What a career...Way to go Lauren

Ladyjacks place multiple players on first team for fourth consecutive season.


Nov. 18, 2008


FRISCO, Texas - Senior Lauren Railey and freshman MC Bottles were named to the All-Southland Conference first team the league announced on Tuesday, with junior Ashley Bailey and sophomore Laurel Kuepker each earning honorable mention honors for the first time.

It is the fourth consecutive season that SFA has placed multiple players on the All-SLC first team, with the Ladyjacks having placed 12 players overall on the first team since 2004.

The honor is a career culmination for Railey, who has put together one of the most complete and standout careers in the history of Ladyjack volleyball. It is her second consecutive All-SLC first team selection, after earning second team honors in 2006 and third team honors in 2005 in addition to being named the 2005 SLC Freshman of the Year.

She finished this year ranked in the top fourth in the SLC in kills with a 3.29 per set average, and service aces with a 0.39 per set average, and closed out the year playing her best volleyball of the season, hitting double-figure kills in each of her last 10 matches. She also pulled out double-doubles in seven of those 10 matches.

Railey will finish her career ranked in the top five at SFA in career kills, attacks and digs and the top 10 in service aces. Earlier this season she became the first ever Ladyjack, and only the eighth player in the history of the SLC to accumulate 1,500 kill and 1,500 digs in her career.

"She's very deserving of first team all conference," head coach Debbie Humphreys said. "She has been very consistent, especially recently she has just been playing some great volleyball. Lauren has just been handling a huge chunk of passing and offensive load, and for her to go out as a first team selection, I think she is very deserving after the career she has had."