Whitney Lauenstein

Whitney Lauenstein #__ OH/RS 6’2″

“Whitney Lauenstein Transfers to Penn State Volleyball,” DigNittany Volleyball, December 24, 2025

2026 Cumulative Team Stats [to come]

2026 Season (Graduate)Highlights and Awards: [to come]

Season Recap: [to come]

NCAA Tournament: [to come]

Career Offensive Statistics Team Sp Mp K K/s E Ta Pct. A A/s Sa Sa/s Se
2025-26 Texas 20 8 33 1.650 10 77 0.299 0 0 0 0.000 0
2024-25 Texas 3 2 3 1.000 3 12 0.000 0 0 0 0.000 2
2022-23 Nebraska 107 32 297 2.776 114 768 0.238 8 0.075 28 0.262 39
2021-22 Nebraska 67 27 62 0.925 38 185 0.130 2 0.03 0 0.000 0
Totals: 197 69 395 2.005 165 1042 0.221 10 0.051 28 0.142 41
Career Defensive Statistics Team Dig D/s Re Bs Ba Tb B/s Be Bhe Pts Pts/s
2025-26 Texas 11 0.550 0 0 14 14 0.700 2 0 40 2.000
2024-25 Texas 1 0.333 1 0 1 1 0.333 0 0 3.5 1.167
2022-23 Nebraska 99 0.925 0 3 111 114 1.065 7 0 383.5 3.584
2021-22 Nebraska 24 0.358 0 0 22 22 0.328 4 0 73 1.090
Totals: 135 0.685 1 3 148 151 0.766 13 0 500 2.538

Before Penn State

2025 Season Redshirt Junior at Texas): Appeared in 5 matches and 11 sets … first appearance was against #8 Wisconsin … recorded 1 dig in the win against #9 Arizona State … totaled 6 kills (.545 hitting %), with 2 blocks and 1 dig in 3-1 win over Florida … Posted seven kills, five digs, and two blocks in the win at Auburn… Registered four kills, three digs, and two blocks in the win over South Carolina.


2024:
Played in 2 of 27 matches and three sets this season…had three kills in the match against Stanford (9/15).

Honors & Awards
• AVCA All-Region Team (2022)
• Husker Invitational All-Tournament Team (2022)
• Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team (2022)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2022)
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2022; Spring 2022)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2022)

2022 (Sophomore)

AVCA All-Region Team (2022)
Academic All-Big Ten Team (2022)
• Earned AVCA All-Region honors in her second season as a Husker after averaging 2.78 kills per set with a .238 hitting percentage to go with 1.07 blocks per set and a team-high 28 service aces in 32 matches played
• Recorded eight kills and seven blocks with a .368 hitting percentage in the season opener against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Aug. 26)
• Had 15 kills on .429 hitting with four digs and three blocks against Tulsa (Aug. 26)
• Named to the Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team after 3.44 kills and 1.44 blocks per set with a .353 hitting percentage
• Posted nine kills and six blocks while hitting .350 in a sweep of Ole Miss on Sept. 3, earning Husker Invitational All-Tournament Team honors
• Led the Huskers to a 3-2 win at No. 17 Creighton with a career-high 25 kills on .385 hitting to go with two blocks (Sept. 7)
• Put down 12 kills on .381 hitting with four blocks in a sweep of Long Beach State (Sept. 10)
• Had 11 kills, seven digs, three blocks and two aces against Stanford (Sept. 13)
• Followed with 11 kills on .370 hitting with two service aces, three blocks and two digs at No. 13 Kentucky (Sept. 18)
• Logged seven kills, two aces, three digs and four blocks in a 3-2 win over No. 7 Ohio State (Sept. 24)
• Had 11 kills on .391 hitting at Rutgers (Sept. 30)
• Notched 10 kills and six blocks in a sweep at No. 24 Michigan (Oct. 8)
• Recorded seven kills and a season-high eight blocks in a 3-0 sweep of No. 14 Penn State (Oct. 14)
• Posted 13 kills with a .346 hitting percentage to go with one ace, five digs and three blocks in a win at Illinois (Oct. 22)
• Tied her season high with eight blocks and added seven kills in a 3-0 win over Maryland (Oct. 29)
• Tallied 16 kills while hitting .353 with seven blocks in a 3-2 win at Northwestern (Nov. 6)
• Had 11 kills and hit .364 vs. Minnesota (Nov. 26)

2021 (Freshman)
• Appeared in 27 matches in her inaugural season as a Husker
• Had at least five kills in nine matches
• Made her collegiate debut vs. Colgate (Aug. 27), posting three kills and a season-high three blocks
• Finished with eight kills on .429 hitting with blocks and three digs vs. Georgia (Sept. 3)
• Notched a season-high 11 kills on .529 hitting to go with two blocks and three digs vs. Arizona State (Sept. 4)
• Had five kills and two blocks off the bench at No. 16 Stanford (Sept. 14)
• Totaled nine kills and a block vs. No. 5 Louisville (Sept. 18)
• Gathered six kills, three digs and a season-high-tying three blocks vs. Maryland (Nov. 12)
• Had five kills on .500 hitting with two blocks in a sweep of No. 15 Penn State (Nov. 19)
• Got the start at No. 5 Wisconsin (Nov. 26), finishing with six kills, three digs and three blocks

Before Nebraska
• Ranked the No. 16 overall prospect by PrepVolleyball.com
• Ranked the No. 2 2021 prospect in the state of Nebraska by PrepVolleyball.com
• Played three varsity seasons for Waverly High School in Waverly, Neb.
• Named to the Lincoln Journal Star Super-State First Team in 2019
• Helped the Vikings reach the Class B State Tournament in 2018, 2019 and 2020
• Was named to the Class B All-Tournament Team at the 2019 Nebraska State Championships
• Was a two-time Class B all-state pick, earning first-team honors as a junior in 2019 and second-team honors as a sophomore in 2018
• Named all-conference in 2018 and 2019
• Played a total of 281 sets and finished with 1,366 career kills, 121 career blocks, 740 career digs and 87 aces
• Finished her career with a .338 hitting percentage, which included a career-best .407 as a junior in 2019
• Also ran track for Waverly
• Played club for VC Nebraska

Personal
• Born on Sept. 24, 2002
• Is the daughter of Carla Lauenstein and the late Ryan Lauenstein
• Has one older brother, Tyler and two younger sisters, Hallie and Gracie.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played three varsity seasons for Waverly High School in Waverly, Neb…named to the Lincoln Journal Star Super-State First Team in 2019…helped the Vikings reach the Class B State Tournament in 2018, 2019 and 2020…ranked the No. 16 overall prospect by PrepVolleyball.com…was named to the Class B All-Tournament Team at the 2019 Nebraska State Championships…a two-time Class B all-state pick, earning first-team honors as a junior in 2019 and second-team honors as a sophomore in 2018…Played a total of 281 sets and finished with 1,366 career kills, 121 career blocks, 740 career digs and 87 aces…also ran track for Waverly.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Carla Lauenstein and the late Ryan Lauenstein…has one older brother, Tyler and two younger sisters, Hallie and Gracie…is engaged to Luke Partridge and the couple have a daughter, Layla.