Lauren Thompson Biography
Career Notes: Finished her career with a .245 attack percentage, which the sixth-best mark in program history among players with at least 300 career kills... Also ranked 20th in career block assists with 158.
2015 (Senior) | Match-By-Match Stats: Shared YSU's Best Offensive Player award... After missing the first three matches of the season, played in the each of the final 111 sets while starting 16 times... Finished with career highs of 218 kills, 2.12 kills per set, a .263 attack percentage, 10 solo blocks and 253.5 points... Averaged 2.09 kills per set on a .256 attack percentage in league play... Ranked 10th in the Horizon League with a .263 attack percentage... Her .647 attack percentage against Colgate tied for the top mark by a conference player during the season... Reached double figures in kills in eight matches, including a four-match stretch during Horizon League play from Oct. 13-23... Had a season-high 12 kills three times... Set a new career high with two solo blocks against Milwaukee (9/25)... Her season high in blocks was six at Pittsburgh (9/4).
2014 (Junior) | Match-By-Match Stats: Played in all 117 sets and started 12 matches as the team’s primary right-side hitter… Posted 208 kills on a .235 attack percentage with 56 digs and 81 blocks overall and 101 kills on a .242 attack percentage with 26 digs and 38 blocks against Horizon League opponents… Averaged 1.78 kills and 0.69 blocks overall and 1.84 kills and 0.69 blocks in league play… Reached double digits in kills seven times… Had 12 kills and just two errors in 17 attempts against Loyola for a .588 attack percentage, which was the sixth-best mark in the Horizon League in 2014… Had a career-best 14 kills on a .440 clip at Milwaukee (11/7)… Recorded a career-high 14 digs a day later at Green Bay (11/8)… Posted a career-best seven blocks at Saint Francis U (9/9)… Had seven kills on 10 swings without an error against Wright State (9/27).
2013 (Sophomore) | Match-By-Match Stats: Named Youngstown State's most-improved player... Played in 44 sets over 16 matches, including each of the final 11 matches of the season... Logged 53 kills on a .234 attack percentage, 14 assists, 12 digs and 30 total blocks... Averaged 1.20 kills, 0.68 blocks and 0.27 digs per set... Had a career-best nine kills in a five-set loss to Milwaukee the final week of the regular season (11/15)... Had at least six kills six times, and she hit at least .385 in three of those instances... Had seven kills on a .462 attack percentage while posting four assists in a three-set win over Wright State (11/1)... Had a career-best five blocks at Valparaiso (11/9)... Set a new career high with three digs to go along with four blocks in the Horizon League Tournament victory over Green Bay (11/22).
2012 (Freshman) | Match-By-Match Stats: Played in one set in five different matches... Appeared in the season opener, twice at the Coppin State Tournament and in home matches against Robert Morris and Cleveland State... Recorded her first career dig against Eastern Kentucky in the opener (8/24)... Had her first kill against Chicago State (9/1).
High School: Earned First-Team All-Patriot Athletic Conference honors for the Longhorns in each of her four seasons... Appeared on the Under Armour Girls’ High School Volleyball All-America Watch List prior to her senior year... Was Lutheran West’s MVP as a senior when she led the team with 1.58 blocks per set, three digs per set and 244 kills on 489 attempts. Played for the Cleveland Volleyball Company.
Personal: Daughter of Richard and Regina Thompson... Major is early childhood education...is the 2015-16 recipient of the Jack and Peggy Pierson Scholarship.
