2008 Women's Volleyball Roster
Lauren Minkel
- Position:
- DS
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Freshman
- Major:
- Business
- Hometown:
- Honolulu, Hawaii
- High School:
- Iolani School
- Prev School:
- Iolani School
2009 (Sophomore): Played in 113 sets and every match as the team's starting libero ... second in the Big West, averaging 4.29 digs per set ... Her 485 total digs were the fourth-most in single season history at Long Beach State ... Has 717 career digs entering her junior season ... Was the team leader in reception attempts with 358 and a team high .939 reception percentage ... Led the team in digs in 24 of 31 matches ... Had over ten digs in 25 matches on the year ... Topped 20 digs seven times in 2009 ... Started off the season with 18 digs against San Diego and 19 against Texas ... Topped 20 digs for the first time on the year with 26 digs against New Orleans ... Also had 22 digs at Tulane in the same tournament ... 13 digs at Pacific started a streak of 13 straight matches with double-digit digs ... Reached double-figures in all but one of the last 17 matches, with the lone miss a one-play appearance against UNLV ... Made 34 digs against Utah, the seventh over-30 dig match in Long Beach State history and tied for the third-most ever in a single match for a 49er ... Added 14 aces on the year with just nine service errors.
2008 (Freshman): A key member of the Long Beach State back row that played in every set of each match ... Made 232 digs over the course of the season ... An excellent passer, only made 12 reception errors over 233 attempts, posting a .948 percentage ... Tied for third on the team with 9 double-digit dig games ... Started the year with 12 digs against San Francisco ... Tied a career high with three assists against Florida State ... Posted the first of four straight double-digit dig matches at Cal Poly with 10 ... Set a career high the following match with 18 against UC Irvine ... Received serve 30 times without error against CS Northridge ... Made 14 digs in a season-ending win over Colorado State ... made 12 digs against Stanford in the NCAA tournament ... Made double-digit digs in seven of the team's last ten matches.
High School: A four-year letter winner for the Iolani Raiders in volleyball ... A three-time all-league selection ... Helped the Raiders to two state championship game appearances as a senior and a sophomore, earning an all-tournament nod ... As the team captain her senior year, led the team to a 19-2 overall record ... Garnered the Walter Goo Award for Academics and Athletics as a senior ... An honor roll and Headmaster's List student ... Club: A member of the USA Volleyball high performance team for two years ... Also a two-time bronze medalist in the Junior Olympics with Maunalani VBC.
Personal: Born in Honolulu, Hawaii ... Parents are Edward and Maria Minkel ... Sister Madisen has played volleyball at Portland ... Also recruited by Portland ... Major is business.
