Lara Uyar

Position:
Defensive Specialist/Libero
Height:
5-2
Class:
Junior
High School:
Bogazici College
Hometown:
Izmir, Turkey
Prev School:
Wichita State

2024 (Senior): Played in 99 sets for East Carolina ... Led team in digs (348) and digs per set (3.52) ... Posted double-digit kills in 18 matches including a season-high 22 on two different occasions (at Campbell, South Florida) ... Named to American All-Academic Team.

2023 (Junior): Played in 98 sets over 31 matches ... Led the squad in digs per set (3.54) while slotting second in total digs (347) ... Posted double-digit digs in 18 matches ... Logged a career-high 25 digs at Tulsa ... Turned in a double-double of 10 assists and 20 digs in the Pirates' five-set win at Temple ... Notched 21 digs at Virginia Tech to help ECU record its first road win over a so-called "Power Five" conference since 2019 ... Registered a career-high four aces in East Carolina's road sweep of UAB.

Before East Carolina: Arrives in Greenville after beginning her collegiate career at fellow American Athletic Conference member Wichita State ... Played in 27 matches and 91 sets for the Shockers in 2022, making four starts and taking over as the team's top libero in late October ... Tallied 216 digs, averaging 2.37 per set ... Recorded her first career 20-dig performance in Wichita State's road win at Tulsa on Nov. 16 ... Collected a career-best five aces in the Shockers' victory over Tulane Nov. 11, tied for the most by any Wichita State player in 2022 ... Appeared in 21 matches and 79 sets as a freshman, notching 116 digs and reaching double figures in three matches.