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2022 Women's Volleyball Roster
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Jersey Number 24
Lauren Forte
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Corona Del Sol HS
- Hometown:
- Tempe, Ariz.
- Previous School:
- Florida
Bio
Career Highlights
- AVCA Third Team All-American (Spring 2021)
- AVCA Honorable Mention All-American (Fall 2021)
- 2-time AVCA All-Southeast Region honoree (Fall 2021, Spring 2021)
- 2-time All-SEC Team honoree (Fall 2021, Spring 2021)
- VolleyballMag.com Honorable Mention All-American (Fall 2021)
- All-Pac-12 Team honoree (2019)
- All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention (2018)
- Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2018)
- Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Oct. 22, 2018)
- Pac-12 Honorable Mention All-Academic Team (2018)
2022
Forte made two starts and appeared in five matches and 21 sets in her one season as a Bruin … tallied a season-high 11 kills versus Washington (Sept. 25).
Florida (2020-21)
Forte earned All-SEC accolades twice and was named an AVCA Third Team All-American in her two seasons at Florida … also selected to the AVCA All-Southeast Region twice … competed in 44 matches and 144 sets over two seasons as a Gator, averaging 2.06 kills per set at a .422 hitting percentage (296 total kills) and 1.02 blocks per set (147.0 total blocks) … ranked 17th in the nation and second in the SEC with a .401 hitting percentage in Fall 2021 … tallied five or more blocks in six matches in Fall 2021, including a season-high 10 blocks at Arkansas on Nov. 12 … ranked second in the SEC with a .458 hitting percentage in the Spring 2021 season.
Summer 2019
Selected to the USA Volleyball College National Team.
California (2018-19)
Forte was named to the All-Pac-12 Team her sophomore year and garnered Pac-12 All-Freshman Team plaudits in 2018 … competed in 52 matches and 187 sets over her two seasons as a Golden Bear, averaging 1.98 kills per set at a .329 hitting percentage (370 total kills) and 0.99 blocks per set (186.0 total blocks) … finished fifth in the Pac-12 with a .336 hitting percentage in 2019 … registered a career-high 17 kills to go along with a season-high eight blocks at UCLA on Oct. 27 … led California with 108.0 blocks and averaged 1.23 blocks per set, ranking fourth in the conference, her freshman year … named Pac-12 Honorable Mention All-Academic Team.
Corona del Sol High School
Forte helped lead Corona del Sol to the Arizona Division 6A State Championship in 2016 … named All-Arizona 6A Conference Second Team in 2016 … listed as PrepVolleyball.com’s No. 43 Senior Ace … totaled 605 kills (1.90 kills per set) and 307 total blocks (1.0 blocks per set) in her high school career … her senior year in 2016, she tallied 272 kills at a .405 hitting percentage notched 103 total blocks.
Personal
Born Lauren Elizabeth Forte in Tempe, Ariz. … parents are Elizabeth and Larry Forte … has one brother Cameron Forte, who played basketball at Georgia … chose to attend UCLA because of its elite academics and athletics … earned her bachelor’s degree of communications and media studies from the University of California, Berkeley in 2020 … earned her master’s degree of entrepreneurship from the University of Florida in 2021 … now working towards her master’s degree in education.
Lauren Forte's Match Highs (2018-19 at California; 2020-21 at Florida)
- AVCA Third Team All-American (Spring 2021)
- AVCA Honorable Mention All-American (Fall 2021)
- 2-time AVCA All-Southeast Region honoree (Fall 2021, Spring 2021)
- 2-time All-SEC Team honoree (Fall 2021, Spring 2021)
- VolleyballMag.com Honorable Mention All-American (Fall 2021)
- All-Pac-12 Team honoree (2019)
- All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention (2018)
- Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2018)
- Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Oct. 22, 2018)
- Pac-12 Honorable Mention All-Academic Team (2018)
2022
Forte made two starts and appeared in five matches and 21 sets in her one season as a Bruin … tallied a season-high 11 kills versus Washington (Sept. 25).
Florida (2020-21)
Forte earned All-SEC accolades twice and was named an AVCA Third Team All-American in her two seasons at Florida … also selected to the AVCA All-Southeast Region twice … competed in 44 matches and 144 sets over two seasons as a Gator, averaging 2.06 kills per set at a .422 hitting percentage (296 total kills) and 1.02 blocks per set (147.0 total blocks) … ranked 17th in the nation and second in the SEC with a .401 hitting percentage in Fall 2021 … tallied five or more blocks in six matches in Fall 2021, including a season-high 10 blocks at Arkansas on Nov. 12 … ranked second in the SEC with a .458 hitting percentage in the Spring 2021 season.
Summer 2019
Selected to the USA Volleyball College National Team.
California (2018-19)
Forte was named to the All-Pac-12 Team her sophomore year and garnered Pac-12 All-Freshman Team plaudits in 2018 … competed in 52 matches and 187 sets over her two seasons as a Golden Bear, averaging 1.98 kills per set at a .329 hitting percentage (370 total kills) and 0.99 blocks per set (186.0 total blocks) … finished fifth in the Pac-12 with a .336 hitting percentage in 2019 … registered a career-high 17 kills to go along with a season-high eight blocks at UCLA on Oct. 27 … led California with 108.0 blocks and averaged 1.23 blocks per set, ranking fourth in the conference, her freshman year … named Pac-12 Honorable Mention All-Academic Team.
Corona del Sol High School
Forte helped lead Corona del Sol to the Arizona Division 6A State Championship in 2016 … named All-Arizona 6A Conference Second Team in 2016 … listed as PrepVolleyball.com’s No. 43 Senior Ace … totaled 605 kills (1.90 kills per set) and 307 total blocks (1.0 blocks per set) in her high school career … her senior year in 2016, she tallied 272 kills at a .405 hitting percentage notched 103 total blocks.
Personal
Born Lauren Elizabeth Forte in Tempe, Ariz. … parents are Elizabeth and Larry Forte … has one brother Cameron Forte, who played basketball at Georgia … chose to attend UCLA because of its elite academics and athletics … earned her bachelor’s degree of communications and media studies from the University of California, Berkeley in 2020 … earned her master’s degree of entrepreneurship from the University of Florida in 2021 … now working towards her master’s degree in education.
Lauren Forte's Match Highs (2018-19 at California; 2020-21 at Florida)
| KILLS | 17, at UCLA (10/27/19) |
| TOTAL ATTEMPTS | 31, at UCLA (10/27/19) 31, vs. Colorado (10/20/19) |
| HITTING PCT. (MIN. 7 KILLS) | .778 (7-0-9), vs. Missouri (3/13/21) |
| DIGS | 4, vs. USC (11/17/19) |
| BLOCK SOLOS | 4, at Colorado (10/5/18) |
| BLOCK ASSISTS | 9, at Arkansas (11/12/21) 9, vs. Washington State (10/14/18) |
| TOTAL BLOCKS | 11.0, vs. Washington State (10/14/18) |
| POINTS | 21.0, at UCLA (10/27/19) |
UCLA W. Volleyball Postgame - Oregon (Nov. 29, 2024)
Friday, November 29
UCLA W. Volleyball Postgame - Iowa (Nov. 27, 2024)
Thursday, November 28
UCLA W. Volleyball Postgame - vs. Wisconsin (Nov. 16, 2024)
Saturday, November 16
UCLA W. Volleyball Postgame - vs. Washington (Nov. 13, 2024)
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