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2025-26 Women's Beach Volleyball Roster

3 Julia Lawrenz

3 Julia Lawrenz

  • Height:
    6-0
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Curitiba, Brazil
  • Prev School:
    Florida Southwest State College

Summary

Biography

2026 (Senior)

  • AVCA All-America second team.
  • All-Big West first team.
  • ACVCA Top Flight award.
  • OUTRIGGER Duke Kahanamoku Beach Classic Best Blocker Award
  • Anchored the No. 1 flight for the majority of the season with partner Izadora Stedile.
  • Finished the season with a 23-8 overall record, including a 21-7 mark at the of the order.
  • Led the team in overall wins (23) and winning percentage (.742). 
  • Started the season with a bang at the No. 2 flight, picking up wins over No. 6 Texas (2-1) and No. 1 UCLA on opening day.
  • Played the final 30 matches of the year at the No. 1 court.   
  • Went a perfect 6-0 during the Heineken Queen’s Cup to garner Big West Pair of the Week honors.
  • Also logged wins against the No. 1 pairs from No. 12 LSU at the East Meets West Invitational and versus No. 11 Long Beach State during the Big West Challenge.
  • Closed the season strong with seven wins in its last eight matches.  
  • Posted six wins in matches that went to a deciding third set.


2025 (Junior)

  • All-Big West honorable mention.
  • Earned all-conference mention despite missing a stretch of nine straight matches near the tail end of the season. 
  • Went 13-6 in her final 19 matches of the year.
  • Finished the season with a 13-13 overall mark while playing at the top two flights
  • Played with two different partners.
  • Played 20 of 26 matches with Alana Embry as the pair went 13-7, highlighted by winning seven of nine matches at the No. 2 fight.
  • Played 11 matches at the top of the order, going 6-5.
  • Enjoyed a season-long six match win streak with Embry, including wins over ranked opponents Washington and FIU. 
  • Also picked up a three-set win over No. 11 LSU In the East Meets West Invitational. 
  • Started the season paired with Sydney Amiatu, playing six straight ranked opponents, including five in the Top 10.
  • Named academic all-Big West.
  • Named to the Big West Commissioners Honor Roll

2024 (Sophomore)

  • Competed in 21 matches.
  • Played the majority of those matches at the No. 3 flight, going 9-8.
  • Finished the year 10-11 overall.
  • Paired with Pani Napoleon in 18 of 21 matches and finished 10-8.
  • Enjoyed a season-long four-match win streak during the Queen’s Cup.
  • Sidelined for the final 13 matches of the season.
Prior to UH
  • Completed two years of indoor volleyball at Florida Southwestern State College.
  • Led the Buccaneers to their first-ever NJCAA national championship in 2022. 
  • An all-conference player on a squad that won  back-to-back Suncoast Conference championships.
  • Earned tournament MVP honors in her team's run to its first-ever FCSAA State Championship in 2022.
  • Named a Volleyball Magazine All-American. 
  • Helped FSSA to a fifth-place finish at the NJCAA nationals.
  • Named Battle at the Beach All-Tournament two years in a row.
  • Named to the NJCAA All-Academic first team and selected also as a CSC Academic All-American.
Prep
  • A 2020 graduate of Seb Dom Bosco High School in Curitiba, Brazil.
  • Trained with the Brazilian beach national team.
  • Won the 2020 Parana State Tournament.
  • Earned runner-up at the U21 Nationals.
  • During indoor volleyball, won multiple state championships, while being named MVP Of the 2018 state tournament.
  • Helped her squad to a third-place finish in the 2018 nationals. 
  • Earned multiple individual accolades as a middle blocker. 
Personal
  • Born in Curitiba, Brazil.
  • A food science and human nutrition major.
  • Has a brother and two sisters.
  • Parents are Luiziana Gondim Vieira Lawrenz and Andre Dias Lawrenz of Curitiba, Brazil.

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