2021 Volleyball Roster
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Myrick, Lauren
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Jersey Number 18
Lauren Myrick
- Position:
- OH/RS
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Junior
- High School/Previous School:
- Assumption (Lipscomb)
- Hometown:
- Louisville, Ky.
Bio
Awards and Honors
2023 SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Week • Aug. 28, 2023
2023 UCF Challenge All-Tournament Team
2022 CoSIDA Academic All-District
2022 LUV Invitational All-Tournament Team
2022 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2021 AVCA All-South Region Team Honorable Mention
2021 StarkVegas Classic Tournament MVP
2019 LUV Invitational All-Tournament Team
2023 (Graduate)
Started in all 28 matches and saw action in all 100 sets … Switched to the libero position for the season and had a total of 427 digs, 97 assists and 24 aces … Ranked second in SEC with 4.27 digs per set … Was first on the team in digs, second in aces and third in assists … Registered double-digit digs in 26 out of 28 matches and 20-plus digs in seven of those outings … Had a career-high 27 digs and five assists against Louisiana (Aug. 27) … Tallied 20 digs at UCF (Sept. 1) … Saw 21 digs versus Western Michigan (Sept. 8) and at LSU (Oct. 1) … Fueled the back row with 20 digs to help the State get a win over No. 14 Florida (Oct. 13) … Reached 1,000 career digs at Alabama (Oct. 27) with 15 digs … Collected 24 digs in the win against Auburn (RV – Nov. 15).
2022 (Senior)
Started in all 28 matches and saw action in all 108 sets … Had a total of 272 kills, 261 digs and 306.5 points … Generated 9 double-doubles on the season … Had a season-high 18 kills and 21 points versus Ball State (Sept. 3) … Collected 14 kills, 11 digs, and 16.5 points against Houston (Sept. 9) … Issued 15 kills and 15.5 points during the SEC opener against Georgia (Sept. 21) … Helped the team get a win over then No. 23 Arkansas (Oct. 1) with 13 kills, 13 digs and 13 points … Combined for 25 kills, 18 digs and 28.5 points in the series at Texas A&M (Oct. 7-8) … Accumulated 10 kills and 16 digs at LSU (Oct. 30) … Combined for 17 kills, 29 digs and 18.5 points in the series sweep against Missouri (Nov. 25-26).
2021 (Junior)
Appeared in 28 matches with 27 starts and saw action in 115 sets … Had a total of 357 kills, 320 digs, 48 blocks and 421 points on the season … Led the team with the most double-doubles (16); 11 of those game during SEC play … Had 15 kills, a .452 hitting percentage, 3 aces, 7 digs and 18.5 points to start the season versus Gonzaga (Aug. 27) … Accumulated 12 kills, 9 digs, and 13 points in the second match against Gonzaga (Aug. 28) … Generated 20 kills, 10 digs and 23 points against South Alabama (Sep. 18) … Totaled 33 kills, 29 digs and 35 points in the series at No. 17 Florida (Sep. 23-24) … Had two separate 5-match streaks of 10-plus kills during SEC play (Oct. 6-27) and (Nov. 6-20) … Accumulated 10 kills, 9 digs, 2 blocks and 12 points against Hawaii (Dec. 3) during the NCAA Tournament.
2020-21 (Sophomore - Mississippi State)
Season: Appeared in 18 matches with 13 starts…Saw action in 65 sets…Finished No. 2 on the team in kills (116).
Fall (2020): Appeared in six matches with six starts…Saw action in 27 sets…Tallied double-digit digs in four matches and double-digit kills twice…Totaled 26 kills and 23 digs in Arkansas series (Oct. 17-18)…Had double-double in MSU debut against Arkansas (Oct. 17) with 12 kills and 15 digs…Tallied season-high 14 kills and eight digs in series finale (Oct. 18)…Collected nine kills on fall-best .276 hitting percentage in series opener at No. 7 Texas A&M (Nov. 4).
Spring (2021): Appeared in 12 matches with six starts…Saw action in 38 sets…No. 3 on the team in kills (63)…Had eight kills (.222) in spring opener at South Carolina (Feb. 4)…Collected spring-best 13 digs in series opener at Alabama (Feb. 26)…Tallied nine kills (.320) in the series finale (Feb. 27)…Collected 10 digs in win against Georgia (March 31).
2019 (Freshman - Lipscomb)
Season: Appeared in all 29 matches with four starts…Saw action in 91 sets…Finished No. 4 on the team in kills (177)…Named to the LUV Invitational All-Tournament Team…Added 84 digs…Tallied double-digit kills in eight matches…Picked up two double-doubles…Had 11 kills and a season-high 11 digs versus IUPUI for her first-career double-double…Collected 14 kills and 10 digs against Belmont (Sept. 10) for her second double-double…Set season-high for kills with 17 against Xavier (Sept. 13) combined with a .326 hitting percentage…Season-best hitting average came against NJIT (Nov. 8), converting seven kills without an error for a .412 percentage.
Prior to College
High School: Played for Ron Kordes at Assumption High School…Helped lead AHS to back-to-back USA Today National Championships as a junior and senior…Performances earned AHS No. 1 overall ranking by PrepVolleyball.com and MaxPreps…Helped Assumption to Kentucky High School Athletic Association State Championships as a junior and senior…Earned all-state academic honors her final two seasons…Also competed in tennis as a freshman and sophomore.
Club
Played for Kentucky Indiana Volleyball Academy (KIVA)…Finished third at AAU Nationals in 2018 and fifth on two occasions.
Personal
Born Lauren Elizabeth Myrick on February 17, 2001 in Louisville, Kentucky...Daughter of Keith Myrick and Kathy Wiley…Has one brother, Calvin...Father lettered in basketball at Thomas More University…Mother lettered in basketball at Thomas More University…Majoring in marketing.
