2007 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Lauren Starks
- Position:
- OH/RS
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Bishop Miege HS
- Hometown:
- Olathe, Kan.
Roo Item -- Finishes her career ranked fifth in career service aces (110), sixth in career attacks (2959), ninth in attacks per game (7.42) and 10th in career kills (963).
2007 -- Appeared in all 32 matches, which included playing in 97 games... finished with 126 kills (1.30 p/game), 171 digs, 30 service aces and 21 assists on the year... ranked eighth in The Summit League with .31 service aces per game... posted four matches with 10 or more kills and three matches with 10 or more digs on the year... also had eight matches with two or more service aces... finished with a season-high 12 kills vs. Delaware State (8/24)... tallied a season-best of 13 digs at Oakland (11/9)... named to The Summit League Fall Academic all-League team and to the Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
2006 -- Played in all 30 matches and in 99-of-103 games... finished second on the team with 245 kills (2.47 p/game)... led the team with 29 service aces (.29 p/game), which was ninth best in the Mid-Con... also had 218 digs and 20 blocks on the year... finished with five double-doubles on the season... had 10 matches with double-digit kill totals and nine matches with double-digit dig totals... named to the all-tournament team at the Hamton Inn Downtown Classic after finishing with 34 kills in three matches... finished with 13 kills and 16 digs vs. Jacksonville (8/25) in the regular season opener... had a season-high 20 kills and 16 digs vs. Northwestern State (9/2)... had 15 kills and 16 digs vs. Western Illinois (9/23)... posted back-to-back double-doubles at Oakland (11/4) with 18 kills and 13 digs and vs. Drake (11/8) with 11 kills and 10 digs... named to the Mid-Con Fall Academic all-Conference team and to the Mid-Continent Conference Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
2005 -- Appeared in all 28 matches and in 97-of-99 games... second on the team in kills (302), third in digs (183) and fourth in aces (20)... also second on the team in kills per game (3.11) and tied for second in digs per game (1.89)... recorded double-doubles in six matches on the year, which was tied for the team high... had 15 matches with double-digit kill totals and three matches with 20 or more... tallied a career-high 26 kills vs. IUPUI (10/14) and had 20 kills vs. Chicago State (10/15), which led to her being named the Mid-Con Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 17... had a career-best 17 digs vs. Oral Roberts (10/28)... closed out the year with four double-doubles in final eight matches... named to the Mid-Con Fall Academic all-Conference team.
2004 -- Appeared in 28 matches and played in 106 games... recorded first collegiate double-double against Iowa State (9/8)... had a career-high kills (18) at Oakland Oct. 30... registered career-high with 15 digs against Wyoming (9/10).
High School -- A three-year letterwinner for coach Gwen Pike at Bishop Miege High School... led the Stags to back-to-back Kansas Class 5A state championships in 2002 and 2003... a first-team all-state selection in 2003... named to state tournament all-tournament team twice... three-time all-conference selection and also earned all-Sun Country honors three times... a second-team Kansas City Star all-metro member in 2003... helped her club teams to three national tournament appearances during the last six years... played for OZ VBC... chose UMKC over Marquette, Southwest Missouri State, Kent State, Southeastern Louisiana and Pittsburg State.
Personal -- Born January 2, 1986... daughter of David and Barbara Starks... secondary education major.
Career Highs
Kills: 26 vs. IUPUI, 10/14/05
Attempts: 55 (twice)
Hitting Percentage: .476 (11-1-21), at Centenary, 10/9/04
Assists: 6 at Oakland, 10/30/04
Aces: 5 at Southern Illinois, 9/11/04
Digs: 17 vs. Oral Roberts, 10/28/05
Total Blocks: 4 (twice)
Block Solos: 1 (seven times)
CAREER STATISTICS
| YEAR | MP-GP | K | E | TA | PCT | A | SA | SE | RE | DIG | BS | BA | TB | BE | BHE |
| 2004 | 28-106 | 290 | 151 | 790 | .176 | 42 | 31 | 36 | 39 | 190 | 3 | 32 | 35 | 6 | 6 |
| 2005 | 28-97 | 302 | 199 | 874 | .118 | 15 | 20 | 26 | 28 | 183 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 5 | 1 |
| 2006 | 30-99 | 245 | 198 | 839 | .056 | 15 | 29 | 32 | 40 | 218 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 32-97 | 126 | 85 | 456 | .090 | 21 | 30 | 30 | 18 | 171 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 118-399 | 963 | 633 | 2959 | .112 | 93 | 110 | 124 | 125 | 762 | 7 | 84 | 91 | 14 | 8 |
