Lauren Engle           #16

5-11, Senior

Outside Hitter

San Diego, California

La Jolla High School

Enchinitas Wave Volleyball Club

AT HOFSTRA 

2007: Second team All-Colonial Athletic Association selection...Named to CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District team...Played in all 120 sets in all 31 matches...Led team with 467 kills (3.89 per game)...Added 259 digs, 62 blocks and 16 service aces...Was in double-figure kills in 28 matches...Slammed a career-best 27 kills versus Northeastern...Posted 23 kills at Miami (FL), Fairfield and William & Mary...Recorded a career-high 18 digs versus Delaware...Tallied four blocks versus Butler, Jacksonville and Delaware...Served three aces versus Siena...Named Most Valuable Player at Orange and Green Challenge...All-tournament selection at the UCONN-Toyota Classic...Received CAA Commissioner's Academic Award...2006: Played in all 111 sets in all 31 matches...Recorded 329 kills, 274 digs, 61 blocks and 37 service aces...Had a .236 hitting percentage...Ranked third on the team in kills, digs and aces...Had a season-best 19 kills in regular season home match against Virginia Commonwealth...Slammed 18 kills in NCAA win over Cornell...Tallied 17 digs versus James Madison...Had seven blocks versus Seton Hall...Served five aces at William & Mary...Received CAA Commissioner's Academic Award...2005: Played 47 sets in 20 matches...Tallied 95 kills, 62 digs, 20 blocks and a .225 hitting percentage on the season...Recorded a season-high 16 kills at UC Irvine...Picked up 11 digs to go along with 10 kills and four blocks at Northeastern...Served two aces against UC Riverside and William & Mary...Received CAA Commissioner's Academic Award.

BACKGROUND: Played four years of volleyball and two years of basketball at LaJolla High School in La Jolla, California...Named Varsity Most Valuable Player as a senior...Three-time All-California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) first team selection...All-Western League first team pick as a senior and a second team selection as a junior...Named MVP of the 2004 Beach City Invitational...All-tournament selection at the Redondo Beach Power Classic and the Lakeland Invitational...Received CIF Sportsmanship Award as a senior...Team Rookie of the Year as a freshman.

PERSONAL: Has one sister...Father, Dave, played major league baseball and is now a scout for the Baltimore Orioles...Grandfather, Roy Engle, played football at USC from 1937 to 1939 and was a member of the USC's 1939 National Championship squad...Hobbies include shooting pool and playing cards...Began playing volleyball at age 10...Psychology major.

CAREER HIGHS

Kills:               27 vs. Northeastern (10-20-07)     

Assists:          4, last at Delaware (11-18-07)

Blocks:           7 vs. Seton Hall (9-1-06)    

Aces:              5 at William & Mary (9-15-06)       

Digs:               18 vs. Delaware (10-12-07)

CAREER STATISTICS

Year        MP         SP           K          E           TA           PCT.       A           SA       BS      BA        DG

2005       20           47            95         42         236          .225         8           5          0          20         62

2006       31           111          329       134       827          .236         28         37        8          53         274

2007       31           120          467       218       1139       .219         29         16        7          55         259

Career    82           278          891       394       2202       .226         65         58        15        128       595