The University of Mississippi Athletics
2018 Women's Volleyball Roster
Lauren Bars
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Position:
- S
- Height:
- 6-2
- Experience:
- 1L
- Hometown:
- Nashville, Tenn.
- High School:
- Harpeth Hall
- Major:
- Banking and Finance
2020 (SENIOR): Appeared in five matches in the fall … Totaled a season-high 32 assists in the second match against Texas A&M (10/23) ... Recorded nine digs at Arkansas (11/1) … Hit for a season best .500 percent in the second match against the Razorbacks … Second on the team with five service aces during the fall season.
2019 (JUNIOR): Appeared in all 117 sets, starting all 29 matches … Became just the fourth Rebel in the rally scoring era to surpass 2,000 assists against Tennessee in their league opener (9/27) … Tallied a league-best 16 double-doubles, including posting a career-best 17 digs twice during the season (Tulane 9/8, at Tennessee 11/01) … Had four games with 50 assists or more, including a season-best 53 at Mississippi State (10/04) … Turned in seven kills on four separate occasions and had 11 games hitting at .500 or better … Named to the Central Arkansas Classic All-Tournament Team … Finished season with 1,085 assists, 98 kills on a .325 hitting percentage, a team-best 21 aces, 298 digs, and 65 blocks.
2018 (SOPHOMORE): Played in 29 matches, missing three due to injury … Finished season with 818 assists, ranking eighth in the SEC … Turned in a career-high 57 assists at LSU (11/7) … Dished out 52 helpers at Alabama (10/28), guiding the Rebels to their first road win in league play … Recorded three double-doubles this season, (No. 11 Florida, 10/19) (No. 25Tennessee, 11/2) (Alabama, 11/18)… Led the team with a. .338 hitting percentage, registering 83 kills, including a season-high seven at Texas A&M (11/11) … Averaged 7.37 assists per set and is now ranked 6thall-time with 1,555 … Named to the Georgia State All-Tournament team.
2017 (FRESHMAN): Played in all 138 sets … Finished with 737 assists … Helped lead the Rebels to the NIVC Championship, the most wins (22) in the rally era and their fourth straight winning season for the first time in three decades … Along with fellow setter Jordan Fate, helped the Rebels set a single-season assists record (1,708) … Helped set up an offense that set the single-season kills record (1,846) and had three players with at least 300 kills … Posted double-digit assists in 34 of 36 matches … Recorded a career-high 36 against North Dakota … Totaled 83 assists to help the Rebels hit .274 on their way to the NIVC title … Finished with 25 assists and 5 block assists to help the Rebels to their first win against Texas A&M in program history … Notched 23 assists to help the Rebels hit .300 against Stephen F. Austin for the first postseason win in school history … Finished the season with 51 total blocks to help the Rebels set the single-season record (294) … Recorded 12 blocks in the NIVC … Posted a perfect 4.0 GPA to make the Chancellor’s Honor Roll.
PRIOR TO OLE MISS: All-State in 2014, 2015 and 2016 … All-Region in 2014, 2015 and 2016 … All-Region MVP … Harpeth Hall School MVP in 2014, 2015, 2016 ... Named to the Under Armour All-American Watch List … Gatorade POY Nominee … JVA Volleyball Watch List … Honorable Mention Prepvolleyball.com … Team captain … Led Harpeth Hall to third place finish at State Championships … Honor Roll student.
CLUB: Played for Alliance Volleyball Club … Captain 2014-17 … AVCA Phenom … AVCA Top 5% combine finish … Southern Region League Champions in 2015 and 2016 … AAU Regional Champions in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Joe and Sally Bars ... Born August 25, 1998 ... Majoring in banking and finance … Brother Brad played football at Penn State and for the New York Giants … Brother Blake, played football at Michigan … Brother Alex, played football at Notre Dame … Father played football at Notre Dame and mother was a swimmer at Michigan State … Grandfather played for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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