Tarleton State University Athletics

Senior (2021):
Departs Tarleton ranked fifth in program history in career kills with 1,316 … First team All-WAC … Won WAC offensive player of the week twice … Chosen as the AVCA national player of the week on March 3 … Finished fifth in the WAC with 381 kills … Finished fourth in the WAC in hitting percentage (.333) and sixth in points scored (421.5) … Led the team in kills, hitting percentage and points scored as well as with 3.90 points per set and 3.50 kills per set … Reached double-digit kills in 24 of Tarleton's 29 matches … Had the second most blocks on the team with 73 … Hit at-or-above .400 in nine matches and .300-or-better in all-but-10 of Tarleton's outings … Landed a combined 44 kills against just five errors for a .464 hitting percentage in matches vs. SFA and Sam Houston (11/4-6) … Turned in a double-double with 13 kills and 10 digs at Sam Houston (9/30).
 
Junior (2020):
First team All-WAC... AVCA National Player of the Week Mar. 3... WAC Offensive Player of the Week Mar. 3... Played in all 24 matches, including 89 sets for the Texans... Posted a team high and WAC-leading 314 points... Recorded 17 double-digit kill matches this season... Had a season-high 18 kills on .516 hitting percentage against Texas Tech... Ranked second on the team with 55 blocks and added 65 digs... Led the WAC in kills with 283... Averaged 3.18 kills per set and hit .323 on the season
 
Sophomore (2019):
All-LSC Second Team … LSC Championship All-Tournament Team … Helped Tarleton advance to the NCAA Division II regional tournament for the sixth consecutive season … Played in all 34 matches, including 130 sets, for the Texans … Ranked second on the team with 351 kills and first with a .342 hit percentage … Added 88.0 total blocks and 21 service aces … Had 17 performances with double-digit kills, including a season-high 20 kills vs. West Texas A&M on Nov. 21 … Had 12 performances with at least a .400 hit percentage on double-digit attack attempts, led by a .643 effort against Southeastern Oklahoma on Nov. 5.
 
Freshman (2018):
Played in all 37 matches with 36 starts and 120 sets played as a true freshman for Tarleton ... Was a part of Tarleton’s winningest season in program history, going 32-5 ... Won the Lone Star Conference regular season championship ... Won the first NCAA South Central regional championship in school history ... Named honorable mention all-LSC ... On the LSC Commissioners Honor Roll ... Ranked third on the team with 301 kills (2.51 kills per set) on a .299 hitting percentage ... Had 345.5 points and 2.88 points per set ... Had 13 matches with double-digit kills ... Recorded a career-high 19 kills against UC-Colorado Springs on Aug. 31 ... Had four matches with double-digit kills and a .500 hitting percentage ... Defensively, had 64 digs and 85 blocks.
 
Norman North High School:
Lettered four years in volleyball and was a team captain for head coach Stephanie Kane … Led her team to back-to-back state championship games with a combined team record of 55-11 over the last two years … Led her team to a conference championship as a senior with a 27-4 record … Team MVP … Wolfpack Pride award winner … Co-Offensive Player of the Year … Outstanding Student-Athlete award … Oklahoma High School Honor Society … Three-time Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Award of Excellence ... Competed in the Allstate All-Star Game … Played four years of club volleyball for Oklahoma Peak Performance.
 
Personal:
Is a 2018 graduate of Norman North HS in Norman, Oklahoma … Daughter of Michael and April Kersey … Has a brother, Nick … Grandfather played basketball for the University of Oklahoma from 1965-68 … Majoring in biology … Born Oct. 25 … Full name is Lauren Nicole Kersey.