Lara Vukasovic Class: Freshman Hometown: Zagreb, Croatia High School: XVIII Gymnasium Height: 6-5 Position: OH/MH Experience: HS

High School/Club Ball:

•Took first place at the Middle European Volleyball Zonal Association and third at the tournament of Alpe Adria in Pordenone

•Won the Five Cities Tournament in Budapest in 2009 and Vienna in 2010

•Finished third at the Trophy of Belgrade in 2010 and also 2011

•Won the Trophy of Zagreb in 2010 and 2011

•As a cadet with her club, HAOK Mladost, won three national championships in a row (2009, 2010, 2011)

Personal:

•Born in the south of France and speaks French and Croatian

•Grandmother and mother, Lada Snajder, both played volleyball in the first league of HAOK Mladost

•Father, Boris Vukasovic was a basketball player at KK Monting and was on the junior national team of the former Yugoslavia

•Notes her best travel experience was going to Palma de Mallorca with her team last year

•Grandfather started his sport career as a volleyball player in the first league of former Yugoslavia and ended as an track champion (400 and 200 meters), broke the Yugoslavian record 14 times and was champion on the World student championship