Lauren Nicole Carlini (born February 28, 1995) is an American
volleyball player
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. She plays for the
United States women's volleyball team. She won the 2016
Sullivan Award as America's best amateur athlete.
College
Lauren was raised in an Italian-American family in Illinois.
She played for
University of Wisconsin
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. While at Wisconsin, Carlini was named as one of the four finalists for the
Honda Sports Award
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in volleyball for both the 2014–15 season as well as the 2015–16 season.
International career
On a club level, she plays for
THY.
In May 2021, she was named to the 18-player roster for the
FIVB Volleyball Nations League tournament. that was played May 25-June 24 in
Rimini, Italy
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. It was the only major international competition before the
Tokyo Olympics.
She was a selected as an Olympic alternate for the
2020 Summer Olympics
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.
References
External links
FIVB profile* https://volleyballmag.com/carlini-050818/
1995 births
Living people
American women's volleyball players
Wisconsin Badgers women's volleyball players
Setters (volleyball)
Serie A1 (women's volleyball) players
American people of Italian descent
James E. Sullivan Award recipients
21st-century American women
American expatriate sportspeople in Russia
American expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Expatriate volleyball players in Italy
Expatriate volleyball players in Turkey
Sportspeople from Aurora, Illinois
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