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Returns as the team's top defensive specialist ...An extreme competitor and the hardest worker on the team...Has improved all aspects of her game over the off-season and expected to play a key role in the team's success in 2001...Excellent leadership qualities.
2001 - Played in 120 games during the season (35 matches) as a defensive specialist ... Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention selection ... Averaged 1.48 digs per game ... Played back row for middle blocker Sara McGee ... Had nine digs against Nebraska (12/13) in championship semi ... Tallied a season-high 10 digs twice this year (at California, 9/28 and vs. Sac State, 10/30 ... Has 16 service aces this year ... Notched a season-high two service aces three times during the year (vs. OSU, 10/5, vs. Washington, 10/19 and vs. Sac State, 10/30 ... Averaged 0.13 service aces per game ... Her 164 digs this year ranks fifth on the squad ... Had 10 or more digs on two occasions ... Recorded her first kill of the season against Washington (10/19).
As a Junior in 2000 - 
Played in all 31 matches this season (109 games) ... All-Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention selection ... Averaged 1.61 digs per game ... Notched a season-high 11 digs at Utah (9/5) ... Had 17 service aces on the season - good for third on the team ... Tallied three service aces vs. Oregon (9/14) and Arizona State (10/27) ... Averaged 0.17 service aces per game ... had 174 digs on the year (fourth on squad) ... Had 10 or more digs on four occasions this season ... Had eight digs vs. UCSB (12/1).
As a Sophomore in 1999 - Picked up increased playing time as a defensive specialist, seeing action in 60 games ... Contributed 69 digs (1.15 dpg), seven service aces and a pair of kills ... Had a career-high nine digs at Texas (9/3) and tied a career-best with two service aces at Tulane (9/6) ... Picked up her first career kill at LSU (9/8) and added another vs. Utah (10/24).
As a Freshman in 1998 - A reserve defensive specialist ... Saw action in 43 games ... Appeared in her first NCAA Tournament match, contributing two digs and a service ace vs. Notre Dame (12/5) ... Registered a season-high six digs vs. Sacramento State (10/6).
Prep - Second Team All-Oregon and First Team All-League as a senior ... Led squad to a second-place finish at the state championships and was named to the all-state tournament Second Team...Team captain in her senior year ... Three-year member of the West Linn High School varsity squad ... Also a four-year member of the varsity basketball team ... Member of the National Honors Society and Language Honors Society ... Voted Scholar Athlete of the Year ... Participated in the high jump and long jump during sophomore year ...Played high school ball for Jim Kirby and club ball for Chris Stanley at Portland Volleyball Club.
Personal - Human Biology major ... Born April 8, 1980 ... Sister, Libba, will be a freshman volleyball player at Washington in 2000 ... Daughter of Jay and Lynn Lawrence ... Hobbies include reading.
Emily Lawrence Career Highs
- Kills: 1, four times, last vs. St. Mary's, 10/30/00
- Aces: 3, twice, last vs. ASU, 10/27/00
- Digs: 11, at Utah, 9/5/00
- Blocks: None
- Assists: 3, vs. St. Mary's, 10/30/00
Emily Lawrence Career Post-Season Statistics
| Year | G | K | KPG | E | TA | PCT | A | APG | SA | SE | SAPG | RE | DIG | DPG | BS | BA | TOT | BPG | BE | BHE |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 | .00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | .00 | 1 | 1 | .20 | 0 | 5 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 14 | 0 | .00 | 1 | 1 | -1.000 | 0 | .00 | 1 | 2 | .07 | 1 | 42 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 | .00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | .00 | 0 | 1 | .00 | 2 | 8 | 1.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25 | 0 | .00 | 1 | 1 | -1.000 | 0 | .00 | 2 | 4 | .10 | 3 | 55 | 2.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 0 | 0 |
Emily Lawrence Career Statistics
| Year | G | K | KPG | E | TA | PCT | A | APG | SA | SE | SAPG | RE | DIG | DPG | BS | BA | TOT | BPG | BE | BHE |
| 1998 | 43 | 0 | .00 | 2 | 3 | -.667 | 5 | .12 | 6 | 7 | .14 | 2 | 46 | 1.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 0 | 2 |
| 1999 | 60 | 2 | .03 | 3 | 10 | -.100 | 3 | .05 | 7 | 11 | .12 | 11 | 69 | 1.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 109 | 2 | .02 | 7 | 26 | -.192 | 15 | .14 | 17 | 16 | .16 | 22 | 174 | 1.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 212 | 4 | .02 | 12 | 39 | -.205 | 23 | .11 | 30 | 34 | .14 | 35 | 289 | 1.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 0 | 3 |