TURLOCK, Calif.--- Stan State senior middle blocker Lauren Hamilton has been named the FloCollege/CCAA Defensive Player of the Week for Oct. 12-18 after helping the Warriors to a 1-1 record during their CCAA road trip to Menlo and Cal State Monterey Bay. The Turlock native recorded 13 total blocks, including three solo blocks, while averaging 1.44 blocks per set over nine sets. Hamilton also contributed 16 kills while hitting .375 as the Warriors rebounded from a five-set setback at Menlo to defeat Cal State Monterey Bay in four sets on Saturday.

Weekend Recap
Hamilton tied her season high with seven total blocks, all block assists, in Friday's five-set match at Menlo. The 6-foot-3 senior also recorded a season-high 12 kills on 23 attempts while hitting .391 and finished with 15.5 points. She followed with six total blocks, including three solo blocks and three block assists, in Saturday's four-set victory at Cal State Monterey Bay. Hamilton added four kills while hitting .333 as Stan State defeated the Otters 24-26, 25-22, 25-21, 25-15. The Warriors finished the weekend with 23.5 team blocks, averaging 2.61 blocks per set, while holding their opponents to a combined .192 hitting percentage.

CCAA Leaders
Hamilton ranks fifth in the CCAA with 68 total blocks, including 20 solo blocks and 48 block assists, averaging 0.97 blocks per set. She also ranks seventh in the conference in hitting percentage at .307, recording 117 kills on 277 attempts. Hamilton leads Stan State in both categories and has contributed 163 points in 70 sets this season.

Warrior Career
In her second season at Stan State after transferring from Utah State Eastern, Hamilton has recorded 121 total blocks, including 30 solo blocks and 91 block assists, in 33 matches. She is averaging 1.09 blocks per set during her Warrior career and has contributed 165 kills while hitting .310. Hamilton recorded 53 total blocks in 2025 before surpassing that total with 68 through 18 matches this season. She has also increased her offensive production from 48 kills in 2025 to 117 this season.

Warrior CCAA Players of the Week
Hamilton becomes the first Stan State volleyball player to earn FloCollege/CCAA Player of the Week honors this season and the eighth different Warrior to receive a conference weekly award since 2015. She joins Leah Mendoza and Malia Tanksley, who earned Defensive Player of the Week honors during the 2025 season. Mendoza received the award for Sept. 4-7, while Tanksley was honored twice, Sept. 22-28 and Nov. 10-17. During the Warriors' historic 2024 CCAA championship season, Gabby Rawson earned two Defensive Player of the Week awards, Alex Byrd received the honor twice and Autumn Kirby was recognized once.

Rawson earned three Defensive Player of the Week awards in 2023 and two in 2022. Other Stan State weekly honorees include Ellison Weaver, who was named Offensive Player of the Week in 2022, Alana Wilson-Reid in 2018 and Taylor Massengale in 2015, when the conference presented a single Player of the Week award. Hamilton's selection continues a stretch of Stan State defensive recognition, with Warriors earning at least one CCAA Defensive Player of the Week honor in each season since 2022.

Up Next
Hamilton and the Warriors (6-12) continue their final four-match road trip of the regular season this week at the CCAA Pod Weekend in San Bernardino. Stan State will face No. 9 Cal State San Bernardino on Thursday, Oct. 22, at 5 p.m. before taking on Cal State LA on Friday, Oct. 23, at 5 p.m. Both non-conference matches will be played at Coussoulis Arena and streamed live on FloCollege.

The Warriors return home Oct. 30-31 to host Central Valley rivals No. 4 Fresno Pacific and UC Merced, with both CCAA matches scheduled for 5 p.m. at the Ed & Bertha Fitzpatrick Arena.

Stan State will conclude the regular season the following weekend, hosting No. 9 Cal State San Bernardino on Friday, Nov. 6, at 5 p.m. before facing Cal State San Marcos on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 1 p.m. for Senior Day. Prior to Saturday's match, the Warriors will recognize five seniors: Hamilton, Leah Mendoza, Irene London, Emily Meyer and Maggie Olson. All four home matches will count toward the CCAA standings as Stan State looks to secure one of the seven berths in the 2026 CCAA Volleyball Tournament, beginning Nov. 10.