Personal
Parents are David and Lori Richards ... she is the oldest of four children ... her father played volleyball at BYU from 1976-81 and her mother played at BYU for Elaine Michaelis from 1977-78 ... sister Kristin Richards was the 2002 Girls Volleyball National Gatorade Player of the Year and played on the 2004 NCAA National Champion Stanford Cardinal ... married to BYU men's volleyball player Taylor Evans ... history major.
Before BYU
Club/National: Played for the Players Volleyball Club for six years, including four years with Lexi Brown Patterson, a Cougar teammate ... coached by her parents David and Lori Richards ... U.S. Junior National Team member ... 2002 U.S. National A2 Team member.
High School: Four-year letterwinner at Timpanogos High School in Orem, Utah ... led her team to the 5A state title as a junior and runner-up finish as a senior ... she was a two-time Volleyball Magazine Paul Mitchell High School All-America First-Team selection ... a four-year starter and three-year team captain at Timpanogos, she earned state MVP and Gatorade Utah Player of the Year honors as both a junior and senior and was a three-time first-team all-state selection ... she was first-team all-region and team MVP as a freshman ... a versatile player, she played outside hitter in high school and setter for the U.S. Junior National Team, where she competed against international competition ... Volleyball Magazine "Fab 50" selection and tabbed the No. 12 prospect in the nation ... coached by Angie Roberts ... an honor roll student ... she was recruited by 2000 national champion Nebraska and top-20 programs UCLA, Long Beach State, Stanford, Colorado State and Utah.
Stats
2005 SEASON & CAREER MATCH HIGHSKills Season: 6 (three times) Career: 20 at Long Beach St., 11/25/01Hitting Percentage Season: .800 vs. San Diego St., 10/21/05 Career: sameAssists Season: 62 (twice) Career: 65 vs. Saint Louis, 9/6/03Digs Season: 15 vs. UNLV, 10/22/05 Career: same (twice)Total Blocks Season: 9 vs. Kansas, 9/2/05 Career: 13 vs. Colorado State, 11/12/04Aces Season: 4 at Wyoming, 10/8/05 Career: 8 vs. Air Force, 11/20/03YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICSYear MP-GP K E A Pct. Ast. SA SE RE Dig BS BA TB BE BHE2001 19-63 150 100 368 .136 6 0 0 2 21 5 21 26 9 22002 REDSHIRT2003 33-118 177 82 447 .213 1344 50 96 2 241 10 89 99 18 852004 30-113 145 67 351 .222 1407 56 109 1 235 11 97 108 15 612005 28-99 85 40 209 .215 1299 31 81 0 217 10 84 94 7 42Total 110-393 580 289 1375 .212 4056 137 286 5 714 36 291 327 49 19MATCH-BY-MATCH STATISTICS BYU Cougars 2005 Individual Match-by-Match All matches # 5 EVANS, Lauren |-------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |-------BLOCK------| GEN Team Date Opponent GP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Hit% Score Aug 27, 2005 at Nevada.............. 