Nicole Lorenzen

Position:
Outside Hitter
Height:
5-10
Class:
Senior
High School:
Eddyville-Blakesburg
Hometown:
Fremont, Iowa

Lorenzen at ISU
2006 (Redshirt Senior)
First-team academic all-Big 12 honoree for the fourth straight year ... ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District VII first team selection ... posted 17 10-dig matches on the season and 43 in her career ... recorded 12 10-kill matches this season and 39 in her career ... third on the team with seven double-doubles on the season ... finished her career with 22 double-doubles ... hit a career-best .161 ... recorded a career-high 353 digs, third on the team ... finished her career with 906 kills (10th all-time at ISU) and 900 digs ... tied a career-high with five service aces against Drake ... recorded 10 kills and 16 digs in win over Iowa ... had seven kills and 13 digs as ISU defeated Northern Iowa for the second-straight season ... posted 12 kills and 17 digs against Michigan ... had a solo block and five block assists against South Dakota State ... had 13 kills and 10 digs vs. Oklahoma ... her 11 kill, seven dig performance helped ISU defeat Kansas State for the first time since 1995 (20 matches) ... had 15 kills and 18 digs at Texas Tech ... followed that with 17 kills and 15 digs against Texas A&M ... recorded nine kills and had 18 digs in win over No. 21 Missouri ... had 22 digs against top-ranked Nebraska ... posted 10 kills and 15 digs to help Cyclones defeat Texas A&M in College Station for the first time in school history ... had a career-high 26 digs in the final home contest of her career, a win over Colorado ... had five kills and nine digs in win over UW-Milwaukee in the first round of the NCAA Championships ... recorded four kills and seven digs against Wisconsin to close out her career.

2005 (Redshirt Junior)
First-team academic all-Big 12 honoree for the third straight year ... named to the ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District VII second team ... co- captain ... MVP of the Bluejay Invitational ... recorded her 600th kill and 500th dig against Kansas State on Nov. 2 ... had five double-doubles ... opened the season with three consecutive double-doubles ... was second on the team with 25 service aces ... had 11 kills and 11 digs in the season opener, a win over Northern Colorado ... followed that performance with a season-high 16 digs and 12 kills against Creighton ... recorded 13 kills and 14 digs against South Dakota State in the Cyclone Classic ... had 13 digs and five block assists against Montana ... notched 15 digs against Stephen F. Austin ... posted 10 kills and dug 12 balls against Utah in the Results Advertising Missouri State Classic ... had 12 kills, 11 digs and four block assists at Missouri State ... had a season-high 19 kills on 51 attempts at Baylor ... hit .429 with seven kills and one error on 14 attempts against Texas Tech ... pounded 16 kills, dug six balls and had five block assists at Oklahoma ... had 13 kills and nine digs in a homecoming tilt with Missouri ... had three service aces in matches against Colorado and Baylor ... recorded 12 digs at home against Oklahoma and 11 digs at Texas Tech ... had five kills and five digs as ISU swept Kansas in the season finale.

2004 (Redshirt Sophomore)
First-team academic all-Big 12 honoree ... led the team in attack attempts (968), including seven matches with 40 or more attempts ... second on the team in kills (269) and fourth in digs (237) ... has a dangerous jump serve and led the squad in service aces with 30 ... led the team in kills nine times, more than any other ISU player ... tallied eight double-doubles, third-most on the team ... had 15 matches with double-digit kill totals ... posted 10 kills against East Tennessee State ... pounded 11 kills and notched 12 digs for her first double-double of the season against Auburn in the Auburn Challenge ... posted her second double- double against Rice with 11 kills on a team-high 54 attempts, adding 14 digs ... had 17 kills, 17 digs and a team season-high five service aces against Texas- San Antonio ... recorded 11 kills and six digs vs. Texas A&M ... registered her third-straight double-figure kill total with 11 at Oklahoma ... racked up 13 digs and two aces against Texas Tech ... pounded 12 kills and notched eight digs at Missouri ... totaled another double-double with 10 kills and 11 digs at Kansas ... posted 12 kills to go with 13 digs against Baylor ... smashed 17 kills and dug 13 balls at Drake ... posted a career high with 20 kills against Northern Iowa ... had 12 kills and 14 digs against Oklahoma ... recorded consecutive double-doubles in matches against Kansas State and Baylor with 13 kills each night and dig tallies of 10 and 11, respectively ... pounded 14 kills at Texas A&M.

2003 (Redshirt Freshman)
Played in 22 matches ... had 109 kills (1.68 kpg) and 50 digs (0.77 dpg) ... finished the season with 13 blocks ... had a season-high 12 kills against Oklahoma and a season-high four digs against Auburn ... had one double-double with 10 kills and 11 digs against Texas Tech ... academic all-Big 12 first-team honoree ... ISU Scholar-Athlete Award winner.

2002 (Freshman)
Redshirted initial collegiate season.

High School
A two-time first-team all-conference pick ... first-team all-district selection and academic all-state honoree as a senior ... totaled 288 kills (4.06 kpg) and 84 blocks (1.18 bpg) her senior season ... a four-sport standout, also starring in basketball, track and softball ... earned first-team all-conference and all-district honors twice in basketball, garnering third-team all-state honors as a senior ... was a state meet qualifier in the 400 meters and 4x800-meter relay ... three-time all-conference and two-time all-state softball selection ... played on the IPVA club team that was Iowa Region champion and coached by Emilio Mendoza ... coached in high school by Stacey Staton and Gladys Genskow.

Personal
Chemical engineering major ... four-time Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll honoree ... born Dec. 28, 1983 ... daughter of Jerry and Renee Lorenzen ... has a brother (Tyler) ... valedictorian of her class and a National Honor Society member ... student council president as a senior ... father was a standout football player for ISU from 1979-82 ... the fullback blocked for two-time 1,000-yard rusher Dwayne Crutchfield ... cousin, Lynne Lorenzen, played on the ISU women’s basketball team and is the all-time leading scorer in United States prep basketball history ... grandfather, Donn, played football for Iowa State, earning academic all-conference honors in 1954.

Fun Facts
Favorite restaurant is P.F. Changs ... favorite website is Thefoodnetwork.com ... sports hero is Brett Favre ... favorite part of volleyball is defense ... avid Green Bay Packers fan ... best memory from last season was the feeling that they could win any given night and not being intimidated ... favorite vacation spot is the Lake of the Ozarks ... lists her parents and her brother as most influential people in her life ... hopes to work in a biomedical engineering firm and represent the research and development side of the business to the corporate world.