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2023 (Senior): Played in 8 matches and 15 sets … Scored a season-high of 6.5 points and 6 kills with a .625 hitting percentage against Princeton on 11/4/2023 … Recorded 2 digs and 1 block assist against Brown on 11/11/2023 … Registered 3 total blocks against Manhattan on 9/8/2023 … Finished the season with 15 kills, 6 total blocks, 5 digs, and 18.0 points.

2022 (Junior): Played in two matches and three sets … Made career debut at Central Connecticut State on 9/3/22 … Had three kills and three points against Manhattan on 9/10/22 … Finished the season with five kills and five points.

2021 (Sophomore): Did not play in any matches.

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

High School: Four-year letterwinner in volleyball at Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School in New York, New York ... Helped high school advance to the NYCAL semifinals three straight seasons (2017-19) ... Spent time with the All-Star Empire Volleyball Club 15 Premier (2016-17); the NYC Juniors 16 National Volleyball Club (2017-18); the All-Star Empire Volleyball Club 17 Premier (2018-19) and the All-Star Empire Volleyball Club 18 Premier (2019-20) ... Named high school Most Valuable Player in 2016 ... Named high school's Most Improved Player (2016-17) ... Also competed in gymnastics.

Personal: Born, Lauren Maitland, on Mar. 14, 2002 in New York, New York ... Daughter of Kimberley Hatchett and Tracy Maitland ... Father, Tracy '82CC, and grandmother, Carolyn Maitland '78TC, each graduated from Columbia ... Mother, Kimberley, was a four-time All-American in track & field at Virginia ... Grandfather, Dr. Leo Maitland, treated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. following the 1958 incident in Harlem, New York ... Can play the flute ... Received recruiting attention from fellow Ivy League program Brown, along with Boston College; Chicago; Georgetown; Washington; NYU; Carnegie Mellon; Emory and Tufts ... Went with Columbia because "I want to be immersed in the diversity of thoughts and ideas, along with how highly my dad has talked about his experience at Columbia" ... Will enroll in Columbia College ... Plans on studying Political Science/Economics.