5-3, Senior, Defensive Specialist
Rochester, Minn. (RCTC)
Career Statistics
2010 – Park’s defensive anchor in 2010, Lawrenz appeared in all 32 matches, registering 114 sets played with 481 digs, an average of 4.22 per set...Digs total placed Lawrenz second all-time at Park in total digs during the 25-point era…Honorable mention all-conference selection in the AMC…Had a career-high 30 digs in a five-set match at home against Hannibal-LaGrange on Oct. 2 and matched the same career mark with 30 digs Oct. 23 at McKendree…In all, had 25 double-digit defensive outings, including eight matches with 20 or more digs…First 20-dig outing came during the home-opening Park Triangular against the University of Saint Mary, and at Hannibal-LaGrange, on Oct. 22, she picked up 29 digs to total 59 against the Trojans in 2010…Ended the year with 21 digs against McKendree in the AMC tournament…Was a member of the 2010 AMC academic all-conference team.
PERSONAL – Vanessa Marie Lawrenz was born in Rochester, Minn., and is the daughter of John and Linda Lawrenz…Has two siblings, Veronica (18) and Warren (16)…A 2008 graduate of Stewartville High School in Stewartville, Minn., helped the Tigers and head coach John Dzubay to a second-place state championship finish in 2007 and a fourth-place finish in 2008…Was honorable mention all-conference on the volleyball court, and also participated in softball and track, as well as Key Club, where she served as president…Took her talents to Rochester Community Technical College (RCTC) to play volleyball for head coach Caroline Bell, where she helped the Yellowjackets to a first-place finish in the college state tournament as a freshman and a second-place finish as a sophomore…Named to the Region 13 All-Tournament Team and earned second-team all-conference honors…Was the team’s top defensive player and most-improved player in 2009, and was the conference Libero of the Week on Sept. 16, 2008…As a freshman, averaged 4.07 digs and posted 3.09 as a sophomore, totaling 699 digs in her two-year career at RCTC…Will major in finance and marketing…Was also recruited by Wisconsin-River Falls and St. Mary’s University (Minn.).
