Ellis, Lauina Named Student-Athletes of the Month

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State Athletics is proud to announce Kayla Ellis and Fred Lauina have been named October Student-Athletes of the Month.

Ellis, a junior majoring in kinesiology, is the Beavers' starting libero for the volleyball team. She leads the squad with 195 digs in 2017 and ranks sixth in the Pac-12 with 3.61 digs per set. Last weekend, the Pocatello, Idaho native registered a season-best 21 digs including the 1,000th dig of her career, becoming just the 14th player in OSU history to achieve the feat. She was a Pac-12 All-Academic selection in 2016.

Lauina, who is a senior majoring in sociology, has started on the Beaver football team's offensive line throughout most of his career. A native of Nuuuli, American Samoa, Lauina has made 25 starts, second-most on the team, in his career at left guard and is currently the Beavers' starting right tackle.

Student-athletes are selected each month and are coordinated by the Academics for Student-Athletes staff.

The Beavers' volleyball team returns to Corvallis this week for its first home matches since August 26, when they host California on Friday at 7 p.m. and Stanford on Sunday at 1 p.m. Both matches will air on Pac-12 Oregon.

OSU's football team travels to USC this week to face the Trojans at 1 p.m. on Pac-12 Network.

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