2007 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Lauren Kowal
- Position:
- MB
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Senior
- High School/Previous School:
- Ursuline Academy/Xavier
- Hometown:
- Chesterfield, MO
2007 (SENIOR):
Veteran middle blocker and one of five seniors on the 2007 team... Former transfer who has rebounded from a season-ending knee injury last fall...Among four St. Louis area natives on the squad.
2006 (JUNIOR):
Played in 17 matches in his first season at MSU, drawing 16 starts in the first 17 matches as a middle blocker before sustaining a season-ending knee injury against Florida (10/6)...Delivered six kills, two assists, three digs and two blocks in her MSU debut against Southern Miss (8/25)...Totaled 97 kills with a .354 hitting percentage while averaging nearly six kills per match...Registered a career-high nine kills with one error in 14 attempts (.571 clip) against Northern Iowa (9/1) ?Collected a season-high five digs against Southeastern Louisiana (8/26) and tallied the first of four four-block matches against SLU...Credited with a career-best three block solos against Louisiana-Monroe (9/8)
PRE-MSU:
Two-year performer in the Atlantic 10 Conference at Xavier University...Coached by Floyd Deaton...Played in 22 matches and 33 games in two seasons, making one career start for the Musketeers...Registered a career-high six kills as a freshman (2004) against the College of Charleston (9/4/04)...Registered four four-kill performances as a sophomore (2005) vs. South Carolina State (8/27/05), at Temple (10/21/05), against Rhode Island (10/29/05), and at Saint Louis (11/6/05)...Set a career-high with five blocks in the five-game win against URI (10/19/05) and matched that with five blocks in Xavier’s season finale against Kent State (11/26/05)...Tallied a career-high 26 kills with a .258 hitting percentage and 19 blocks (five solos) in 2005.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Four-year standout as a middle blocker at Ursuline Academy in St. Louis, Mo....Coached by June Greer...Earned first team 2003 all-district and all-conference honors as a senior at Ursuline...Played club volleyball for the Saint Louis CYC team for three years from 2002 to 2004...Club teammate of current Bulldogs Jamie Joyner and Megan Lukasek...Coached by Brielle Killip...Helped lead her club to a first-place finish in the USA Junior Olympics in Salt Lake City...Invited to participate in the USA Youth Junior A2 Program in Colorado Springs, Colo., and the High Performance/A2 National Training Program in Austin, Texas.
PERSONAL:
Born February 8, 1986 in St. Louis, Mo....Daughter of Elmer and Denise Kowal of Chesterfield, Mo....Majoring in business information systems.
