2024 Beach Volleyball Roster
Roster
Lauren Eknoian
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Bakersfield, CA
- High School:
- Centennial HS
HONORS:
2023 - All-Big West Honorable Mention
2022 - All-Big West Honorable Mention
CSUN - 2023 (Senior)
Lauren Eknoian played in all 33 of CSUN's beach matches during her senior season ... teamed up with Tasha Mae as CSUN's No. 1 pair and finished the season second on the Matadors with 17 wins ... were one of four CSUN pairs to earn double figure wins ... the pair posted a 17-16 record (.515) and earned All-Big West honorable mention honors, the second straight season for Eknoian ... 17 wins as a pair ranks tied for fifth in program history for a single season ... heads into her final season 42 career wins which is tied for eighth with Aeryn Owens in CSUN's beach history ... along with Mae, the pair had three different three-match win streaks in 2023 ... finished 1-2 at the 2023 Big West Championship ... was one of four CSUN beach volleyball student-athletes named to the 2023 Big West All-Academic Team.
CSUN - 2022 (Junior)
Eknoian played in all 34 of CSUN's beach matches as a junior in 2022 ... tied for third on the team with 13 pairs wins, finishing 13-19 playing with Emily Sparks ... the pair earned honorable mention All-Big West honors for the first time ... finished with 14 wins overall which ranked seventh for the Matadors in 2022 ... with Sparks, finished 11-16 playing in the No. 1 pair and 2-3 playing at No. 2 ... the duo had a pair of season-long four-match win streaks (Mar. 17-18, Apr. 1-2) ... posted straight-set wins over Oregon (Feb. 26) at No. 2 and a pair of 2-0 wins over Nebraska (Mar. 17-18) ... also finished 1-1 paired with Layla Cederlind as CSUN's No. 2 pair against Westcliff (Mar. 15) ... heads into her senior season with 25 wins and a career record of 25-36 ... was one of eight Matadors named to the 2022 Big West All-Academic Team.
CSUN - 2021 (Sophomore)
Eknoian played in 21 of CSUN's 26 beach matches as a sophomore in 2021 ... finished the season with a 7-15 overall record ... paired with Meagan Carter 21 times, posting a 7-13 record as the Matadors' No. 1 pair and finished 0-1 at No. 2 ... also played one match with Abbey Sweeting in the No. 6 pair, falling to Long Beach State (2-0) on Apr. 24 ... with Carter, posted straight-set victories over Concordia (Mar. 12), Hope International (Mar. 13), Colorado Mesa (Mar. 22), Vanguard (Apr. 2), Pacific (Apr. 2) and St. Katherine (Apr. 3) ... also won the final two sets in a three-set win over CSU Bakersfield's No. 1 par (Mar. 27) ... dropped a three-set decision (21-19, 9-21, 9-15) to No. 9 Grand Canyon (Apr. 10).
CSUN - 2020 (Freshman)
Eknoian played in all five matches during the abbreviated 2020 season, her first at CSUN ... won four of five matches paired with Meagan Carter, playing all five matches at No. 5 ... the pair finished 2-0 in dual matches and 2-1 in tournament matches ... opened the season with four straight wins, defeating The Master's and Cal State LA (Feb. 29) and San Francisco and Santa Clara (Mar. 7) ... only loss came in straight sets in the season-finale to Saint Mary's (Mar. 7) at the Big West/West Coast Conference Challenge in Santa Cruz ... two of the pairs' four wins came in straight sets.
CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL
Eknoian lettered in both indoor volleyball and swimming at Centennial High School in Bakersfield, Calif. ... earned first team All-Southwest Yosemite League, second team All-Area and team Most Valuable Player honors as a senior in 2019 ... was named second team all-league and Best Offensive Player award in 2018 ... played both outside hitter and defensive specialist for coach Penny Roberts ... graduated in 2019.
PERSONAL
Born in Bakersfield, Calif. ... parents are Monica and Curt Eknoian ... has one brother, Austin and one sister, Brooke ... favorites include the New York Yankees, AVP player April Ross, actors Matthew McConaughey and Zooey Deschanel, the TV show "Friends" and the movie "She's the Man" ... says the best thing about being an athlete is "Getting to compete and have friends than are family" and the toughest is the "managing your time properly" ... majoring in kinesiology.
