Russ Lavaja

2009 | Freshman Year

• Played in 28 of the team's 30 matches on the season and saw action in 97 sets on the year
• Started 23 matches for the Cougars
• Hit 152 kills on the season, averaging 1.57 per set
• Recorded 13 service aces, including three against Pepperdine on April 16
• Finished second on the team with 138 blocks
• Had a season-high 10 blocks against Stanford on April 10
• Knocked down 13 kills against both USC (Feb. 7) and Cal State Northridge (April 25)
• Ranked seventh nationally in blocks per set

2010 | Sophomore Year

• Played in 114-of-119 sets on the season
• Started in all but two matches as a middle blocker
• Led the team in blocks in nine matches
• Led the Cougars in seven matches in service aces
• Tallied 216 kills, 1.89 k/s, 387 attempts, .398 hitting percentage, 26 assists
• Led the team with 25 service aces, 17 solo blocks, 148 blocking assists and 165 total blocks
• His 165 total blocks place him fourth on the BYU all-time rally scoring record list
• Earned honorable mention All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation honors
• Helped the Cougars set a new team single-season record for total blocks with 423, 19.5 more than the previous record set in 2009
• Helped rank the team No. 1 in the NCAA and the MPSF in blocks per set with 3.55, while kills per game ranked them No. 4 in the Nation with 15.80 earned Academic All-MPSF
• Earned a career-high 15 kills and 23 attempts against Stanford on 1/23/10
• Earned a career-high .714 hitting percentage (min. 9 att.) against Pepperdine on 3/5/10
• Posted a career-high six digs against UCLA on 1/8/10
• Tallied a career-high 11 blocking assists against UCLA on 1/30/10, also earning a career-high on total blocks (11)
• Had a career-high four service aces against USC on 3/19/10
• Chalked up a career-high three assists against St. Francis

2011 | Medical Redshirt Year

Did not compete due to injury