Laurel Kuepker

Laurel Kuepker

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
LaPorte, Ind.

High School:
LaPorte

Height:
5-6

Position:
Libero

Experience:
1L

Honors:
2008 All-SLC honorable mention

2008: ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VI second team selection ... All-SLC honorable mention ... earned SLC Defensive Player of the Week four times, the most in the SLC, and became only the eighth player in the history of the Southland Conference to take the honor four times in a single season ... only Ladyjack to play in all 104 sets on the season, including starting each of the team's 29 matches ... led the SLC in digs with a 4.45 per-set aveage ... went over 30 digs three times on the year, including setting a career high and tying the high mark in the SLC with 36 digs in a five-set win over SMU (9/6) ... finished season with 33-dig effort in SLC Tournament versus Sam Houston State (11/21) ... had 31 digs at Texas State (10/30) ... posted double-figure digs in 24 of 29 matches on the season.

2007: Started all 35 matches for the Ladyjacks as a freshman, one of only four Ladyjacks to play in all 122 individual games on the season ... earned All-Tournament honors at the Ladyjack invitational ... finished second on the team with 3.75 digs per game ... posted double-figure digs in 22 matches, including five matches with 20 or more ... picked up 32 digs against Houston (9/14), tying for the most single-match digs on the squad for the season.

High School: A four-year starter and letterwinner for her LaPorte High School team... earned All-Duneland Conference honors each of her last three seasons... also named Most Valuable Player on her high school squad three straight years... won the team setter award all four years... was named the Player of the Year as a senior by the Herald-Argus newspaper after leading LaPorte to the Duneland Conference Championship... posted 712 assists, 189 digs and 173 kills as a senior... holds the school's all-time record for career assists... during her career was named the Booster Club Athlete of the Month and was voted a team captain all four years... was named Tournament MVP in the 18-and-under American Division of the Junior Olympic Championships... led the Dunes to the division title in the 48-team tournament... helped guide her Dunes club team to a third-place finish in the under-17 open division two years ago... a member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Daughter of Jan Fitzpatrick and Dan Kuepker... Born July 26, 1988.