| Lauren Rinderknecht |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Santa Barbara, Calif.
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| High School:
San Marcos HS/Santa Barbara VBC
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| Last College:
Miami (Fla.)
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| Height:
5-11
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| Position:
MB/OH
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| Experience:
1V
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OREGON STATE
Junior (2007): Lauren Rinderknecht made an immediate impact as a reserve during her first season at Oregon State ... Posted a season-high eight kills in the team's opening match against Colorado State (8/24) adding eight digs ... Tallied a pair of service aces twice against Manhattan (9/8) and at Arizona (9/27) ... Helped the team to its first Pac-10 win of the season over Washington State with a season-high 10 digs ... Racked up three blocks against Loyola Marymount (9/14), including two solo blocks.
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
Sophomore (2006): Appeared in all 31 of Miami's matches, making 12 starts ... Finished the season with 139 kills (1.56 kpg) and 136 digs (1.53 dpg) ... Recorded 10 kills and a career-high six blocks vs. Clemson (9/29) ... Tallied 12 kills and nine digs at Georgia Tech (10/1) ... Just missed her first double-double with nine kills and a career-high 14 digs against North Carolina State (10/7) ... Matched her career-best with 14 digs at Virginia Tech (10/14) ... Terminated on 11 kills and added four blocks at Florida State (10/18) ... Notched first career double-double with 10 kills and 10 digs against Wake Forest (10/22) ... Recorded her second career double-double at Wake Forest with a career-best 16 kills to go with 10 digs (11/22).
Freshman (2005): Appeared in 28 of Miami's 30 matches, playing in 82 games... On the season, recorded 87 kills (1.06 kpg) and 137 digs (1.67 dpg)... Led the `Canes in digs (11) in the first match of her collegiate career... Recorded a season-best 14 digs to go with 11 kills against Clemson... Turned in five double-digits dig performances during her rookie season... Tallied a season-high 12 kills at Duke.
SAN MARCOS HIGH SCHOOL
A four-year letterwinner at San Marcos High School ... Helped her club team, Santa Barbara VBC, place 14th out of 140 teams in the 18's division of the Volleyball Festival at Reno, Nev. in 2004 ... As a senior, led her team in blocks with 3.5 blocks per match and also tallied 13 kills per match ... Earned All-CIF Division 2 and All-Channel League First Team honors and was named to the All-Tournament team in the Tournament of Champions ... Also named Santa Barbara News Press Volleyball Athlete of the Year ... Named team MVP and earned all-league first team honors her junior and senior seasons... Earned North High School tournament MVP accolades in 2004 and was named to the North High All-Tournament team her junior and senior seasons ... Named to the all-county first team in 2003 ... Honored with all-league second team and All-CIF First Team Academic honors in 2002 ... Named the team's Most Improved Player as a freshman ... Was on honor roll all four years of high school ... Also lettered in diving and basketball.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Dr. John Rinderknecht and Suzanne Austin ... Has three siblings, Derek, Danielle and Ayaan ... Her father, John, competed as a gymnast at Stanford ... Former prep teammates that competed at the college level include Kelly Patterson (UC Davis), Kim Courtney (Santa Clara) and Mandy Bible (St. Mary's) ... former prep teammate Kelly Washburn was a player for the Oregon State soccer team ... Studied biomedical engineering at Miami (Fla.) ... Chose to attend Oregon State because, "I thought it was a great opportunity for me to work with such an elite coaching staff. I also was inspired by the school and its program in exercise and sport science."
