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2023 Volleyball Roster

20 Laura Shoopman

  • Position Right Side
  • Height 6-2
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Salem, Wisc.
  • High School Westosha Central HS
  • Prev School Oral Roberts
  • Club Team Milwaukee Sting

Biography

Redshirt Junior (2022): Played in 30 of 31 matches, getting action in 112 sets with 29 starts ... Sixth in the MVC in total points (442.5), eighth in total kills (389), and eighth in kills per set (3.47) ... Finished with the most kills by a Bruin since 2017 ... Recorded six matches with at least 20 kills, the most in a season by a Bruin since at least 2013 ... Had two of the top-five kill performances in the conference in 2022, recording 27 kills on two separate occasions ... Selected a team captain ... 24th in the Valley with career-high 28 service aces ... Tallied 27 kills in four sets in a win over Bethune-Cookman (9/16), the second-most kills in a four-set match in program history ... Recorded double-digit kills in 21 matches ... Was set 1,096 times, 400 more than the next-closest on the team (Kristen Clemons, 696) ... Through first four weeks of the season, was ranked fifth in NCAA Division I in total kills (202) ... From September 9 to September 16, had 20 or more kills in three out of four matches ... Had 27 kills and 11 digs in monster five-set road win at Georgia State at Panther Invitational (8/27) ... Posted team-high 15 kills with eight digs and three blocks to lead Bruins to road win at Murray State (9/27), first road win at Murray since 2015 OVC Championship ... Tallied 21 kills on .255 hitting in road win at Indiana State (11/11) ... Had 16 kills and 19 digs at Valparaiso (10/8) ... Recorded at least 14 kills on 11 occasions ... Finished with ten double-doubles ... Had 20+ kill performances against Georgia State (27), California Baptist (20), Middle Tennessee (23), Grambling (20), Bethune-Cookman (27), and Indiana State (21) ... Named to MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team

Junior (2021): Played in 28 of 29 matches, getting action in 97 sets with 17 starts ... Finished second on the team in kills (253) ... Set a career-high for service aces with six in season opener against Alcorn State (9/3) ... Recorded double-digit kills in 13 matches ... Exploded for season-high 18 kills on a .359 attack percentage in home win over North Alabama (9/3) ... Led Bruins to win over UT Martin (9/24) with 17 kills on .368 hitting with season-high 14 digs ... Started 13 of first 15 matches of season ... Hit above .300 on eight different occasions ... Recorded double-digit digs in four different matches ... hit .249 in 12 home matches at the Curb Event Center ... Finished fifth on the team in total blocks (42) ... Averaged 3.0 points per set, second on the team to Taylor Floyd (3.2) ... Third on the team in service aces (17) ... Posted 17 kills in five-set comeback win over Eastern Illinois (10/15)

Sophomore (2020-21):  Played in 13 matches, starting all but three and saw action in 40 sets ... Logged three or more digs on six occasions ... Finished with 10 or more kills six times ... Recorded two or more block assists on six occasions ... Made debut as a Bruin against Southeast Missouri State (2/21) and posted 11 kills, five digs and three block assists ... In rematch with the Redhawks (17), she finished with a season-high 17 kills and 10 digs for first double-double of the season ... Notched a season-high two service aces at UT Martin (2/24) ... Also recorded first solo block of the season in the same match ... Logged a pair of assists in rematch with the Skyhawks (2/24) ... Nearly came away with a double-double versus Jacksonville State (3/7) after posting 11 kills and seven digs ... Finished with a season-high two solo blocks in the same contest ... Against Tennessee State (3/21) hit a season-high .448 with 14 kills and a dig ... Tallied five digs in rematch with the Lady Tigers (3/22) ... Finished with 12 kills at Tennessee Tech (3/28).

Prior to Belmont: Spent one season at Oral Roberts University ... Appeared in 97 sets across 26 matches as a true freshman and earned a start 16 times ... Made her ORU debut as a starter in the season opener against Louisiana Tech (8/30) posting a season-high 21 kills ... Finished second on the team totaling 212 kills averaging 2.19 kills per set ... Ranked third for the Golden Eagles posting seven double-doubles ... Totaled 196 digs, including a season-best 27 at home versus North Dakota State (10/20), to average 2.02 digs per set ... Led ORU in kills during a match five times and digs three times ... Registered 25 service aces, third most on the team, with four coming against North Dakota (10/18) ... Posted 36 total blocks coming via three solo and 33 assists ... Tallied a season-best five block assists against Missouri State (9/3) ... Added nine set assists for the year.

Prep: Prepped at Westosha Central High School under the guidance of coaches Megan Awe (11th and 12th grade) and Charlie Berg (9th and 10th grade) earning four varsity letters ... Ranked one of the state's top 20 recruits by Prep Dig Wisconsin ... Finished in the top 10 in nearly every statistical category during her high school career ranking second in kills (1,623), fifth in digs (878), seventh in service aces (137) and ninth in blocks (199) ... Earned all-state accolades three times with the Falcons and was a three-time all-conference selection  ... Named to the 2018 Under Armour All-America Honorable Mention team following a senior season where she tallied 503 kills, which ranks fourth in single-season history ... Selected as a 2017 Under Armour Phenom by recording 537 kills, second in single-season history, in her junior campaign ... Chosen as the 2016 All-County Player of the Year and Westosha Central Co-Offensive Player of the Year ... Helped the Falcons reach the section finals three times.

Personal: Majoring in Marketing and Supply Chain Management ... Was the class treasurer at WCHS ... Lists Simone Biles as her favorite professional athlete.

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2020Sophomore

    OH
    6'2"
    20
  • 20

    2021Junior

    OH
    6'2"
    20
  • 20

    2022Junior

    Outside Hitter
    6'2"
    20
  • 20

    2023Senior

    Right Side
    6'2"
    20