Henrik Falck Lauten Season 2020

2020 • REDSHIRT SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Named All-EIVA honorable mention...Named EIVA Offensive Player of the Week (3/2)...Earned Academic All-Big Ten team honors. 

Season: Played in 19 matches and 45 total sets...Started 12 matches, including last 11 of the season...Showcased solid all-around skill set with 96 kills, 129.0 points, 60 digs, and 32 blocks...Led team with .972 serve-receive percentage on 218 attempts...Had 10 matches with at least five kills...Completed season with 11-straight games with at least one dig...Season shortened and no championship held due to COVID-19 pandemic.

at No. 3 BYU: Started opening match of the season with eight kills and .353 hitting percentage. vs. No. 5 Long Beach (2/7): Recorded second career double-double with 10 kills and 10 digs...Also had career best five service aces. vs. No. 3 UC Santa Barbara: Set season high with 12 kills and added nine digs. at Saint Francis (2/25): Hit season best .529 with 11 kills (11-2-27) in three-set sweep...Set tone for match with five-point service run to pull away late in first set. No. 15 George Mason: Had another efficient outing hitting .500 with nine kills and four blocks to be named EIVA Offensive Player of the Week.

2019 • REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Named EIVA Newcomer of the Year…Chosen to EIVA All-Tournament Team…Selected to All-EIVA Second Team…Awarded EIVA Defensive Player of the Week (3/25). 

Season: Was only Nittany Lion to play in all 30 matches…Recorded team-best 261 kills with a .250 hitting percentage…Ranked second on team with 147 digs…Tied for second on team with 53 blocks…Tallied 23 service aces…Posted at least five kills in 25 outings and double-digit kills in 14 matches…Gathered 86 kills in a seven-match span while hitting .360 (3/1-19)…Had at least one dig in 28 matches…Finished the season with 41 digs in the last six matches. 

Rankings: Ranked sixth in EIVA with 261 kills and 147 digs…Ranked seventh in EIVA with 312.0 points. 

at No. 8 Ohio State (1/5): Started in Penn State debut. No. 4 BYU (1/18): Recorded first double-digit kill match with 12 to go with five digs, four blocks and two aces. at No. 7 Loyola Chicago (2/2): Posted double-double with 11 kills and 10 digs. NJIT (3/2): Set season high with 18 kills while hitting .538 in four-set win…Had eight digs. Ohio State (3/19): Recorded eight digs and went 16-for-17 on serve receive for EIVA Defensive Player of the Week…Tallied 10 kills while swinging at .500. vs. George Mason (4/18): Collected 14 kills, 16.0 points and eight digs in five-set win in EIVA semifinals. 

2018 • JUNIOR SEASON
Season: Utilized redshirt.

2016-17 • WARNER UNIVERSITY
Helped Royals to back-to-back third-place finishes in the NAIA National Invitational 2016-17…Earned AVCA NAIA All-America Honorable Mention as an outside hitter in 2017…Named 2017 All-Sun Conference first-team performer…Had 247 kills with a .274 hitting percentage in 2017…Named 2016 Sun Conference Newcomer of the Year. 

BEFORE PENN STATE
Rostered on the Norwegian National Team since 2016…Played for Norwegian Junior National from 2010-16…Won the 2014 U19 Northern European Volleyball Zonal Association (NEVZA) Championship for Scandinavia and Northern Europe…Was a letterwinner at Wang Toppidrett in Oslo, Norway…Won the U19 Norwegian Indoor and Beach Championships in 2014…Played for Koll IL Club…Helped team to fifth-place finish in the U20 division and ninth in the U22 division at the 2014 CEV U20 Beach Volleyball European Championships.

PERSONAL 
Full name is Henrik Falck Lauten…Parents are Bente Falck Lauten and Harald Lauten…Has two sisters, Kristiane and Natalie…Earned master's degree in management and organizational leadership May 2020...Graduated with a bachelors' degree in economics in 2019…Born November 1, 1995, in Drammen, Norway.