Lauren Blumhorst

Position:
DS
Height:
5-5
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Maroa-Forsyth
Hometown:
Forsyth, Ill.

Updated April 17, 2012

2011
• MVC Good Neighbor Award
Forced to sit out her senior campaign due to concussions • remained with the team as a mentor for the defensive specialists • earned the MVC[apos]s Good Neighbor Award due to her contributions in the classroom and the Carbondale community.

2010
• MVC Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention
Battled injury for a fair portion of the beginning of the season before returning to dominate at libero during the big home series against Indiana State and Illinois State • recorded a season-high 26 digs against Illinois State (Oct. 9) • finished the season averaging 3.72 digs per set, ranking 13th in the MVC.

2009
• MVC Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention
• MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week (Nov. 16)
As a sophomore, played the majority of her 29 matches and 106 sets at libero • finished the season averaging a team-leading 4.45 digs per set, ranking eighth in the Missouri Valley Conference • recorded 33 assists, 21 service aces and 472 digs • recorded a career-high 33 digs at Creighton (Nov. 13).

2008
As a freshman, saw action in 26 matches, starting six • played in 82 sets • finished the season averaging 1.89 digs per set • recorded 25 assists, 11 service aces and 155 digs • recorded a season-high 15 digs at Missouri State (Nov. 8).

High School
A four-year letterwinner that helped her team to a 101-8 record in three seasons, two regional championships and a third-place finish at state as a senior • in 2007, as a senior was named first-team All-Conference and All-County • named Team Captain, Most Inspirational and received the Walter D. Boyd Scholarship for excellence in athletics and leadership • as a junior was named first-team All-County, second-team All-Conference, leading her team in digs • as a freshman and sophomore was named Most Inspirational Player on her team, as a sophomore led her team in digs • named class valedictorian, Illinois State Scholar and a member of National Honor Society.

Personal
Club Team • Illini Elite
Full name is Lauren Elaine Blumhorst • majoring in math education • born November 10, 1989 in Decatur, Ill. • has one sister Maria, a junior at SIU • daughter of Mike and Pam Blumhorst • both parents were graduates of SIU • dad, Mike, was a four-year letterwinner on the baseball team (1981-84) receiving the scholar-athlete award in 1984.

Blumhorst[apos]s Career Stats

Season	sp-mp	k	k/s	e	ta	pct	a	a/s	sa	sa/s	se
2008................	82-26	1	0.01	2	9	-.111	25	0.30	11	0.13	17
2009................	106-29	2	0.02	3	25	-.040	33	0.31	21	0.20	25
2010................	54-15	0	0.00	0	4	.000	11	0.20	7	0.13	14
TOTAL...............	242-70	3	0.01	5	38	-.053	69	0.29	39	0.16	56

Season	dig	d/s	re	bhe	points	pts/s
2008................	155	1.89	6	1	12.0	0.15
2009................	472	4.45	25	4	23.0	0.22
2010................	201	3.72	16	1	7.0	0.13
TOTAL...............	828	3.42	47	6	42.0	0.17