Lauren Stivrins Season 2017

Honors & Awards
• AVCA All-America First Team (2018, 2020)
• AVCA All-America Second Team (2019)
• AVCA All-North Region (2018, 2019, 2020)
• NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team (2018)
• PrepVolleyball.com All-America Honorable Mention (2017)
• All-Big Ten First Team (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
• Big Ten Co-Player of the Week (Oct. 1, 2018)
• Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 5, 2018, Nov. 26, 2018)
• All-Big Ten Freshman Team (2017)
• Minneapolis Regional All-Tournament Team (2018)
• Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team (2018, 2019)
• Husker Invitational All-Tournament Team (2018, 2019)
• Omaha Challenge All-Tournament Team (2017)
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2016, 2020, Spring 2018, 2019, 2021)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2017, 2019, 2020)

2021 (Senior)
• Recognized as first-team All-Big Ten for the fourth straight year
• Missed the first 11 matches of her sixth year of eligibility after undergoing offseason back surgery and started the final 23 matches of the season
• Ranked seventh in Big Ten play for hitting percentage (.346)
• Returned to the court in Nebraska's Oct. 1 sweep of Michigan, finishing with a match-high 11 kills on 15 errorless swings for a .733 night to go with three blocks
• Had eight kills on .467 hitting with a block at No. 13 Penn State (Oct. 8)
• Totaled 11 kills on a .667 night to go with a block at Iowa (Oct. 20)
• Followed with a season-high 14 kills on .393 hitting while putting up five blocks vs. No. 7 Purdue (Oct. 23)
• Had nine kills and two blocks vs. No. 3 Wisconsin (Oct. 27)
• In a five-set marathon at No. 11 Minnesota (Oct. 30), finished with 12 kills and four blocks
• Also reached the 500 career blocks milestone in the match, making her just the fourth Husker in the rally-scoring era to do so
• Became the second player in NU's rally-scoring era to register at least 1,000 career kills and 500 blocks
• Tallied 10 kills on .391 hitting with three blocks at Indiana (Nov. 14)
• Put up a season-high seven blocks for the third time, adding six kills and an ace vs. No. 15 Penn State on Senior Night (Nov. 19)
• Had a nine-kill, four block night with .421 hitting at No. 5 Wisconsin (Nov. 26)
• Followed with 10 kills and five blocks at No. 6 Purdue (Nov. 27)
• Finished with nine kills on .412 hitting with six blocks and an ace vs. Campbell in the NCAA First Round (Dec. 3)
• Added 10 kills while swinging at a .429 clip and adding four blocks vs. Florida State in the NCAA Second Round (Dec. 4)
• Served a season-high three aces vs. Illinois in the NCAA Regional Semifinal (Dec. 9)
• Had five blocks and four kills against No. 2 Texas in the NCAA Regional Final (Dec. 11)
• Hit .529 while recording nine kills, six blocks and an ace vs. Pittsburgh in the NCAA Semifinal (Dec. 16)
• Capped the year with 10 kills and five blocks vs. No. 4 Wisconsin in the NCAA title match (Dec. 18)
• The championship match was her 24th career NCAA Tournament appearance, setting a record for the most in Husker history and tying the NCAA career mark
• Finished as NU's all-time leader in NCAA Tournament sets played (86)
• Also posted a .377 attack percentage in her NCAA Tournament career, the second-highest mark by any player in program history with a minimum of 50 postseason kills
• Accounted for 92 career NCAA Tournament blocks, the fourth-most in Husker history
• Ended her career ranked fourth all-time at Nebraska in attack percentage (.378), fifth in blocks (563) and 13th all-time in kills (1,259)

2020 (Senior)
• Named to the AVCA All-America First Team, her third-career All-America honor and second time on the first team
• Was a unanimous All-Big Ten First Team selection and an AVCA All-North Region pick for the third straight year
• Became the first Husker to earn three AVCA All-America selections since Kadie Rolfzen (2013-16) and the first middle blocker to do so since Melissa Elmer (2003-05)
• Posted 3.19 kills per set and 1.03 blocks per set with a team-best .468 hitting percentage, which was the best in the Big Ten and the second-best in school history in a single season
• Had double-digit kills in 11 of 18 matches played and hit .400 or better 14 times
• Finished the 2020 season with a school-record .396 career hitting percentage in the NCAA Tournament
• Had a season-high 18 kills twice, including with a season-high .850 hitting percentage against Maryland on Feb. 5 (18 kills, 1 error, 20 attacks)
• Tallied 18 kills on .424 hitting with six blocks in a win over No. 11 Ohio State on March 12
• Became the 22nd Husker in school history to reach 1,000 career kills and the eighth to do so in the rally scoring era
• Recorded 16 kills while hitting .367 against No. 5 Minnesota
• Also notched 16 kills against No. 11 Ohio State on March 13 to go with five blocks 
• Had a career-high 11 blocks with 15 kills on .583 hitting 
• Posted nine kills with seven blocks while hitting .692 in the regular-season finale against Michigan 

