Here is a more detailed introduction of our middle blocker Lauren Gibbemeyer, who has become a member of the Eczacıbaşı VitrA family a few months ago for the upcoming season!
Lauren Gibbemeyer was born in 1988 in Rhode Island, U.S. She is 187 cm tall and plays as middle blocker. Her volleyball journey began at Northern Lights Volleyball Club in her hometown Minnesota. During her college years Gibbemeyer played for the University of Minnesota. After she graduated she was asked to play for the United States National Team. Her professional volleyball career began when she started to play for the Japanese team TAB Queenseis in the 2011-2012 season. After playing one year in Japan, the successful middle blocker played for Robursport Pesaro for one season and then transferred to Lokomotiv Baku. After the first half of that season she wore the Imoco Volley Conegliano jersey. She played for Pomi Casalmaggiore from 2014 to 2017. She has won the Italian Cup last season with the Italian side Igor Gorgonzola Novara, where she played for one season.
In 2016, she has won the CEV Champions League and been the runner-up of the FIVB Club World Championship. Beside the international achievements she has reached, she has been a remarkable player in the Italian League by winning the national championship once (2014-2015), the Italian Cup once (2017-2018) and the Italian Super Cup twice (2015, 2017). Her successful club career has been throned by a gold medal at the 2015 World Grand Prix and 2018 FIVB Volleyball Nations League.
