Lauren Rumel

Position:
Outside Hitter
Height:
6-2
Class:
Senior
High School:
Catalina Foothills HS
Hometown:
Tucson, Ariz.

Summer 2025
• Gold medal winner with Team USA's U23 squad at the NORCECA U23 Pan American Championships before the season started. She was the only WCC student-athlete selected to the team and is the first Beaver in the Behonick era to be named to a USA team.
• Had nine points (8 K/1 A) in a sweep of Suriname to help USA be perfect in pool play.
• Named finalist for Team USA's U23 squad and competed at the National Team Training Camp in Anaheim in late July.

2024
• WCC All-Academic
• First Team All-WCC
• Appeared in all 110 sets throughout the 28 matches played
• Tallied 333 kills, which was second on the Beavers
• Opened the season (Aug. 30) with a career-best 21 kills in a neutral win over Fresno State, coupled with a career-best 12 digs for first double-double of 2024
• Hit .529 (on 34 swings) in a sweep of Gonzaga (Oct. 31) with 20 kills to just two errors
• Tallied 189 digs, including two outings with 11 in WCC play (10/17 at Washington State, 11/13 at Pacific)

2023
• Appeared in all 120 sets, making starts in all 30 matches in 2023
• Led the Beavs in aces, totaling 23 on the season, served three at Washington (Oct. 27)
• Finished with the fourth-most kills on the team, with 182
• Had a season and career-best 14 kills twice (Sep. 16 at Portland State and Nov. 22 vs. UCLA)
• Tallied a season-best eight digs at Portland State (Sep. 16)
• Blocked a season-best seven in the season opener, her OSU debut (Aug. 25)

Arizona (2022)
• Saw action in 37 sets across 18 matches, including four starts
• Recorded 32 kills and 12 blocks
• Had a career best seven kills and four blocks against Washington (Nov. 11)

CATALINA HILLS HIGH SCHOOL
• Four-year letterwinner at Catalina Foothills HS
• Four-time All-Southern Arizona
• Second all-time in Southern Arizona with 1,227 kills
• Led the state of Arizona - across all divisions - with 628 kills in her senior season
• Helped lead team to Southern Arizona Sonoran Region title in senior season
• 5A Sonoran Player of the Year as senior
• 2021 Southern Arizona Player of the Year
• 4A Kino Offensive Player of the Year
• 2018 Southern Arizona Freshman of the Year

PERSONAL
• Daughter of Tiffany and Scott Rumel
• Has two brothers, Brendan and Rian, and two sisters, Andrea and Kyla
• Mother, Tiffany, is an OSU alumna and served as a student trainer for the volleyball program
• Her brother, Brendan, played basketball at Portland State
• Ended high school career as second all-time in Southern Arizona with 1,227 kills