The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2025 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Whitney Lauenstein
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- Waverly
- Prev School:
- Nebraska
- Hometown:
- Waverly, Neb.
- Major:
- Physical Culture & Sports
ACCOLADES AT NEBRASKA
AVCA All-Region Team (2022)
Academic All-Big Ten Team (2022)
2025:
Appeared in two matches and played 2 sets during the season... Made her first appearance of the season against No. 8 Wisconsin... Recorded a dig in the win against No. 9 Arizona State.
2024:
Played in 2 of 27 matches and three sets this season…had three kills in the match against Stanford (9/15).
PRIOR TO TEXAS (NEBRASKA)
Played two seasons at Nebraska in 2021 and 2022…member of NCAA runner-up team as a freshman in 2021…named to the 2022 AVCA All-Region Team and landed on the Academic All-Big Ten team…as a sophomore, averaged 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…the team’s leading point scorer in 2022, averaging 3.58 points per set and totaling 383.5 total points…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…appeared in 27 matches in her freshman season at Nebraska…had at least five kills in nine matches.
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.