5 2 2 6 .000 44 3 4 0 14 0 5 1 5.0 0 .167 3-2 Sep 01, 2005 MONTANA STATE.......... 3 3 1 6 .333 45 1 4 0 9 0 4 0 4.0 0 .326 3-0 Sep 02, 2005 KANSAS................. 4 3 1 8 .250 62 0 2 0 4 0 9 0 9.0 1 .329 3-1 09/07/05 at Idaho State......... 3 2 1 7 .143 46 1 4 0 11 0 2 0 2.0 0 .294 3-0 Sep 10, 2005 UTAH STATE AGGIES...... 4 3 2 8 .125 58 3 5 0 5 0 4 1 4.0 4 .383 3-1 Sep 16, 2005 vs Duke................ 5 2 3 7 -.143 60 2 4 0 12 0 2 0 2.0 0 .194 3-2 Sep 17, 2005 vs Ohio State.......... 1 0 1 2 -.500 11 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 .310 3-2 Sep 23, 2005 at New Mexico.......... 5 3 3 8 .000 54 2 3 0 4 0 5 1 5.0 3 .348 3-2 Sep 24, 2005 at Air Force........... 4 2 2 7 .000 54 3 2 0 6 0 4 0 4.0 0 .226 3-2 Sep 28, 2005 UTAH................... 4 3 1 8 .250 52 3 3 0 10 1 4 0 5.0 2 .230 3-1 Sep 30, 2005 TCU HORNED FROGS....... 2 0 0 0 .000 23 1 2 0 8 1 0 0 1.0 1 .360 3-0 Oct 07, 2005 at Colorado State...... 3 2 0 7 .286 39 1 4 0 9 2 3 0 5.0 3 .222 3-0 Oct 08, 2005 at Wyoming Cowgirls.... 3 4 1 6 .500 52 4 2 0 3 0 2 0 2.0 0 .354 3-0 Oct 14, 2005 AIR FORCE.............. 2 0 0 0 .000 17 0 2 0 5 0 1 0 1.0 1 .284 3-0 Oct 15, 2005 NEW MEXICO............. 3 6 1 7 .714 38 0 3 0 5 1 3 0 4.0 2 .424 3-0 Oct 21, 2005 SDSU AZTECS............ 3 4 0 5 .800 45 1 4 0 2 0 3 0 3.0 5 .414 3-0 Oct 22, 2005 UNLV REBELS............ 4 2 4 13 -.154 51 0 2 0 15 1 5 1 6.0 1 .122 3-1 Oct 25, 2005 at Weber State......... 3 3 0 5 .600 47 0 4 0 6 0 3 0 3.0 0 .304 3-0 Oct 28, 2005 at TCU Horned Frogs.... 4 6 2 13 .308 48 2 3 0 10 0 1 0 1.0 1 .200 3-1 Nov 04, 2005 at Utah................ 3 2 1 6 .167 41 1 3 0 6 1 1 0 2.0 1 .172 0-3 Nov 11, 2005 COLORADO STATE......... 5 6 4 16 .125 56 0 4 0 8 1 3 0 4.0 4 .256 2-3 Nov 12, 2005 WYOMING COWGIRLS....... 3 5 1 10 .400 50 0 3 0 12 1 3 1 4.0 2 .351 3-0 Nov 18, 2005 at SDSU AZTECS......... 3 4 1 7 .429 48 2 3 0 5 1 2 1 3.0 2 .379 3-0 Nov 19, 2005 at UNLV Rebels......... 4 4 2 10 .200 62 0 2 0 7 0 4 0 4.0 1 .335 3-1 Nov 24, 2005 vs TCU Horned Frogs.... 3 3 0 7 .429 26 0 2 0 8 0 2 0 2.0 2 .330 3-0 Nov 25, 2005 at UNLV Rebels......... 5 4 2 7 .286 58 1 0 0 9 0 3 0 3.0 4 .227 3-2 Nov 26, 2005 vs Utah................ 4 5 4 14 .071 53 0 3 0 12 0 2 1 2.0 0 .132 1-3 Dec 02, 2005 vs Pepperdine.......... 4 2 0 9 .222 59 0 2 0 9 0 4 0 4.0 2 .218 1-3 Totals.............................. 99 85 40 209 .215 1299 31 81 0 217 10 84 7 94.0 42 Games played: 99 Kills per game: 0.86 Assists per game: 13.12 Service aces per game: 0.31 Digs per game: 2.19 Blocks per game: 0.95 BYU Cougars 2004 Individual Match-by-Match All matches # 5 RICHARDS, Lauren |-------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |-------BLOCK------| GEN Team Date Opponent GP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Hit% Score Sep 03, 2004 vs Quinnipiac.......... 