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24 Lauren Harden

  • Height 6-3
  • Class Sophomore
  • High School Hamilton Southeastern
  • Hometown Fishers, Indiana
  • Instagram laurenhardenn
  • Twitter laurenhardenn8

Biography

Career Accolades at Florida
  • 2024-25 SEC First-Year Honor Roll 
2025 Season Highs Category Career Highs
1 vs. Pitt (8/24/25) Kills 6 vs. UCF (11/23/24)
1.000 (1-0-1) vs. Pitt (8/24/25) Hitting % .353 (6-0-17) vs. UCF (11/23/24)
NA Assists NA
NA Service Aces NA
NA Digs 2 (2x) last at South Carolina (11/27/24)
NA Blocks 2.0 vs. UCF (11/27/24)
1.0 vs. Pitt (8/24/25) Points 7.0 vs. UCF (11/23/24)
As a Sophomore (2025)
  • Appeared in 2/2 matches
As a Freshman (2024) - Match-by-Match Statistics - Career Statistics 
  • Played in 14/31 matches and 30/117 sets
  • Finished with a career-high six kills and a career-high two blocks to finish with a career-high 7.0 points in Florida's win over UCF on Nov. 23
  • Playing in a complete match as one of Florida's outside hitter, she tallied five kills, five points and two digs in road win over Auburn on Nov. 20
  • Recorded her first collegiate dig in Florida's win over Buffalo (9/22)
  • Finished with 4.5 points after having four kills and one block against Alabama State (9/12)
  • Played her first-collegiate match in win over Colorado State (8/30)
  • Average per set: 0.93 points, 0.83 kills, 0.27 digs and 0.20 blocks
  • Totaled 25 kills, 23 points and six blocks (six assists)
Harden's High School Accolades
  • 2023: Max Preps High School Volleyball National Player of the Year 
  • Broke the HSE All Time Kill
  • Record at Crown Point Invitational 9-23-2023
  • Reached 1000 kills milestone 9-2-2023 vs Bellmont
  • WISH-TV Athlete of the Week September 2023
  • 2023: High School Volleyball SBLive Best Hitter in the Nation
  • 2023: Max Preps Preseason All-America Team
  • 2023: Max Preps Best High School Team in Indiana
  • 2023: Max Preps Best High School Player in Indiana
  • 2023: IndyStar Girls High School Volleyball Super Team 2023: Indiana High School Sports Athlete of the Year Nominee
  • 2022: Max Preps All-American
  • 2022: Class 4A State Champion
  • 2022: All-USA Indy Star Super Team First Team
  • 2022: Indiana High School Junior All Star Team Champion
  • 2022: Indiana High School Volleyball Coaches Association 4A First Team All-State
  • 2022: Indiana High School Volleyball Coaches Association 4A All-District Team
  • 2022: Indiana High School Volleyball Coaches Association All-Hoosier Crossroads Conference Volleyball 1st Team
  • 2021: Added to the Hamilton Southeastern Hall of Fame
  • 2021: Indiana High School Volleyball Coaches Association 4A First Team All-State
  • 2021: Indiana High School Volleyball Coaches Association All-Hoosier Crossroads Conference Volleyball First Team
  • 2021: Indiana High School Volleyball Coaches Association All-District (4A North Central)
  • 2021: IHSAA volleyball All-USA Central Indiana Super Team
  • 2021: Pre-Season All America First Team (Max Preps)
  • 2020: Max Preps National Player of the Year Candidate
  • 2020: Indiana High School Volleyball Coaches Association 4A All-State 2nd Team
  • 2020: Indiana High School Volleyball Coaches Association All-Hoosier Crossroads Conference Volleyball First Team
  • 2020: Indiana High School Volleyball Coaches Association All-District (4A North Central)
  • 2020: Indiana All-County Volleyball Team
Harden's Club Accolades
  • 2023: Prep Volleyball Club All American
  • Third Place Northeast Girls National Qualifier
  • 2022: Under Armour Next Camps MVP
  • 2021: JVA All National Team
  • AAU Academic All American - 15 Open
  • AAU All American - 15 Open
  • 2021: AAU Nationals - Third Place 15 Open
  • Prep Volleyball Top 150 for the Class of 2024
  • 2020: Volleyball Magazine All American Honorable Mention
  • 2019: MVP Award ROX Crossroads Finale (Southland Center, IL)
  • 2019: ROX Crossroads Finale Champions 15 Division (Southland Center, IL)
  • 2019: MLK Challenge Champions 13/14 Open
Harden's USA High Performance Accolades
  • 2023: National Training Development Program - USA Volleyball
  • 2022: National Training Development Program - USA Volleyball
  • 2021: National Training Development Program - USA Volleyball
  • 2020: National Training Development Program - USA Volleyball
Harden's Off-the-Court Accolades
  • Academic All-American 2021 and 2022 for high school
  • Junior National Honor Society
  • Quill and Scroll Honor
  • Dad, Lawrence, ran track at Michigan State
    • Holds the records for indoor 55-meter hurdles
    • All-American at Michigan State
Why Harden Chose Florida
  • I chose Florida because I was immediately in love on my visit. On my visit I got to understand and get to know the campus, the awesome academics the school provides, meet the team, coaches and some of my future teammates. It was the most fun I had ever had on a visit. I just had a feeling that this was going to be my home for the next 4 years."
Major: Social & Behavioral Sciences

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