“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, after entering the match in the 3rd set … posted 7 kills, 5 digs, and 2 blocks in the win at Auburn… registered 4 kills, 3 digs, and 2 blocks in the win over South Carolina.
[Whitney Lauenstein first enters the Nov. 7, 2025 Florida match in the third set (at approximately 1 hr. 15 min. into the video, with the score 13-9). Called for a net violation, then got her first kill to make the score 14-10, Texas. Whitney had 3 kills on 8 errorless swings in the 3rd set, and 3 kills on 3 errorless swings in the 4th set.]
2024 Season (Redshirt at Texas): Played in 2 of 27 matches and 3 sets … had 3 kills against Stanford (9/15).
2022 Season (Sophomore at Nebraska): Honors & Awards: AVCA All-Region Team … Husker Invitational All-Tournament Team … Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team … Academic All-Big Ten … Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2022; Spring 2022) … Tom Osborne Citizenship Team.
2022 Season Recap (Sophomore at Nebraska): Played in 32 matches and 107 sets … averaged 2.78 kills/set (.238 hitting %), 1.07 blocks/set, a team-high 28 service aces … recorded 8 kills and 7 blocks (.368 hitting %) in season opener vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Aug. 26) … totaled 15 kills (.429 hitting %), 4 digs and 3 blocks against Tulsa (Aug. 26) … named to the Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team after 3.44 kills/set and 1.44 blocks/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 … recorded a career-high 25 kills (.385 hitting %) and two blocks in a 3-2 win at #17 Creighton (Sept. 7) … notched 12 kills on .381 hitting with 4 blocks in a sweep of Long Beach State (Sept. 10) … had 11 kills, 7 digs, 3 blocks and 2 aces against Stanford (Sept. 13) … totaled 11 kills on .370 hitting with 2 aces, 3 blocks and 2 digs at #13 Kentucky (Sept. 18) … logged 7 kills, 2 aces, 3 digs, and 4 blocks in a 3-2 win over No. 7 Ohio State (Sept. 24) … recorded 11 kills on .391 hitting at Rutgers (Sept. 30) … totaled 10 kills and 6 blocks in a sweep at No. 24 Michigan (Oct. 8) … recorded 7 kills and a season-high 8 blocks in a 3-0 sweep of No. 14 Penn State (Oct. 14) … posted 13 kills (.346 hitting %) along with 1 ace, 5 digs and 3 blocks in a win at Illinois (Oct. 22) … tied season high with 8 blocks, along with 7 kills, in a 3-0 win over Maryland (Oct. 29) … totaled 16 kills (.353 hitting %) with 7 blocks in a 3-2 win at Northwestern (Nov. 6) … put down 11 kills (.364 hitting %) vs. Minnesota (Nov. 26).
2021 Season (Freshman at Nebraska): Appeared in 27 matches and 67 sets … played in first collegiate debut vs. Colgate (Aug. 27), totaling 3 kills and a season-high 3 blocks … recorded 8 kills (.429 hitting %), 2 blocks, and 3 digs vs. Georgia (Sept. 3) … put down a season-high 11 kills (.529 hitting %), 2 blocks and 3 digs vs. Arizona State (Sept. 4) … tallied 5 kills and 2 blocks in a 1-3 loss at #16 Stanford (Sept. 14) … totaled 9 kills and 1 block in a k0-3 loss to #5 Louisville (Sept. 18) … tallied 6 kills, 3 digs, and a season-high-tying 3 blocks vs. Maryland (Nov. 12) … put down 5 kills (.500 hitting %) and 2 blocks in a 3-0 win over #15 Penn State (Nov. 19) … had 6 kills, 3 digs, and 3 blocks in a 0-3 loss to #5 Wisconsin (Nov. 26).
High School: Ranked the No. 16 overall prospect by PrepVolleyball.com … played three varsity seasons for Waverly High School in Waverly, Nebraska … named to the Lincoln Journal Star Super-State First Team in 2019 … helped the Waverly 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 2-time Class B All-State pick, earning 1st-team honors as a junior in 2019 and 2nd-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.