3 3 1 7 .286 38 6 3 0 3 0 1 2 1.0 0 .283 3-0 Sep 04, 2004 vs Rutgers............. 5 7 3 17 .235 62 1 4 0 6 0 3 0 3.0 2 .354 3-2 Sep 04, 2004 at Penn State.......... 4 8 4 20 .200 46 0 0 0 13 0 1 1 1.0 1 .128 1-3 Sep 10, 2004 MEMPHIS TIGERS......... 3 1 2 3 -.333 40 2 5 0 4 0 3 0 3.0 1 .392 3-0 Sep 11, 2004 OKLAHOMA............... 5 8 2 14 .429 56 4 3 0 12 0 3 0 3.0 7 .259 2-3 Sep 11, 2004 U OF CENTRAL FLORIDA... 3 2 0 3 .667 30 3 2 0 6 0 0 0 0.0 2 .400 3-0 Sep 17, 2004 NORTHERN COLORADO...... 4 4 4 9 .000 52 2 5 0 6 0 2 1 2.0 2 .304 3-1 Sep 17, 2004 SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE... 5 7 4 16 .188 56 2 6 0 8 0 4 2 4.0 3 .308 2-3 Sep 18, 2004 UCLA BRUINS............ 4 10 6 25 .160 47 2 6 0 12 1 0 1 1.0 0 .212 1-3 Sep 24, 2004 UNIV. OF UTAH.......... 4 5 5 18 .000 46 2 6 0 14 0 5 0 5.0 4 .157 1-3 Sep 28, 2004 at Utah State.......... 5 7 4 23 .130 61 4 5 0 6 1 6 2 7.0 4 .178 2-3 Sep 30, 2004 at New Mexico.......... 3 2 0 5 .400 37 2 1 0 5 1 4 1 5.0 3 .372 3-0 Oct 02, 2004 at Air Force........... 3 7 0 10 .700 43 0 3 0 9 0 2 0 2.0 0 .405 3-0 Oct 05, 2004 WEBER STATE WILDCATS... 3 4 1 7 .429 41 4 3 0 8 0 1 1 1.0 1 .489 3-0 Oct 08, 2004 SAN DIEGO AZTECS....... 3 4 3 10 .100 35 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 2.0 3 .348 3-0 Oct 09, 2004 UNLV................... 4 5 3 13 .154 48 2 4 0 12 0 3 0 3.0 4 .254 3-1 Oct 15, 2004 at Wyoming Cowgirls.... 4 10 2 16 .500 55 0 8 0 8 0 5 0 5.0 2 .270 1-3 Oct 16, 2004 at Colorado State...... 3 3 4 14 -.071 28 1 4 0 10 1 1 1 2.0 2 .147 0-3 Oct 20, 2004 NOTRE DAME............. 5 6 4 20 .100 62 1 3 0 14 0 6 0 6.0 3 .254 3-2 Oct 23, 2004 at Univ. of Utah....... 3 1 1 8 .000 32 1 4 0 4 0 3 1 3.0 0 .217 0-3 Oct 26, 2004 at Utah Valley......... 4 4 1 8 .375 61 4 6 1 13 0 3 0 3.0 3 .286 3-1 Oct 29, 2004 AIR FORCE.............. 3 2 1 3 .333 32 0 3 0 3 0 5 0 5.0 1 .402 3-0 Oct 30, 2004 NEW MEXICO............. 4 3 0 9 .333 57 1 6 0 10 0 4 0 4.0 1 .305 3-1 Nov 05, 2004 at UNLV................ 5 5 1 9 .444 61 3 3 0 11 1 4 0 5.0 0 .266 3-2 Nov 6, 2004 at San Diego Aztecs.... 3 3 2 6 .167 48 0 3 0 5 2 2 0 4.0 1 .327 3-0 Nov 12, 2004 COLORADO STATE......... 5 7 5 20 .100 48 3 2 0 7 1 12 1 13.0 1 .211 2-3 Nov 13, 2004 WYOMING COWGIRLS....... 3 3 2 8 .125 48 1 4 0 6 1 4 0 5.0 4 .374 3-0 Nov 18, 2004 vs San Diego Aztecs.... 3 3 1 11 .182 47 0 1 0 8 1 3 0 4.0 3 .341 3-0 Nov 19, 2004 at Colorado State...... 4 3 0 9 .333 44 2 1 0 3 1 3 0 4.0 1 .143 1-3 Nov 26, 2004 EASTERN WASHINGTON..... 