2023 SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Week • Aug. 28, 2023
2023 UCF Challenge All-Tournament Team
2022 CoSIDA Academic All-District
2022 LUV Invitational All-Tournament Team
2022 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2021 AVCA All-South Region Team Honorable Mention
2021 StarkVegas Classic Tournament MVP
2019 LUV Invitational All-Tournament Team
2023 (Graduate)
Started in all 28 matches and saw action in all 100 sets … Switched to the libero position for the season and had a total of 427 digs, 97 assists and 24 aces … Ranked second in SEC with 4.27 digs per set … Was first on the team in digs, second in aces and third in assists … Registered double-digit digs in 26 out of 28 matches and 20-plus digs in seven of those outings … Had a career-high 27 digs and five assists against Louisiana (Aug. 27) … Tallied 20 digs at UCF (Sept. 1) … Saw 21 digs versus Western Michigan (Sept. 8) and at LSU (Oct. 1) … Fueled the back row with 20 digs to help the State get a win over No. 14 Florida (Oct. 13) … Reached 1,000 career digs at Alabama (Oct. 27) with 15 digs … Collected 24 digs in the win against Auburn (RV – Nov. 15).
2022 (Senior)
Started in all 28 matches and saw action in all 108 sets … Had a total of 272 kills, 261 digs and 306.5 points … Generated 9 double-doubles on the season … Had a season-high 18 kills and 21 points versus Ball State (Sept. 3) … Collected 14 kills, 11 digs, and 16.5 points against Houston (Sept. 9) … Issued 15 kills and 15.5 points during the SEC opener against Georgia (Sept. 21) … Helped the team get a win over then No. 23 Arkansas (Oct. 1) with 13 kills, 13 digs and 13 points … Combined for 25 kills, 18 digs and 28.5 points in the series at Texas A&M (Oct. 7-8) … Accumulated 10 kills and 16 digs at LSU (Oct. 30) … Combined for 17 kills, 29 digs and 18.5 points in the series sweep against Missouri (Nov. 25-26).
2021 (Junior)
Appeared in 28 matches with 27 starts and saw action in 115 sets … Had a total of 357 kills, 320 digs, 48 blocks and 421 points on the season … Led the team with the most double-doubles (16); 11 of those game during SEC play … Had 15 kills, a .452 hitting percentage, 3 aces, 7 digs and 18.5 points to start the season versus Gonzaga (Aug. 27) … Accumulated 12 kills, 9 digs, and 13 points in the second match against Gonzaga (Aug. 28) … Generated 20 kills, 10 digs and 23 points against South Alabama (Sep. 18) … Totaled 33 kills, 29 digs and 35 points in the series at No. 17 Florida (Sep. 23-24) … Had two separate 5-match streaks of 10-plus kills during SEC play (Oct. 6-27) and (Nov. 6-20) … Accumulated 10 kills, 9 digs, 2 blocks and 12 points against Hawaii (Dec. 3) during the NCAA Tournament.
2020-21 (Sophomore - Mississippi State)
Season: Appeared in 18 matches with 13 starts…Saw action in 65 sets…Finished No. 2 on the team in kills (116).
Fall (2020): Appeared in six matches with six starts…Saw action in 27 sets…Tallied double-digit digs in four matches and double-digit kills twice…Totaled 26 kills and 23 digs in Arkansas series (Oct. 17-18)…Had double-double in MSU debut against Arkansas (Oct. 17) with 12 kills and 15 digs…Tallied season-high 14 kills and eight digs in series finale (Oct. 18)…Collected nine kills on fall-best .276 hitting percentage in series opener at No. 7 Texas A&M (Nov. 4).
Spring (2021): Appeared in 12 matches with six starts…Saw action in 38 sets…No. 3 on the team in kills (63)…Had eight kills (.222) in spring opener at South Carolina (Feb. 4)…Collected spring-best 13 digs in series opener at Alabama (Feb. 26)…Tallied nine kills (.320) in the series finale (Feb. 27)…Collected 10 digs in win against Georgia (March 31).
2019 (Freshman - Lipscomb)
Season: Appeared in all 29 matches with four starts…Saw action in 91 sets…Finished No. 4 on the team in kills (177)…Named to the LUV Invitational All-Tournament Team…Added 84 digs…Tallied double-digit kills in eight matches…Picked up two double-doubles…Had 11 kills and a season-high 11 digs versus IUPUI for her first-career double-double…Collected 14 kills and 10 digs against Belmont (Sept. 10) for her second double-double…Set season-high for kills with 17 against Xavier (Sept. 13) combined with a .326 hitting percentage…Season-best hitting average came against NJIT (Nov. 8), converting seven kills without an error for a .412 percentage.
Prior to College
High School: Played for Ron Kordes at Assumption High School…Helped lead AHS to back-to-back USA Today National Championships as a junior and senior…Performances earned AHS No. 1 overall ranking by PrepVolleyball.com and MaxPreps…Helped Assumption to Kentucky High School Athletic Association State Championships as a junior and senior…Earned all-state academic honors her final two seasons…Also competed in tennis as a freshman and sophomore.
Club
Played for Kentucky Indiana Volleyball Academy (KIVA)…Finished third at AAU Nationals in 2018 and fifth on two occasions.
Personal
Born Lauren Elizabeth Myrick on February 17, 2001 in Louisville, Kentucky...Daughter of Keith Myrick and Kathy Wiley…Has one brother, Calvin...Father lettered in basketball at Thomas More University…Mother lettered in basketball at Thomas More University…Majoring in marketing.
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