named as the best blocker...earned all-district first team honors in her sophomore, junior and senior seasons...named best attacker at the 2007 Kingwood Tournament....played club volleyball for Texas Elite and Texas Tornados under coach and four-time Olympian Tara Cross-Battle...also named to the Lone Star Volleyball All-Texas Team in her junior and senior seasons...named to the Texas Girls Coaches Association All-Star Team in her senior season...member of the 17 Division squad that finished fifth at the national championships and won the Las Vegas Tournament.

Personal
Lauren Elaine Williams was born on Oct. 10, 1988...parents are Craig and Shirley...has two twin sisters, Jessica and Alicia...favorite movie is Peter Pan...favorite television shows are One Tree Hill and Entourage...enjoys listening to Something Corporate, Maroon 5 and Jimmy Eat World...enjoys listening to music, hanging out with friends and watching movies in her spare time...majoring in public relations.

Career Statistics

Year	MP-SP	K	KPS	TA	PCT	A	APS	SA	SAPS	DIGS	DPS	BS	BA	TB	BPS	PTS	PPS
2008	26-97	204	2.10	423	.317	21	0.22	2	0.02	17	0.18	15	88	103	1.06	265.0	2.73