2021 Volleyball Roster
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Jersey Number 24
Lauren Forte
- Position:
- MB
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Tempe, Ariz.
- High School:
- Corona del Sol
Bio
Major: Master’s – Entrepreneurship
Honors:
2021 AVCA Honorable Mention All-America
2021 VolleyballMag.com Honorable Mention All-America
2021 AVCA All-Region selection
2021 All-SEC honoree
2020 AVCA Third Team All-American
2020 AVCA All-Southeast Region
2020 All-SEC Team
AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR (2021) – Match-by-Match Statistics
AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2020) – Match-by-Match Statistics
Forte’s University of California, Berkeley Accolades
Honors:
2021 AVCA Honorable Mention All-America
2021 VolleyballMag.com Honorable Mention All-America
2021 AVCA All-Region selection
2021 All-SEC honoree
2020 AVCA Third Team All-American
2020 AVCA All-Southeast Region
2020 All-SEC Team
| 2021 Season | Category | Career |
| 16 vs. Minnesota (9/5/21) | Kills | 17 at UCLA (10/27/19) |
| .667, 2x, last vs. Auburn (11/17/21) | Hitting % | 1.000, 2x, last at Ole Miss (1/29/21) |
| 1 vs. Miami (12/3/21) | Assists | 1, 2x, last vs. Miami (12/3/21) |
| N/A | Service Aces | N/A |
| 1, 3x, last vs. FAMU (12/2/21) | Digs | 4 vs. Southern California (11/17/19) |
| 10.0 at Arkansas (11/12/21) | Blocks | 11.0 vs. Washington State (10/14/18) |
| 17.0 at LSU (10/9/21) | Points | 21.0 at UCLA (10/27/19) |
AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR (2021) – Match-by-Match Statistics
- Saw action in 27 matches for the Gators during her redshirt senior season
- Ranked 17th in the nation and second in the conference in hitting percentage
- Registered a season-high 16 kills and 16.5 points on Sept. 5 against Minnesota
- Finished first on the team in hitting percentage (.401) and blocks (94.0), fourth in kills (176) and points (229)
- Reached double-digit kills in five matches over the course of the 2021 campaign
- Hit over .300 in 20 matches this season, including a season-high .667 against Minnesota (Sept. 5), Auburn (Nov. 17) and Florida A&M (Dec. 2)
- Her 10 blocks against Arkansas on Nov. 12 is the third-highest total in a match across the SEC this season
- Finished her career with a .422 hitting percentage at Florida
AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2020) – Match-by-Match Statistics
- Saw action in 17 matches and 59 sets, including 15 starts after joining the Gators in Jan. 2021
- Finished the season ranked second in the SEC in hitting percentage (.458)
- Sits first on the team in hitting percentage (.458), third on the team in blocks (35), fourth in kills (120), and is fifth in points (150.0)
- Recorded a season-high 12 kills against Kentucky (3/19/21)
- Registered at least eight kills in 9 of her 17 matches this season
- Hit over .400 in 12 matches this season
- Finished the season with 150.0 points, 120 kills, 53 blocks, and seven digs
Forte’s University of California, Berkeley Accolades
- 2019 All-Pac-12 Team selection
- 2018 Pac-12 All-Freshman team and All-Pac-12 Team Honorable Mention
- After the 2019 season, she finished fifth in the conference with a .336 hitting percentage
- Finished her redshirt sophomore campaign fifth on the team in kills (209) and second on the team in blocks (78)
- Earned Pac-12 Freshman of the Week on Oct. 22, 2018
- Finished her redshirt freshman campaign first on the squad with 108.0 blocks, sitting fourth in the league with 1.23 blocks per set
- Registered a .321 clip in 2018, good for 10th in the Pac-12
- Under Armour Second Team All-American
- All-Arizona Second Team pick
- Helped lead Corona del Sol to the Arizona Division 6A State Championship
- PreVolleyball.com All-American
- Listed as part of PrepVolleyball.com’s 10-Foot Club for touching 10’6” on her vertical leap
- PrepVolleyball.com’s No. 43 Senior Ace
- Selected to the USA Volleyball College National Team in the summer of 2019 (Japan)
- Named to the Pac-12 All-Academic Team Honorable Mention
- Mother, Libby, played Division I basketball at Arizona State
- Father, Larry, played Division I basketball at New Mexico
- Brother played Division I basketball at Georgia
*Graduated from Cal Berkeley in Dec. 2020 | Earning her master's in EntrepreneurshipCheck out what Mary Wise had to say about our newest signee, @laaurenn_8 ??#GoGators pic.twitter.com/SIrGBAfwZ4
— Gators Volleyball (@GatorsVB) November 11, 2020
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