Whitney Lauenstein Season 2022

Honors & Awards
• AVCA All-Region Team (2022)
• Husker Invitational All-Tournament Team (2022)
• Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team (2022)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2022)
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2022; Spring 2022)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2022)

2022 (Freshman)
• Went 9-10 in her first beach season as a Husker, going 5-1 with Nicklin Hames, 3-4 with Kennedi Orr and 1-5 with Hayden Kubik 

Before Nebraska
• Ranked the No. 16 overall prospect by PrepVolleyball.com
• Ranked the No. 2 2021 prospect in the state of Nebraska by PrepVolleyball.com
• Played three varsity seasons for Waverly High School in Waverly, Neb.
• Named to the Lincoln Journal Star Super-State First Team in 2019
• Helped the Vikings reach the Class B State Tournament in 2018, 2019 and 2020
• Was named to the Class B All-Tournament Team at the 2019 Nebraska State Championships
• Was a two-time Class B all-state pick, earning first-team honors as a junior in 2019 and second-team honors as a sophomore in 2018
• Named all-conference in 2018 and 2019
• Played a total of 281 sets and finished with 1,366 career kills, 121 career blocks, 740 career digs and 87 aces
• Finished her career with a .338 hitting percentage, which included a career-best .407 as a junior in 2019
• Also ran track for Waverly
• Played club for VC Nebraska

Personal
• Born on Sept. 24, 2002
• Is the daughter of Carla Lauenstein and the late Ryan Lauenstein
• Has one older brother, Tyler and two younger sisters, Hallie and Gracie.