Outlook

Lauren McClure is very good at delivering a consistent ball to her hitters ... Likes to run a quick offense and is very competitive ... Athletic, quick to the ball and is always looking to set her hitter to win a point ... Was a starting setter last year leading JCCC in a 6-2 offense ... Was key in big matches down the stretch ... Always looking to give hitters the best chance to get a kill ... Full of energy and love for teammates ... Signed a National Letter of Intent to play at Oklahoma Christian University next year.

Career

Tallied 1,444 assists which ranks 14^th all-time at JCCC … Also recorded 93 aces, 11^th most in team history.

Sophomore Year 2022

Named National Junior College Athletic Association honorable mention All-American … Also earned first-team All-Kansas Jayhawk D-II Conference and first-team All-Region 6/Plains District A honors … Played in 41 matches and 128 sets … Ended the season ranked fifth in the conference in assists with 882 and seventh in assists-per-set at 6.89 … Produced 38 matches with 10-plus assists, 23 with 20 or more and seven of 30-plus … Also led the team with 53 service aces.  In the first week of this campaign, she was chosen the KJCCC D-II Setter of the Week after tallying 102 assists … Was in double figures in all four matches, with a high of 37 against No. 1 ranked Parkland (8-20-22) … Also had 11 digs in that match to notch her first double-double of the season …  Posted her second double-double on the season with 20 assists and 10 digs in a sweep over Iowa Central (8-27-22) … Dished out 26 assists in a sweep at No. 3 Kirkwood (9-10-22) … Registered a season-high and second highest total of her career with 42 assists in a 3-2 win over Colby (10-8-22) … Had 35 assists in a conference title clinching 3-0 win over Neosho County (10-26-22) … Produced 28 assists in a 3-0 win over Allen in the opening round of the Region 6/Plains District A Tournament (11-2-22), and followed by a 32-assist performance in a 3-0 win over Coffeyville in the championship match (11-5-22) … Tallied 122 assists in the national tournament, reaching 30 or more in three of the four matches … Her 122 assists tie the seventh most recorded in a national tournament by a JCCC setter … Opened the tournament 21 assists against Montgomery (11-17-22) followed by 35 against Grand Rapids (11-17-22), 36 against Richard Bland (11-18-22) and 30 against Parkland (11-19-22).

Freshman Year 2021 

Played in 32 matches and 102 sets ... Ranked second on the team with 562 assists and an assist-per-set average of 5.51 ... Her 562 assists ranked eighth in the D-II Kansas Jayhawk Conference, and her 5.51 assist average ranked seventh ... Also had 149 digs and 12 kills ... Reached double figures in assists in 26 matches, topped 20+ in 11, 30+ in five and had three matches of 40 or more ... Also had three double-digit dig matches and three double-doubles ... Had 14 assists in a season-opening win over Harper (8-20-21), and followed with 25 assists and a season-high 12 digs in a win over No. 4 Illinois Central (8-20-21) ... Tallied 40 assists in a win over Kansas City Kansas (9-1-21) ... Put up 41 assists in a win over No. 8 Kirkwood (9-10-21) ...Posted her second double-double with a season-high 42 assists and 10 digs in a win at NEO A&M in the first round of the District Playoffs (11-3-21) ... Followed with 22 assists in the sweep over Highland in the District B Championship Match (11-6-21) … Had three double-digit assist matches at nationals and finished the tournament with 79 assists … Had 12 assists in a 3-0 victory over No. 19 Cape Fear in the first match at nationals (11-18-21) … Followed with 21 assists in a 3-2 win over No. 5 Sauk Valley in the quarterfinals (11-18-21) … Capped the tournament with 36 assists in a 3-2 victor over No. 2 Iowa Central, helping JCCC to a third-place national finish (11-20-21) ... Earned NJCAA All-Academic third-team with a grade point average between 3-60-3.79.

High School

Was a two-year starter for coach Matt Allin at Blue Valley North High School, Overland Park, Kan. … Graduated 2021 … Helped the Mustangs qualify for the Kansas 6A State Tournament both seasons, finishing fourth her junior year, and runner-up her senior season … Earned second-team All-Eastern Kansas League as a senior … Also selected for the Kansas Volleyball Association All-Star match her senior year … Registered 249 assists, 105 digs and 27 aces as a junior … As a senior tallied 327 assists, 94 digs and 31 aces .. Played four seasons of club volleyball for Four Corners VBC coached by Terene Foutz, two seasons for PVA coached by Mary DeBoest and two seasons for MAVS 816 coached by Carolyn Raynes … Helped MAVS 816 to a 2020 Regional runner-up finish, and to bronze NQL in 2020 and 2021 … Also earned one varsity letter in swim and dive … Named to the  KVA All-Academic Team in 2020. 

Personal

Born Lauren Brianna McClure on June 18, 2002, in Colorado Springs, Colo. … Nickname is Lo … Daughter of Chris and Calee McClure … Has a sister Jenna … Her father played baseball at Trinidad State, UNLV and Colorado Mesa … Majoring in business … Originally signed with McNeese State University … Also recruited by Colorado Mesa, West Texas A&M, Northwest Missouri State and Fort Hays State … Favorite foods are macaroni and cheese or anything her grandmother makes … Favorite fast food restaurants are Chipotle and Chick-fil-A … Favorite restaurant is Texas Roadhouse … Favorite TV shows are the Bachelor and Bachelorette … Favorite movies are Shrek, Aladin (2019) and Grown Ups … Favorite sports movies are The Blind Side and Remember the Titans … Favorite actress is Jennifer Aniston … Favorite book is The Impossible Knife of Memory … Favorite music entertainer is Luke Combs … Favorite cartoon character is Patrick Star … Favorite athletes are Peyton Manning, Christian McCaffrey, Jenna Gray and Simone Biles … Favorite sports teams are the Denver Broncos, Denver Nuggets, Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas City Royals ... Her greatest sports moment was winning substate her junior year … Best player she has played against is former Gardner-Edgerton star and Creighton commit Kendra Wait … Notable alumni from her school are professional tennis player Jack Sock, PGA Tour player Harry Higgs and former Sporting KC goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum.