Updated August 7, 2008

Adds much needed height and especially ball control to the team • can pass and can dig well • a junior veteran with two full seasons of college experience as an every day player behind her.

2007
• MSU All-Tournament Team
As a sophomore, played in all 31 matches, startnig 30, seeing action in 109 games • averaged 2.46 kills, 0.42 service aces, 2.84 digs and 0.43 blocks per contest • her service ace percentage ranked first overall and in conference play in The Valley • she ranked third on the team in kills (270), first in service aces (46) and second in digs (310) • recorded a career-best 18 kills twice.

2006
One of two freshmen to start all 28 matches and play all 99 games for the Salukis • fifth on the team with 1.96 kills per game • third in aces with 20 • second on the team in digs (304) • ranked in the top-20 in the league in digs at 3.07 per game overall and 3.38 per game in Valley play • recorded a season-high 14 kills twice and a career-best 22 digs against Creighton (Nov. 17).

High School
A three-time unanimous first-team all-conference selection at Flanagan • the Lady Falcons lost just nine games in Laughlin's final three seasons for a combined record of 95-9, winning the Mid State Conference regular season championship all three years and the MSC Tournament two years, leading her team to a regional title all three years • averaged 3.8 kills per game as a sophomore and junior, and 4.2 kills and 2.3 digs a senior • as a sophomore and junior, Laughlin was named the team MVP, while earning Pantagraph All-Area and Streator Times-Press All-Area honors • as a junior she was named to the Champaign News-Gazette All-State Team • in addition to earning all-conference accolades in 2005, Laughlin was a two-time Iroquois West All-Tournament Team selection.

Personal
High School • Flanagan
Club Team • Illini Elite
Carries a 3.60 GPA • majors in journalism with a double minor in marketing and psychology • a member of the National Honor Society as a prep • Illini Elite 17 Cardinal club team finished third at nationals, where Laughlin earned All-Tournament honors • born on October 27, 1987 in Normal, Ill. • has one brother, Adam, and one sister, Megan, a sophomore on the volleyball team at South Carolina • daughter of Brian and Christine Laughlin.