3 8 1 10 .700 46 2 4 0 7 0 2 1 2.0 2 .320 3-0 Totals..............................113 145 67 351 .222 1407 56 109 1 235 11 97 15 108.0 61 Games played: 113 Kills per game: 1.28 Assists per game: 12.45 Service aces per game: 0.50 Digs per game: 2.08 Blocks per game: 0.96 BYU Cougars 2003 Individual Match-by-Match All matches # 5 RICHARDS, Lauren |-------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |-------BLOCK------| GEN Date Opponent GP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Aug 29, 2003 vs AMERICAN............ 4 6 3 15 .200 41 2 3 0 12 0 1 1 1.0 0 Aug 29, 2003 vs RUTGERS............. 3 4 3 9 .111 42 2 1 0 3 1 1 1 2.0 2 Aug 30, 2003 at FLORIDA............. 3 6 5 16 .062 23 1 1 0 10 0 2 2 2.0 1 09-05-03 vs Arkansas............ 5 11 1 19 .526 48 1 4 0 6 1 1 1 2.0 6 09-05-03 vs North Texas......... 4 4 4 20 .000 44 1 1 0 13 0 2 0 2.0 1 09-06-03 vs Saint Louis......... 4 8 2 16 .375 65 1 4 0 5 0 3 0 3.0 5 09-06-03 at SMS................. 3 5 5 19 .000 33 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 1.0 1 Sep 12, 2003 OHIO STATE............. 4 7 2 12 .417 41 5 6 0 9 1 4 0 5.0 3 Sep 13, 2003 RICE................... 4 6 2 17 .235 52 1 4 0 10 0 4 0 4.0 2 Sep 13, 2003 PENN STATE............. 5 8 5 18 .167 55 1 4 0 11 1 5 1 6.0 4 Sep 19, 2003 UTAH VALLEY............ 3 4 1 10 .300 42 1 4 0 2 0 4 0 4.0 2 Sep 20, 2003 NEVADA................. 3 6 2 15 .267 35 1 5 0 11 1 2 0 3.0 3 Sep 26, 2003 COLORADO STATE......... 3 1 4 10 -.300 25 0 4 0 10 0 2 1 2.0 3 Sep 27, 2003 WYOMING................ 3 5 2 12 .250 38 2 3 0 3 0 2 1 2.0 3 Oct 02, 2003 at New Mexico.......... 3 3 3 6 .000 32 1 2 0 5 0 2 0 2.0 3 Oct 03, 2003 at Air Force........... 5 7 2 10 .500 54 1 5 0 5 1 6 1 7.0 2 Oct 07, 2003 at Weber State......... 4 7 3 14 .286 46 3 5 0 6 0 4 0 4.0 7 Oct 10, 2003 UTAH................... 4 8 4 15 .267 46 1 3 0 6 0 0 1 0.0 1 Oct 17, 2003 SAN DIEGO STATE........ 5 8 4 25 .160 50 1 2 0 10 0 5 2 5.0 4 Oct 18, 2003 UNLV................... 3 8 1 13 .538 46 0 2 0 8 0 2 0 2.0 2 Oct 24, 2003 at Wyoming............. 4 8 3 17 .294 41 1 2 0 7 0 5 0 5.0 0 Oct 25, 2003 at Colorado State...... 3 3 1 14 .143 32 0 2 0 5 0 2 0 2.0 2 Oct 31, 2003 NEW MEXICO............. 3 2 0 10 .200 42 2 3 1 3 1 2 1 3.0 1 Nov 01, 2003 AIR FORCE.............. 3 6 2 14 .286 34 0 2 1 4 0 3 0 3.0 0 Nov 07, 2003 at Utah................ 4 5 3 21 .095 41 0 1 0 11 0 2 0 2.0 4 Nov 14, 2003 at UNLV................ 3 2 0 3 .667 28 4 2 0 6 0 2 0 2.0 2 Nov 15, 2003 at San Diego State..... 3 6 0 9 .667 40 0 2 0 6 0 5 0 5.0 3 Nov 20, 2003 vs Air Force........... 3 5 1 9 .444 38 8 3 0 4 0 5 1 5.0 2 Nov 21, 2003 vs Utah................ 3 0 5 7 -.714 18 2 5 0 9 1 1 0 2.0 2 Nov 25, 2003 UTAH STATE AGGIES...... 5 3 5 18 -.111 62 0 3 0 15 0 5 2 5.0 4 Nov 28, 2003 EASTERN MICHIGAN....... 3 5 2 13 .231 40 3 3 0 4 1 0 0 1.0 6 Dec 04, 2003 vs New Mexico State.... 