Lauren Sauer Class: RS Senior Hometown: Huntsville, Ala. High School: Grissom Height: 6-4 Position: Forward Birthdate: 02/08/1983

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General: Strong, physical player under the basket • Tallest person on the team • Made tremendous improvements since joining the team halfway through her junior season • Earned All-America honors as a four-year starter on the Georgia Tech volleyball team from 2001-04 • An all-around student athlete that was named to the Dean's List and earned Academic All-ACC honors in 2005 • Graduated halfway through the season (December, 2005) but continued to play in the spring while taking classes on campus.

2005-06: Played in 11 games during the season • Scored her only points on a pair of free throws against Alabama State • Competed in four games against ACC opponents • Had a season-high 12 minutes against Duke.

2004-05: Joined the Yellow Jackets for the North Carolina game in Atlanta and played in nine of the last 10 games of the season, including earning her first career start against Miami in the ACC Tournament • Played 14 minutes in her first game in a Tech basketball uniform, scoring three points while earning a steal, block and rebound against the Tar Heels • Scored a season-high four points against NC State and then again in the regular-season finale vs. Florida State • Had three rebounds at Virginia Tech and against the Hurricanes in the ACC Tournament.

Georgia Tech Volleyball: An AVCA honorable-mention All-American in 2003 while earning AVCA District III all-region honors in both 2003 and `04 • A two-time all-ACC honoree and four-year starter that helped her team to the first round of the NCAA Tournament in 2001, an ACC Tournament title and the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 2002, an ACC regular-season title (15-1 in ACC) and an appearance in the NCAA Elite Eight in 2003 and another regular season ACC Championship (16-0) in 2004 with an appearance in the NCAA Sweet 16 • Hit .944 (17 kills in 18 attempts with no errors) in a match against NC State in 2002, which ranks second in the NCAA Record books for hitting percentage in a match with 15 or more attempts • Named the 2001 ACC Rookie of the Year and is one of just two Yellow Jackets to earn the honor • Also named to the ACC All-Freshman team in 2001 • Finished her career ranked fourth on the Tech career kill list (1,706), second on the Tech career solo block list (99), fourth on the career kills per game list (3.60), seventh on the career total block list (368) and seventh on the career block assist list (269) • Was the tallest person to ever play volleyball at Georgia Tech • Named to the District III All-Academic Second Team in 2003 and `04 and the ACC Honor Roll in 2002, `03, `04 and `05 as a dean's list student majoring in management.

Prep: A graduate of Grissom High School in Huntsville, Ala., but attended Irmo High in Columbia, SC for two years as well • Named the 2001 Alabama Gatorade Volleyball Player of the Year • Helped Grissom to the Volleyball State Finals in 1999 and 2000 and earned all-state honors in `99 and `00 • Holds the record for kills in a season at Grissom • A two-year letterwinner for basketball coach Charles Derrick at Grissom, where she was captain of both the basketball and volleyball teams • Also holds the record for most assists in a season • Member of the National Honor Society, Beta Club, and German Club and was one of the "Deserving Dozen" in her senior class • Served as vice president of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes her senior year • Helped Irmo High School to the 4A State volleyball title in 1998 while earning all-region honors in South Carolina in both `97 and `98 • Named the South Carolina Volleyball Player of the Year in 1998 • Also competed in basketball and track at Irmo High School.

Personal: Lauren Amanda Sauer was born February 8, 1983 • Daughter of John and Leslie Sauer • Father played basketball at Middle Tennessee State in the 1970's • Member of the 2002, `03, `04 and `05 ACC Honor Roll as a dean's list student majoring in management • Enjoys reading and listening to music from the band Chicago.