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Jersey Number 4
Lauren DeLo
- Position:
- S
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Anderson, S.C.
- High School:
- St. Joseph's
- Prev School:
- Ole Miss
HONORS & AWARDS
Nickname: DeLo
One word to describe your Coach: welcoming
Favorite Rutgers athlete, past or present: My grandfather, Paul Mitchell
Best player ever competed against: Emily Stroup, Ole Miss
Major: Broadcast Journalism
I chose my major because: I want to be on TV
The person I most admire is and why: Elton John due to his resilience, generosity and talent
If I wasn’t playing volleyball, I’d be: In a sorority
Favorite professional athlete: Ben Roethlisberger
Favorite professional sports team: Pittsburgh Steelers
One word to describe myself on the court: competitive
One word to describe myself off the court: goofy
Few people know that I: can't do a cartwheel
Person who had greatest influence on my athletics career: Inna Felkins, my private coach since I was 11.
I started playing my sport because…: my older sisters played it and it just came naturally.
I chose Rutgers because…: of the competitive academics and volleyball conference
Favorite cereal: Cinnamon Toast Crunch
The movie I have watched the most in my lifetime is: Stepbrothers
The best actor/actress to play me in a movie is…: Amanda Seyfried
Favorite musician/group: Elton John
The first song I knew all the words to is: Bohemian Rhapsody
If I could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, I would win a gold medal at: taking naps
Famous people I have met include: Jim Bob Duggar, Ted Cruz, Cody Simpson
Rituals I have before, during or after a game are: listening to Shakira before a game.
Favorite all-time gift received: Tickets to see One Direction in concert when I was in 8th grade
Pets I had growing up were: my dogs Skipper and GiGi
My favorite Halloween costume growing up was: a rapper
The place in the world I would most like to visit is: Greece
The website I visit most often is: YouTube
My favorite teacher was: Mr. Haffey, Aerospace 1 and 2, my senior year of high school
The quote that most resonates with me is: "The world is hard on ambitious girls" Little Women
If my life was a book, the title would be: Hot Mess, Cool Girl
If I could choose any color when buying a new car it would be: Pink
My spirit animal is: a jack rabbit
One thing on my bucket list is: Sky Diving
Phone app you cannot live without: Snapchat
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2021)
- Academic All-Big Ten (2021, 2022)
- Rambler Challenge All-Tournament Team (2022)
- Fifth in Rally Era in Career Assists Per Set (5.97)
- Seventh in Rally Era in Career Assists (758)
- Tenth in Rally Era in Season Assists (673)
- Appeared in all 32 matches in 103 sets
- First career double-double with 24 assists and 10 digs against Northwestern (Oct. 21)
- Totaled 673 assists averaging 6.52 per set
- Her 673 assists are the tenth most by a Scarlet Knight in a rally-era season
- Led RU in helpers in 27 matches
- Registered double-digit assists in all but four contests
- Collected 30 or more assists in seven matches
- Career-high 44 assists in season-opener against Fresno State at the College of Charleston Classic (Aug. 26)
- Served up a pair of aces in four contests including Fresno State at the College of Charleston Classic (Aug. 26), FDU at the Rutgers Volleyball Tournament (Sept. 17), at No. 5 Purdue (Oct. 2) and Iowa (Nov. 4)
- Totaled 44 blocks averaging 0.49 per set
- Captured career-high eight blocks in a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over Michigan State (Sept. 25)
- Career-high seven block assists against the Spartans (Sept. 25)
- Also had four block assists against Kansas State at Rambler Challenge (Sept. 9), Loyola (Chicago) at Rambler Challenge (Sept. 10)
- Appeared in nine matches
- Averaged 4.41 assists per set with double-figure helpers in three contests
- Career-high 14 assists versus Brown (Sept. 11) and at Michigan (Nov. 13)
- Appeared in seven games
- Season-high 10 assists at No. 1 Wisconsin (Feb. 6)
- Averaged 2.64 assists per set
- Spent a redshirt season at Ole Miss in 2019
- A two-time Under Armour Honorable Mention All-American playing two seasons each at St. Joseph's High School in South Carolina and Jenks High School in Oklahoma
- Totaled 336 kills, 881 assists, 442 digs and 128 aces during her career
- As a senior at St. Joseph's in 2018, was the South Carolina AA Player of the Year, 2A Regional Player of the Year and member of the South Carolina All-State Team
- Earned Wando Invitational All-Tournament Team and Max Preps/AVCA Player of the Week accolades
- Team compiled a 37-13 overall and 14-0 conference record
- At the club level, was a 2018 JVA All-American and made the 2018 AAU National Championship All-Tournament
- Played for Upward Stars Upstate and Oklahoma Peak Performance
- The daughter of daughter of Jeffrey and Larissa DeLo
- Has one brother, James, and two sisters, Gabrielle and Julia
- Grandfather Paul Mitchell played football and was a member of the freshman wrestling team at Rutgers
- Member of the National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society
- Plans to major in meteorology
Nickname: DeLo
One word to describe your Coach: welcoming
Favorite Rutgers athlete, past or present: My grandfather, Paul Mitchell
Best player ever competed against: Emily Stroup, Ole Miss
Major: Broadcast Journalism
I chose my major because: I want to be on TV
The person I most admire is and why: Elton John due to his resilience, generosity and talent
If I wasn’t playing volleyball, I’d be: In a sorority
Favorite professional athlete: Ben Roethlisberger
Favorite professional sports team: Pittsburgh Steelers
One word to describe myself on the court: competitive
One word to describe myself off the court: goofy
Few people know that I: can't do a cartwheel
Person who had greatest influence on my athletics career: Inna Felkins, my private coach since I was 11.
I started playing my sport because…: my older sisters played it and it just came naturally.
I chose Rutgers because…: of the competitive academics and volleyball conference
Favorite cereal: Cinnamon Toast Crunch
The movie I have watched the most in my lifetime is: Stepbrothers
The best actor/actress to play me in a movie is…: Amanda Seyfried
Favorite musician/group: Elton John
The first song I knew all the words to is: Bohemian Rhapsody
If I could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, I would win a gold medal at: taking naps
Famous people I have met include: Jim Bob Duggar, Ted Cruz, Cody Simpson
Rituals I have before, during or after a game are: listening to Shakira before a game.
Favorite all-time gift received: Tickets to see One Direction in concert when I was in 8th grade
Pets I had growing up were: my dogs Skipper and GiGi
My favorite Halloween costume growing up was: a rapper
The place in the world I would most like to visit is: Greece
The website I visit most often is: YouTube
My favorite teacher was: Mr. Haffey, Aerospace 1 and 2, my senior year of high school
The quote that most resonates with me is: "The world is hard on ambitious girls" Little Women
If my life was a book, the title would be: Hot Mess, Cool Girl
If I could choose any color when buying a new car it would be: Pink
My spirit animal is: a jack rabbit
One thing on my bucket list is: Sky Diving
Phone app you cannot live without: Snapchat
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