3 4 1 5 .600 36 4 3 0 10 1 2 0 3.0 1 Dec 05, 2003 at Hawai`i............. 3 6 1 16 .312 34 0 0 0 8 0 2 2 2.0 3 Totals..............................118 177 82 447 .213 1344 50 96 2 241 10 89 18 99.0 85 Games played: 118 Kills per game: 1.50 Assists per game: 11.39 Service aces per game: 0.42 Digs per game: 2.04 Blocks per game: 0.84 BYU Cougars 2001 Individual Match-by-Match All matches #11 RICHARDS, Lauren |-------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |-------BLOCK------| GEN Team Date Opponent GP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Hit% Oct 05, 2001 at Wyoming Cowgirls.... 3 7 5 17 .118 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 .211 Oct 06, 2001 at Colorado State...... 3 1 5 10 -.400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 .181 Oct 12, 2001 SDS AZTECS............. 4 10 8 24 .083 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.0 0 .165 Oct 13, 2001 UNLV REBELS............ 3 5 4 13 .077 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.0 0 .228 Oct 16, 2001 USU AGGIES............. 3 12 3 22 .409 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 .268 Oct 19, 2001 at Utah Utes........... 5 6 9 21 -.143 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2.0 0 .180 10-25-01 at Sacramento State.... 4 10 7 27 .111 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2.0 0 .259 Oct 26, 2001 at Air Force Falcons... 3 6 4 13 .154 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2.0 0 .319 Oct 27, 2001 at New Mexico Lobos.... 3 9 5 19 .211 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 0 .355 Oct 30, 2001 at Weber State......... 4 12 6 25 .240 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2.0 0 .280 Nov 02, 2001 COLORADO STATE......... 3 9 6 28 .107 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 .220 Nov 03, 2001 WYOMING COWGIRLS....... 1 0 1 2 -.500 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 0 .294 Nov 09, 2001 at UNLV Rebels......... 4 6 5 21 .048 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 2 4.0 0 .275 Nov 10, 2001 at San Diego St Aztecs. 3 12 4 17 .471 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 4.0 1 .273 Nov 15, 2001 WYOMING COWGIRLS....... 1 1 1 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.0 0 .432 Nov 16, 2001 UTAH UTES.............. 3 0 5 11 -.455 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1.0 1 .231 Nov 23, 2001 vs Cal Poly............ 4 11 6 23 .217 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 .229 Nov 24, 2001 at Long Beach State.... 4 20 6 43 .326 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 4.0 0 .189 Nov 29, 2001 vs USU Aggies.......... 5 13 10 30 .100 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0.0 0 .182 Totals.............................. 63 150 100 368 .136 6 0 0 2 21 5 21 9 26.0 2 .251 Games played: 63 Kills per game: 2.38 Assists per game: 0.10 Digs per game: 0.33 Blocks per game: 0.41