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2023 (Senior): Played in 21 matches and 63 sets … Recorded a season-high of 19 digs against Penn on 10/14/2023 … Had 9 assists in the match against Bryant on 9/15/2023 … Scored 2 points and 2 aces against Cornell on 10/21/2023 … Finished the season with 102 digs, 33 assists, 12 aces, and 12.0 points.

2022 (Junior): Played in 23 matches and 77 sets … Had a career-high 24 assists and 10 against Lafayette on 9/9/22 … Finished with 99 digs, 91 assists, 17 aces.

2021 (Sophomore): Played in 22 of 24 matches, starting two matches ... Finished the season with 10 service aces, 49 total digs, 0.77 digs per set, 37 total assists and 0.58 assists per set ... Was fourth on the team in service aces, assists per set and total assists ... Posted season-high four aces in season opener against High Point (Sept. 3) ... Dug out season-high eight digs in Columbia's win over Iona (Sept. 11) ... Posted first career double digit assist match with 10 against Princeton (Oct. 9) ... Had back-to-back matches with at least 10 assists (Oct. 23-29) ... Finished with 12 assists and seven digs at Cornell (Oct. 23) ... Had season-high 15 digs against Brown (Oct. 29).

2020 (First-Year): Season canceled (COVID-19).

High School: Letterwinner in volleyball at University High School in Irvine, California ... Spent freshman and sophomore years as a setter before transitioning to libero during junior and senior seasons ... Earned First Team All-Pacific Coast League honors both junior and senior years ... Named high school's team MVP senior season ... Helped high school club finish third in 2018 and second in 2019 in the Girls Volleyball Pacific Coast League ... Key member of team that advanced to the CIF playoffs in 2018-19 ... Spent four seasons as a member of the TStreet Volleyball Club ... Three-time Trojan Excellence Award (2017-19) ... Four-time member of the California Scholarship Federation (2016-19).

Personal: Born, Lauren Elizabeth Cho, on Jan. 3, 2002 in Mission Viejo, California ... Daughter of Michael and Teri Cho ... First cousin, John Cho '71, graduated from Columbia ... Transitioned from setter to libero during junior year of high school ... Can play the piano, violin and flute ... Spent time as an assistant coach with local youth volleyball program TStreet Volleyball Club ... Considered attending fellow Ivy League program Dartmouth, along with NYU, Wesleyan and Tufts ... Settled on Columbia because "I fell in love with the culture and diversity of the school and New York City" ... Plans on enrolling in Columbia College ... Intends to study Economics.