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Laurie Yearout

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Spokane, WA

High School:
Lewis & Clark

Height:
5-9

Position:
S

Experience:
3V

Age:
22

11/14/2011

Vikings' Geary selected first-team GNAC all-star

Jepsen and Yearout are second-team picks for WWU

11/12/2011

Vikings end season with four-set win at Northwest Nazarene

Jepsen finishes standout WWU career with match-high 19 kills

11/10/2011

WWU loses in four sets at Central Washington

Geary has 27 kills for Vikings, two shy of career high

11/09/2011

Six Vikings named GNAC academic all-stars

Adkins and Jepsen each honored for third time

11/03/2011

Vikings upset No.24 Seattle Pacific in five sets

Geary and Davis each have double-doubles for Vikings

COLLEGE: Ranks ninth among school career leaders in assists with 1,937 ... Second-team Great Northwest Athletic Conference all-star as junior in 2011 ... Also GNAC academic all-star for third straight season ... Ranked 17th nationally among NCAA Division II leaders and ranked second in GNAC in assists (11.20) ... Saw action in all 22 matches and 80 sets ... Also had 160 digs (2.00), 38 kills (.322 kill percentage) and 17 service aces ... Had season-high 67 assists in upset of No.24 Seattle Pacific on 11/3/11 ... Played in 18 matches and 29 sets as sophomore in 2010 ... Had 42 assists and 11 digs ... Honorable mention GNAC all-star as freshman in 2009 ... Saw action in all 27 matches and 99 sets ... Ranked second in league and led team with 1,046 assists (10.57) ... Also tied for team lead in aces (26) and had 180 digs, 40 blocks and 35 kills ... Had career highs of 69 assists and 15 digs versus Northwest Nazarene on 10/08/09 and five blocks against Ashland on 8/29/09 ... Redshirt in 2008 ... Three letters.

HIGH SCHOOL: Second-team Associated Press all-State as setter and hitter and first-team Greater Spokane League all-star as senior at Lewis & Clark High School ... Helped Tigers to 19-5 record and second-place at the Class 4A state tournament ... Team captain ... Second-team state all-tournament and first-team all-league choice as junior on team that was 21-4 and state runner-up ... Played on team that placed fifth at state as sophomore ... Lettered four years and started three ... Had career per game averages of 22.0 assists, 3.2 blocks, 9.4 digs and 2.1 service aces ... Career match highs were 34 assists and 20 digs ... Also lettered three years in track as pole vaulter.

PERSONAL: English Literature major ... Her mother, Julie, who competed at Whitworth University, coached her daughter all four years at Lewis and Clark ... Her father, Tom, played football at Washington State and is the head football coach at LC.

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