| Megan Laughlin |
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Sophomore
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| Hometown:
Cornell, Ill.
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| High School:
Flanagan
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| Height:
6-2
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| Position:
MB
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| Experience:
1L
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- 2008 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
- 2007 SEC All-Freshman Team
- 2007-08 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll
- SEC Freshman of the Week (10/8/07)
2008 (SOPHOMORE): Started all 26 matches in which she played...Ranked second on the team and eighth in the Southeastern Conference in hitting percentage at .308 and third on the squad with a 2.59 kills-per-set average...Her hitting percentage stood 128th in NCAA Division I...Finished second on the team with 0.58 blocks per set...Made 24 aces, third on the squad...Also averaged 0.78 digs per frame...Saw her consecutive-sets played streak end at 140 due to a leg injury that kept her out in the first LSU matchup...Led the team in kills five times and in blocks 10 times...Hit .407 with 15 kills in the four-set win over Dayton (8/29)...Followed that with 13 kills and a career-best nine digs in the five-set triumph over UNLV (8/30)...Hit .462 with seven kills, two aces and four blocks in the win over Boston College (9/5)...Had 15 kills and a .379 hitting percentage in the Rhode Island victory (9/5)...Hit .652 (15-0-23) in the sweep of the College of Charleston (9/12)...Compiled 13 kills, four blocks and three aces in the victory at Arkansas (9/28)...Made 14 kills and a season-high three aces at Auburn (10/19)...Hit .733, tied for third-best in program history on 11 kills in the victory over South Carolina State (10/23)...Followed that with 12 kills at Georgia (10/24)...Had 11 and 10 kills in the home wins over Mississippi (11/2) and Auburn (11/7)...Knocked down 15 kills at Tennessee (11/16)...Hit .700 on seven kills to go with three aces in the sweep of Mississippi State (11/23)...Made eight kills and a season-best five block assists against No. 14 Florida...Earned a spot on the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.
2007 (FRESHMAN): One of three Gamecocks to start all 29 matches...Made an immediate impact on the squad, leading the team with 42 aces while ranking second in hitting percentage (.286), kills per game (2.71) and blocks per game (0.92)...Had the second-most attack attempts (692)...Her 0.40 aces per game stood sixth in the SEC...Tied for fifth in the league's statistical rankings with 0.33 aces per conference game...Led the team in kills on nine occasions and in blocks in 12 outings...Compiled double-digit kills on 15 occasions...Hit over .500 on three occasions and at or above .400 in two other outings...Got off to a good start to her career, hitting .375 (11-2-24) with six blocks, five digs and two aces in the victory over Binghamton (8/24)...Had 16 kills and a season-best seven blocks against Maryland (9/1)...Three of those were solo blocks, tying for second in program history in a five-game match...Set a team high with five aces and added seven digs in the win over Rice (9/7)...Hit .615 (8-0-13) and .500 (10-1-18) in consecutive wins in the Gamecock Nike Invitational over Troy and Appalachian State (9/7-8)...Named to the Gamecock Nike Invitational All-Tournament Team...Added three aces and six blocks against the Mountaineers...Compiled a .400 (17-3-35) hitting percentage in her first SEC match against Auburn (9/14), contributing three aces in the match as well...Started a four-match double-digit kills streak at Alabama (9/28)...Had 13 kills and five blocks at Mississippi State (9/30)...Got 15 kills with a .500 percentage while adding three aces in the win over Tennessee (10/5)...Closed out the streak with 17 kills, four blocks and three aces against Kentucky (10/7)...Started another skein of double-digit kills at Georgia with 11 (10/19)...Had a high of 13 kills during that streak against Mississippi (10/26)...Had 10 kills, six digs and five blocks in the victory over LSU (10/28)...Tied her own mark with three solo blocks in the five-game affair...Had 15, 13 and 17 successful attacks against Arkansas (11/2), at Kentucky (11/9) and at Tennessee (11/11), respectively...Added six digs and five blocks in the match in Knoxville...Had six blocks in the season-ending win over Alabama (11/18)...Garnered recognition on the 2007 SEC All-Freshman Team...Earned listing on SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters in volleyball, basketball and track and field while attending Flanagan High School...Her club volleyball team placed third at the 2006 Amateur Athletic Union Championships...Served as the team's captain...A unanimous first-team all-conference pick her sophomore, junior and senior years...Made the Bloomington (Ill.) Pantagraph All-Area First Team in 2004...The Streator Times-Press chose her for its All-Area First Team the same year as well...As a junior, Laughlin was selected to the Iroquois West All-Tournament Team and landed on the Champaign News-Gazette Special Mention All-State Team...Snagged Bloomington (Ill.) Pantagraph and Streator Times-Press All-Area First Team accolades in 2005...Named Flanagan's Most Improved Player following her junior campaign...Achieved All-Tournament recognition at the Iroquois West and Effingham Tournaments in 2006...In addition to making the Bloomington (Ill.) Pantagraph All-Area first team for a third-consecutive year as a senior, she was named the newspaper's Player of the Year...After she graduated, Laughlin earned the distinction of Bloomington (Ill.) Pantagraph Female Athlete of the Year...Garnered Champaign News-Gazette Special Mention All-State Team accolades for the second-straight year, and Laughlin was a first-team member of the Ottawa Daily Times All-Area Team...Voted the school's MVP as a senior...Led Flanagan to a fourth-place finish at the state tournament in 2006...Compiled plenty of honors in basketball as well...Was first-team all-conference her sophomore, junior and senior years...Listed on the Bloomington (Ill.) Pantagraph and Streator Times-Press All-Area First Teams for her performance as a junior and senior...After earning Prairie Central All-Tournament Team honors as a junior, she took home the MVP award the following season...Was Flanagan's team MVP her senior season...As a member of the track and field squad, Laughlin qualified for the state meet in the triple jump each year of high school...Finished fifth in the event as a sophomore and improved to third her junior year...Her school-record jump of 36-11 1/2 also ranked third all-time for the area...Contributed the most individual points for Flanagan at the 2004 and 2005 state meets...A long jump qualifier her sophomore and junior years...Competed on the 4x800-meter relay team her freshman season as well...A member of National Honor Society and the all-conference academic team...Was her class's salutatorian.
PERSONAL: Full name is Megan Kristine Laughlin...Born March 13, 1989, in Normal, Ill....Her parents are Brian and Christine Laughlin...Has an older sister, Kelsie, and a younger brother, Adam...Pursuing a degree in marketing.
LAUGHLIN'S CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 17, three times, last Tennessee (11/11/07)
Attacks: 44, Tennessee (11/11/07)
Hitting Percentage (Min. 12 Attacks): .733, South Carolina State (10/23/08)
Assists: 3, Mississippi State (10/3/08)
Service Aces: 5, Rice (9/7/07)
Digs: 9, UNLV (8/30/08)
Block Solos: 3, three times, last LSU (10/28/07)
Block Assists: 6, Alabama (10/17/07)
Total Blocks: 7, Maryland (9/1/07)
