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USA WOMEN'S PLAYER PROFILE 
Position: Middle Blocker MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: 2008 – Tour of China…Pan American Cup (Fifth Place). INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: Scored 11 points during a three-week, eight-match tour of China...Tallied four kills on seven attempts without an error in three sets played at the Pan American Cup. COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS: 2007 – Selected to the American Volleyball Coaches Association All-America Third Team as a junior…Named All-Big 12 First Team…Appeared in all 103 games and 31 matches on the Texas schedule…Averaged 3.65 points, 2.90 kills and 1.28 blocks per game…Led Longhorns in hitting percentage (.418) and blocks (130), finished third in kills (301). 2006 – Started at middle blocker in 20 of 31 matches. 2005 – As a freshman, appeared in 28 matches and averaged 3.03 points and 2.43 kills per game while hitting .261 in a split role between outside hitter and opposite. OTHER USA VOLLEYBALL EXPERIENCE: Led U.S. Women’s National A2 Team to a second-place finish at the 2007 USA Volleyball Adult Open Championships…Named All-Tournament at the 2007 USA Volleyball Adult Open Championships in the Open Division…Member of the 2004 and 2005 USA Junior National A2 Team. CLUB/PREP CAREER: Started club volleyball experience with Go Blue Volleyball Club in 1999, then moved to the Toledo Volleyball Club as a senior in 2005…2005 Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 recruit and ranked seventh in the national among incoming college freshmen by Prepvolleyball.com…Selected Mizuno High School All-American and state of Michigan Gatorade Player of the Year…Attended Saline High School (Mich.) from 2001-2005…Three-time letterwinner in basketball earning honorable-mention All-League and conference’s best defensive player…Dunked a basketball in a game as a senior. PERSONAL: Born Lauren Adair Paolini on Aug. 22, 1987, in Tustin, Calif…Parents are Frank and Cathy Paolini with one brother, Andrew (1986)…Nickname is Pao (pronounced pay-o)…Majoring in biology/pre-dental at University of Texas…Hobbies include reading, listening to music, shopping and trying new restaurants…Has spent three years playing beach volleyball…Favorite food is macaroni and cheese…Favorite book is Kite Runner…Enjoys listening to R&B music with favorite musical groups Maroon 5 and Counting Crows…Favorite professional team is Detroit Pistons and favorite athlete is Ben Wallace. Happiest moment in life is every time she is back in Austin, Texas. Getting to Know Lauren Paolini What are the top songs in your iPod? Name a few things that most people do not know about you. What do you like to do in your spare time? What do you envision doing as a career after competing for the national team? Who was your club coach prior to going to college? Where would you like to spend a week’s vacation? If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? What is your favorite room in your house and why? What is the one luxury item that you could not do without? Rank the following types of television programs in order you like best: Reality TV, crime dramas, game shows, sit-coms, music television, cable news, sports. What is your favorite television program? What is your favorite movie? What is your favorite book? Are you a morning person, afternoon person or night person? What is your pre-match ritual? On an airplane, would you rather, sleep, read, work on a computer or talk with the person sitting next to you? What is the best thing about competing on the USA Women’s National Team? What is your favorite volleyball drill? What sport would you be competing in if not for volleyball? Who is your favorite athlete? What is your favorite food? What is your favorite restaurant to eat at? What is your hometown best known for? How many different languages can you converse in? What was your favorite subject in school? What fad were you involved in during junior high school that many would be surprised to learn? If you could see any musical act or performer (dead or alive) in concert, who would it be? If you won the lottery, what is the first thing that you would buy or pay for? If you could have one super power, what would it be? If a movie was made about your life, which actor or actress would you want to play you? If you were stranded on a desert island, what three things would you take with you? If you could live in another time period for a week, which one would you choose? If you could be on the cover of one magazine, which one would you choose? What is the most “embarrassing” song on your iPod? What is your favorite holiday? What is your favorite season – winter, spring, summer or fall? What is one off-the-court talent that you have? What is your motto? What reality show (American Idol, the Apprentice, the Real World, Survivor, Big Brother, etc.) would you be best on? What is your pet peeve? What communication tool do you use most often – text messaging, talking on the cell phone or e-mail? Posted and Updated: June 10, 2008 |
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