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2018 Women's Volleyball Roster

5 Lauga Gauta

  • Position Outside Hitter
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • High School Garden Grove High School
  • Hometown Garden Grove, Calif.

Biography

2018 (Senior)
• Saw action in all 33 matches and started in 16 matches
• Finished second on the team with 287 kills
• Posted three 20-kill performances
• Finished the season with six double-doubles
• Named MVP of Utah Volleyball Classic
• Named to Montana Invitational All-Tournament Team

2017 (Junior)
• Played in 18 of Utah's 34 matches during her first season donning the Red and White
• Totaled 55 kills, 33 digs, five total blocks and a pair of service aces
• Registered a new season/career-high 14 kills at Colorado (11/24), seven digs at Arizona State (10/15) and two total blocks vs. Green Bay (9/9)
• Averaged 1.77 kills and 1.06 digs per set on the season

Gauta's 2017 Match-by-Match Stats

Northwest College

• Spent two seasons at Northwest College (Powell, Wyo.) before transferring to Utah
• Two-time NJCAA All-American (HM, 2015; First Team, 2016)
• Two-time All-Region IX selection (2015, 2016)
• Two-time All-WCCAC First Team selection (2015, 2016)
• Named WCCAC and Region IX North Player of the Year in 2016
• NJCAA National Player of the Week (Oct. 3, 2016)
• Totaled 575 kills (4.87 kills/set), 64 service aces, 325 digs and 78 total blocks in her final season at NWC
• Her 575 kills in 2016 ranked second in the nation
• Elicpsed 904 kills, 492 digs and 157 total blocks in her two seasons at NWC

High School/Club Volleyball
• Two-year letterwinner at Garden Grove High School
• Helped lead her squad to a 23-1 overall record and 10-0 mark in league play as a senior
• Named to All-CIF Division 4-AA First Team following her senior campaign
• Played club volleyball for Aiga VC

Personal
• Daughter of Peselao and Muluea Gauta
• Has nine siblings: Isha, Roderick, Howard, Alihandra, Drucilla, Sive’a, Peselao, Alizae and Tafisi
• Born Sept. 19, 1997
• Career objective includes working in forensic anthropology
• Major is sociology

Statistics

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2017Junior

    Outside Hitter
    5'11"
    5
  • 5

    2018Senior

    Outside Hitter
    5'11"
    5