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2017 Volleyball Roster

9 Lauren Mills

  • Position Outside Hitter
  • Class SR
  • Height 6-0
  • Hometown Keller, Texas
  • Previous School Timber Creek

Biography

2017 (SR): Named to the All-American Athletic Conference First Team…Led the Mustangs with 404 kills, averaging 3.34 per set…Ranked fifth in The American in kills and eighth in kills per set…Scored a career-high 27 kills in four sets against UTSA (9/8)…Scored at least 10 kills 23 times, including four matches with at least 20 kills…Recorded a team-high 19 double-doubles, including 10 kills and a career-high 24 digs at Houston (11/3)…Second on the team with 412 digs…Fourth player at SMU with at least 400 kills and 400 digs in the same season…Posted 59 blocks, including a career-high eight at Texas State (9/8)…Also had 33 assists and 31 service aces…Named conference Offensive Player of the Week twice (9/11 and 9/25).

2016 (JR): Played in all 121 sets…Scored at least 10 kills 14 times, including a streak of six straight matches with double-digit kills…Finished with a career-high 19 kills at USF (10/21)…Also had 14 digs against the Bulls for one of 11 double-doubles…Recorded career-high 20 digs against UTSA (8/26)…Scored seven kills with 11 digs in NCAA Tournament win against Texas A&M (12/2) and had seven kills with 10 digs against National Runner-Up Texas (12/3)…Also had 45 blocks and 18 service aces.

2015 (SO): Played in 103 sets with starts in 26 of 31 matches played...Had 213 digs and 59 kills while playing primarily in the back row...Matched her career high with eight kills against UTSA (9/19)...Recorded at least 10 digs seven times, including a career-high 15 digs in three sets against Memphis (10/25)...Tallied nine blocks, 10 assists and 32 service aces, including four against UC Santa Barbara (9/11) and Clemson (9/18).

2014 (FR): Played in 28 sets over 16 matches with one start...Had 34 kills, including a season-high eight against Georgia (8/30)...Had five blocks and six kills against Texas Southern (9/6)...Finished with 11 blocks for the season...Also had three aces and 11 digs.

High School: Four-year letterwinner for head coach Cathy Reeves at Timber Creek High School...Selected to the All-Texas team twice...Earned all-district honors, and was named as one of VYPE Magazine's Top 50 Players in Texas...Team captain all four years...Named to the Academic Honor Roll.

Personal: Daughter of Tim and Jodi Mills...Has one brother, Eric...Chose SMU because of the quality of education and closeness to home...Doesn't leave home without her cell phone or chapstick...Would like to have dinner with Marilyn Monroe, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr., her Grandma Rock and Jesus...Favorite music is country...Majoring in math and civil engineering.

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Historical Player Information

  • 99

    2014FR

    Outside Hitter
    6'0"
    99
  • 9

    2015SO

    Outside Hitter
    6'0"
    9
  • 9

    2016JR

    Outside Hitter
    6'0"
    9
  • 9

    2017SR

    Outside Hitter
    6'0"
    9