Lauren Gardner and Olivia Zawadzki named All-Ohio Athletic Conference Second Team
Lauren Gardner gathers fourth career OAC Defensive Player of the Week Award (photo courtesy of Erik Drost '11)
Lauren Gardner tallied a career-high 38 digs
Lauren Gardner garners third career Defensive Player of the Week Award (Photo courtesy of Kevin Wilker '26)
Lauren Gardner (Photo courtesy of Kevin Wilker '26)
Lauren Gardner

1 Lauren Gardner

  • Height:
    5-2
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Avon
  • High School:
    Saint Joseph Academy
  • Position:
    L/DS
m 22
k/s 0.01
h % .043
a/s 0.95
b/s 0.00
sa/s 0.32
d/s 5.86

2022

  • Selected at Ohio Athletic Conference Libero of the Year
  • Earned Second Team All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors
  • Named Ohio Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 10, 2022
  • Named Ohio Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 12, 2022
  • Appeared in 22 matches and 77 sets
  • Totaled 451 digs
  • Averaged 5.86 digs per set, second in the OAC and 14th in the nation
  • Added 73 assists, second on the team
  • Posted 25 service aces

2021 Fall

  • All-Ohio Athletic Conference second team selection
  • Earned OAC Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 18, 2021 and Oct. 4, 2021
  • Defensive Player of the Year Team Award winner
  • Totaled 535 digs (led the team and second in the OAC)
  • Averaged 5.00 digs per set
  • Posted 91 total assists
  • Tallied 33 service aces
  • Played in every match and appeared in 107 sets
  • Earned double-digit digs in 24 of her 29 matches played
  • Earned first varsity letter

Career Match Bests

  • 39 digs at Mount Union on Oct. 5, 2022
  • Four service aces (2x) with last at Bluffton on Sept. 10, 2022
  • Eight assists at Heidelberg on Oct. 14, 2021

High School

  • Three-year varsity letterwinner
  • Four-year starter
  • Team defensive MVP
  • Two-time All-Conference award winner
  • Ranked #1 in Ohio for beach volleyball 2017-2019
  • Academic honors 2019-2020
  • Emerging Artist Cleveland Museum of Art 2020
  • Gold Key Award Cleveland Museum of Art 2020

Personal 

  • Visual arts major
  • Daughter of Kimberly and Paul Gardner
This page was last updated on November 17, 2022
Recent Games
Oct 12 at John Carroll W, 3-1
Oct 15 at Muskingum L, 3-0
Oct 19 Heidelberg L, 3-2
Oct 22 at #18 Otterbein L, 3-0
Oct 26 Ohio Northern W, 3-0
Oct 29 Capital W, 3-0
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 22 9
Sets 77 31
Kills 1 1
Kills per set 0.01 0.03
Errors 0 0
Total Attacks 23 10
Hitting Percentage .043 .100
Assists 73 37
Assists per set 0.95 1.19
Service Aces 25 12
Service Errors 15 8
Service Aces per set 0.32 0.39
Receptions 383 142
Reception Errors 18 5
Digs 451 167
Digs per set 5.86 5.39
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 0 0
Block Total 0 0
Blocks per set 0.00 0.00
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 26.0 13.0
Points per set 0.3 0.4
Matches started - -
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 2 vs. Smith (Mass.) L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 1 0 1 20 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 2 vs. #10 Hope (Mich.) L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 3 1 1 18 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 3 vs. Grove City (Pa.) W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 2 1 1 18 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 3 vs. Hanover (Ind.) W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 4 1 1 20 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 7 Hiram W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 3 1 0 15 1 30 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 9 vs. Bethany (W.Va.) W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 3 0 0 18 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 10 at Bluffton W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 1 .000 7 4 1 18 1 19 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Sep 10 vs. Pitt.-Bradford (Pa.) W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 4 0 1 18 2 33 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 14 at Case Western Reserve L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 1 0 1 22 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 16 at Olivet (Mich.) W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 2 1 0 22 2 19 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 17 vs. Kalamazoo (Mich.) W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 at #22 Albion (Mich.) L, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 23 vs. Wisconsin-Oshkosh L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 4 .000 0 0 0 22 3 18 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 24 vs. Kean (N.J.) W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 3 .000 5 3 0 10 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 24 at North Park (Ill.) L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 4 .000 1 1 0 20 1 27 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 1 Marietta L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 5 0 2 18 2 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 5 at Mount Union L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 1 .000 3 1 1 26 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 8 Wilmington W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 3 2 0 10 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 12 at John Carroll W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 6 .000 5 2 2 14 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 15 at Muskingum L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 3 2 1 17 1 24 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 19 Heidelberg L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 1 .000 7 3 2 30 2 21 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 22 at #18 Otterbein L, 3-0 - 2 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 26 Ohio Northern W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 4 1 0 14 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 29 Capital W, 3-0 - 3 1 0 1 1.000 6 1 0 5 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Total 22 77 1 0.01 0 23 .043 73 0.95 25 0.32 383 18 451 5.86 0 0 0 0.00 26.0 0.3
Conference 9 31 1 0.03 0 10 .100 37 1.19 12 0.39 142 5 167 5.39 0 0 0 0.00 13.0 0.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 6 22 1 0.05 0 3 .333 28 1.27 8 0.36 92 5 111 5.05 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 0.4
Away 8 28 0 0.00 0 12 .000 23 0.82 11 0.39 147 6 165 5.89 0 0 0 0.00 11.0 0.4
Neutral 8 27 0 0.00 0 8 .000 22 0.81 6 0.22 144 7 175 6.48 0 0 0 0.00 6.0 0.2
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Wins 12 43 1 0.02 0 12 .083 48 1.12 17 0.40 182 7 260 6.05 0 0 0 0.00 18.0 0.4
Losses 10 34 0 0.00 0 11 .000 25 0.74 8 0.24 201 11 191 5.62 0 0 0 0.00 8.0 0.2
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September 13 46 0 0.00 0 13 .000 36 0.78 13 0.28 241 13 284 6.17 0 0 0 0.00 13.0 0.3
October 9 31 1 0.03 0 10 .100 37 1.19 12 0.39 142 5 167 5.39 0 0 0 0.00 13.0 0.4