Lauren Sauer Class: Senior Hometown: Huntsville, Ala. High School: Grissom Height: 6-4 Position: Outside Hitter Birthdate: 02/08/1983 Experience: 3 years

At Tech: Outside hitter who was in the starting lineup all four seasons at Tech . . . One of three players from Georgia Tech named to the 2004 ACC Preseason all-Conference team . . . Garnered AVCA District III honorable mention all-region honors and was named 2nd team all-ACC in 2004 . . . Earned AVCA honorable-mention all-America honors in 2003 . . . Also named to the District III all-region team as well as second team all-ACC in `03 . . . Hit .944 (17-0-18) in match against NC State on Oct. 1, 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, joining teammate Kele Eveland as the only Tech players to win the award . . . Finishes 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 seven on the career block assist list (269) . . . Also named to the ACC all-freshman team in 2001 . . . Is the tallest person to ever play at Georgia Tech . . . Dean's list student majoring in management who was named to the District III Academic second team in 2003 and 2004 . . . Named to the ACC Honor Roll in 2002, `03 and `04.

2004: Earned 2nd team all-ACC for the second time in her career. . . Earned all-tournament honors at the Miami University Invitational . . . Second on the team with 506 kills . . . Fourth in the ACC in kills per game (4.64) . . . Had a season high 25 kills against Minnesota. . . Led the team in kills 15 times . . . Had double-figure kills in all but one match . . . Fourth on the team in hitting percentage (.281) . . . Had two matches that she posted a career-high four solo blocks . . . Has led the team in total blocks 11 times . . . Had five matches with 20 or more kills . . . Had 8 total blocks against Virginia . . . In the NCAA Tournament, she is averaged 5.09 kills per game and hit .331.

2003: Named to the NCAA East all-region team after averaging 4.0 kills per game and hitting .259 against California and Hawai'i . . . Named MVP of the Georgia Tech Invitational and also earned all-tournament honors at the Buckeye Classic, US Bank/Arby's Invitational and the ACC Tournament . . . Finished the season tied with teammate Lynnette Moster with 541 kills . . . Was also tied for second in the ACC with Moster in kills per game (4.23) . . . Had a career high 30 kills against No. 24 Wisconsin . . . Led the team in kills 16 times . . . Had double-figure kills in all but four matches this year . . . Was third on the team in hitting percentage (.322) . . . Recorded her 1,000th kill against Duke . . . Named ACC Player of the Week twice . . . Had six total blocks in matches against Long Beach State and NC State . . . Recorded a career high six digs against Wake Forest on Nov. 9.

2002: Finished second on the team with 484 kills . . . Ranked ninth in the ACC in kills per game (3.38) . . . Named to the all-tournament team at the South Florida Invitational . . . Against No. 19 Michigan State, she was virtually unstoppable, recording 26 kills on 47 attempts (.511) . . . Had a then-career high 28 kills against Duke on Nov. 16 . . . Recorded 34 solo blocks on the season, which ranks as the third highest recorded in a season at Tech . . . Had a career-high three solo blocks on four different occasions during the year . . . One of three captains during the season.

2001: Notched a then career-high 18 kills against Maryland on Nov. 10 . . . Began the season as Tech's rightside hitter, but moved to the leftside against Virginia on Nov. 9 . . . Hit .306 in last six matches of the season for Tech . . . Notched a career-high seven block assists against North Carolina on Nov. 2 . . . Finished the year fourth on the team in kills with 175.

High School/Personal: Decorated athlete who graduated from Grissom High School in Huntsville, Ala., but grew up in Columbia, SC and attended Irmo High School for two years . . . Named the 2001 Alabama Gatorade Player of the Year . . . Helped Grissom to the State Finals in '99 and '00 . . . Named all-state in Alabama in '99 and '00 . . . Holds the record for kills at Grissom (687) . . . Earned all-tournament honors at the prestigious Mother McCauley tournament in Chicago, Ill., in '99 and '00 . . . Captain of the basketball and volleyball teams at Grissom . . . Holds the record for most assists in a season in basketball at Grissom . . . Member of the National Honor Society, Beta Club, German Club and was a "Deserving Dozen" of her senior class . . . Served as Vice President of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes her senior year . . . Helped Irmo High School to the 4A State Title in '98 . . .Earned all-region honors in South Carolina in '97 and '98 . . . Was named the South Carolina Player of the Year in '98 . . . Also competed in basketball and track at Irmo High School . . . Father, John, played basketball at Middle Tennessee State in the 70's . . . Parents are John and Leslie Sauer . . . Has an older brother, Justin . . . Birthday is February 8, 1983 . . . Enjoys reading and listening to music from the band Chicago.

Sauer's Career Statistics

Year	  GP/MP	 Kills	K/GM	Err	  Att	 Pct     SA       BS	BA	 B/GM	A	 Digs
2001	  94/27	  175	 1.90	 82	  416	.224	 0	 5	58	 0.70	12	 34
2002      143/39	  484	 3.38	196	1,208	.238	 0	34	80	 0.80	4	 62
2003      128/38	  541	 4.23	168	1,159	.322	 1	22	63	 0.66	11	 69
2004	109/33	506	4.64	176	1,176	.281	0	38	68	0.97	2	62
Total	474/137	1,706	3.60	622	3,959	.274	1	99	269	0.78	29	227