2026 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 9
Lauren Murphy
- Position:
- OH
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Round Rock HS
- Hometown:
- Round Rock, Texas
- Prev School:
- Ohio State
Junior (2025)
Appeared in 31 matches, playing 117 sets for the Horned Frogs ... Made 30 starts on the outside ... Totaled 232 kills on a .260 clip, the third most on the team ... Led TCU with 30 aces and ranked second with 93 total blocks ... Helped TCU earn its first top 10 national ranking in the AVCA coaches poll in program history and first back-to-back 20-win season since 2008-09 ... Also guided the Frogs to a program record six victories over ranked opponents, including two in the top-10 ... Logged double-digit kills in seven matches and finished with five or more blocks seven times ... Led TCU to its fourth straight NCAA Tournament appearance, advancing to the Second Round ... Posted 10 kills on 14 swings and added two aces in her TCU debut against No. 3 Pitt (8/31) ... It marked a career-high .571 hitting percentage ... Recorded five blocks and four kills in the Frogs’ upset of No. 5 Penn State (9/1) ... Tallied a career-high 16 kills against No. 19 UCLA (9/6) ... Had 13 kills and three aces to help TCU take down No. 8 Texas A&M in a five-set thriller (9/10) ... Totaled four aces against Texas A&M Corpus Christi (9/19) and at No. 20 Baylor (9/27) ... Posted 15 kills on a .412 clip against Utah (11/7) ... Finished with a career-best seven blocks at No. 22 Colorado (11/13) ... Tallied 13 kills against No. 6 Texas A&M in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament (12/6).
Ohio State (2023-24)
Appeared in 41 matches over two seasons at Ohio State ... Played in 28 matches across 91 sets as a freshman ... Ranked second in the Big Ten in service aces (40), including a career-high seven against Minnesota (11/3) ... Averaged 1.25 kills per set for the Buckeye offense and totaled double-digits twice ... Posted a career-high 11 kills twice, most recently at Illinois (11/15) ... Tallied 11 digs at Baylor (9/15) ... Saw a limited role as a sophomore with only 14 sets played.
High School
Was a three-year letterwinner at Round Rock High School, playing right side and middle ... Named to Prep Volleyball’s Top 150, ranking as the No. 94 recruit nationally ... Served as team captain her senior season ... Tallied 809 kills in her three seasons, including a whopping 533 in her junior campaign where she earned all-district, all-league and all-state honors ... Named the league’s Newcomer of the Year and All-District First Team as a sophomore ... Attended the National Team’s Development Program in 2022 ... Played with Austin Juniors since 2015, winning the 2021 USAV 16 American National Championship and being named MVP of the championship match ... Excelled in the classroom, earning a perfect 4.0 GPA in high school and Academic All-State honors.
Personal
Is a 2023 graduate of Round Rock High School in Round Rock, Texas ... Daughter of Karl and Jennifer Murphy … Has one sister, Emily ... Born Dec. 8.
Appeared in 31 matches, playing 117 sets for the Horned Frogs ... Made 30 starts on the outside ... Totaled 232 kills on a .260 clip, the third most on the team ... Led TCU with 30 aces and ranked second with 93 total blocks ... Helped TCU earn its first top 10 national ranking in the AVCA coaches poll in program history and first back-to-back 20-win season since 2008-09 ... Also guided the Frogs to a program record six victories over ranked opponents, including two in the top-10 ... Logged double-digit kills in seven matches and finished with five or more blocks seven times ... Led TCU to its fourth straight NCAA Tournament appearance, advancing to the Second Round ... Posted 10 kills on 14 swings and added two aces in her TCU debut against No. 3 Pitt (8/31) ... It marked a career-high .571 hitting percentage ... Recorded five blocks and four kills in the Frogs’ upset of No. 5 Penn State (9/1) ... Tallied a career-high 16 kills against No. 19 UCLA (9/6) ... Had 13 kills and three aces to help TCU take down No. 8 Texas A&M in a five-set thriller (9/10) ... Totaled four aces against Texas A&M Corpus Christi (9/19) and at No. 20 Baylor (9/27) ... Posted 15 kills on a .412 clip against Utah (11/7) ... Finished with a career-best seven blocks at No. 22 Colorado (11/13) ... Tallied 13 kills against No. 6 Texas A&M in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament (12/6).
Ohio State (2023-24)
Appeared in 41 matches over two seasons at Ohio State ... Played in 28 matches across 91 sets as a freshman ... Ranked second in the Big Ten in service aces (40), including a career-high seven against Minnesota (11/3) ... Averaged 1.25 kills per set for the Buckeye offense and totaled double-digits twice ... Posted a career-high 11 kills twice, most recently at Illinois (11/15) ... Tallied 11 digs at Baylor (9/15) ... Saw a limited role as a sophomore with only 14 sets played.
High School
Was a three-year letterwinner at Round Rock High School, playing right side and middle ... Named to Prep Volleyball’s Top 150, ranking as the No. 94 recruit nationally ... Served as team captain her senior season ... Tallied 809 kills in her three seasons, including a whopping 533 in her junior campaign where she earned all-district, all-league and all-state honors ... Named the league’s Newcomer of the Year and All-District First Team as a sophomore ... Attended the National Team’s Development Program in 2022 ... Played with Austin Juniors since 2015, winning the 2021 USAV 16 American National Championship and being named MVP of the championship match ... Excelled in the classroom, earning a perfect 4.0 GPA in high school and Academic All-State honors.
Personal
Is a 2023 graduate of Round Rock High School in Round Rock, Texas ... Daughter of Karl and Jennifer Murphy … Has one sister, Emily ... Born Dec. 8.
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