2019 (Junior)
• Was named an AVCA second-team All-American after averaging 2.55 kills and 1.07 blocks per set with a .374 hitting percentage in 33 matches played
• Earned AVCA All-North Region and All-Big Ten First-Team honors for the second straight year
• Ranked third in the Big Ten with a .412 hitting percentage during conference play
• Named to the Husker Invitational All-Tournament Team after nine kills and two blocks on .500 hitting against No. 18 Creighton
• Put up a season-high 18 kills on .361 hitting at No. 20 Purdue with a career-high 36 attacks
• Had 17 kills on .394 hitting with six blocks in a win at Indiana
• Had 15 kills on .542 hitting in a 3-2 win over Iowa
• Recorded 14 kills on .308 hitting with four blocks in a 3-2 win against No. 7 Penn State
• Tallied 13 kills on .667 hitting with six blocks in a 3-1 win against Michigan State
• Struck 11 kills on .647 hitting against Michigan 
• Tallied 14 kills on .393 hitting with eight blocks in a 3-2 win at No. 25 San Diego
• Recorded 11 kills and five blocks in a 3-2 win at No. 20 Illinois
• Hit .615 with 10 kills and three ace serves in a 3-0 win at Northwestern
• Chosen to the Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team after nine kills and seven blocks against Loyola Marymount on .316 hitting
• Had seven blocks and hit .500 in a win over High Point
• Put up nine kills and six blocks with a .467 hitting percentage against Wichita State
• Recorded nine kills on a season-best .727 hitting percentage against No. 13 Wisconsin
• Had 11 kills on .667 hitting in the NCAA Tournament first-round win over Ball State

2018 (Sophomore)
• Earned AVCA first-team All-America honors with 2.36 kills per set and 1.17 blocks per set while serving 25 aces
• Hit .421 during the season, the third-highest mark in school history and second during the rally-scoring era
• Selected to the NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team after a career-high 19 kills on .615 hitting in the championship match against No. 1 Stanford
• Named Big Ten Co-Player of the Week on Oct. 1 after a perfect 1.000 hitting percentage with 10 kills and three blocks at Northwestern
• Named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 5 after a career-high 10 blocks with 13 kills against No. 7 Penn State
• Earned a second Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week award on Nov. 26 after averaging 2.17 blocks per set with 2.33 kills per set on .522 hitting against Ohio State and Maryland
• Became the third Husker in school history (Tracy Stalls and Megan Korver) to post a 1.000 hitting percentage with at least 10 kills
• Had 16 kills on .789 hitting at Ohio State
• Posted 12 kills on .423 hitting at No. 3 Minnesota
• Named to the Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team after nine kills, five blocks and a career-high four aces against Ohio
• Chosen to the Husker Invite All-Tournament Team after producing 11 kills on a .714 hitting percentage against Missouri State
• Tallied 10 kills and five blocks while hitting .450 against Minnesota
• Named to the Minneapolis Regional All-Tournament Team after posting 11 kills on .526 hitting with four blocks in a sweep of No. 14 Oregon in the regional final
• Notched 10 kills on .471 hitting with five blocks at Penn State
• Tallied 13 kills and five blocks at No. 15 Michigan

2017 (Redshirt Freshman)
• Named to the All-Big Ten Freshman team and received PrepVolleyball.com All-America honorable mention
• Finished the season with 2.07 kills per set on .309 hitting and 1.02 blocks per set while playing all 125 sets
• Tallied nine kills on .316 hitting against Florida in the NCAA Championship match
• Had seven kills and a career-high nine blocks in the NCAA Semifinal vs. Penn State
• Named to the Omaha Challenge All-Tournament Team after 10 kills and six blocks against Kansas State on .500 hitting on Sept. 15
• Produced a career-high 12 kills on .455 hitting at Ohio State on Nov. 17
• Had 11 kills on .526 hitting with five blocks against Minnesota on Sept. 29
• Tallied nine kills and hit .636 against Maryland on Nov. 8
• Posted 10 kills and four blocks in a win over Michigan State on Oct. 4
• Recorded eight kills and four blocks at Penn State on Sept. 22
• Had seven kills and four blocks and hit .667 at Omaha on Sept. 16
• Notched nine kills and five blocks in her first collegiate match vs. Oregon on Aug. 25
• Had seven kills in matches against Oral Roberts and Saint Mary’s on .500 and .375 hitting, respectively
• Tallied seven kills and four blocks at Purdue on Oct. 13
• Posted eight kills against UCLA on Sept. 8 and at Rutgers on Sept. 23
• Had nine kills and three blocks against Illinois on Oct. 21, hitting .467
• Had eight kills and six blocks in her first NCAA Tournament match on Dec. 1 against Stony Brook

2016 (Redshirt)
• Redshirted in her first year at Nebraska

Before Nebraska
• Joined the Huskers from Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Arizona
• Ranked the No. 9 prospect in 2016 by PrepVolleyball.com and No. 3 middle blocker
• Led Chaparral to the Arizona Division I state tournament as a senior with 5.3 kills per set, playing outside hitter
• Trained with the USA Volleyball High Performance development program
• Received Arizona all-state honorable mention
• Added 147 career blocks, 92 aces and 459 digs
• Played club volleyball for AZ Storm, which won the 16 open division at the USA Volleyball junior national championships in 2014

Personal
• Born May 26, 1998
• Parents are Alex and Claire Stivrins
• Father, Alex, was a member of Lincoln East’s 1978 Class A state championship basketball team and former player at Creighton and Colorado
• Major is communication studies