The 2014 Lady Buffs Volleyball team is led by senior Lauren Bevan, junior Lexi Davis, senior Kameryn Hayes and junior Jessica Johnson. The team is supported by their biggest fan, a young woman known to the team as “H-Baby.”
“She’s always been around,” Hayes said. “She stands with us on the bench at home games.”
Johnson added that H-Baby’s parents also do a lot for the team.
The players’ unifying chant this year is, “We are one.” In their huddles, one girl will say, “W,” and the others will respond with, “A-O,” spelling out the acronym for “We are one.”
The team hopes that by coming together, they can get to where they were last year or better.
The Lady Buffs return this season defending their 13th Regional Championship and Elite Eight appearance in 2013. Last season, the Lady Buffs had a 35-4 record with a 16-0 record in conference play.
“We have a completely different team this year,” Bevan said. “The skill is there, but coming together is going to be the hardest part, I think, and just making that team chemistry.”
They begin conference play on Sept. 13 against A&M-Kingsville.

Meet Lauren Bevan:

Bevan is a senior from Ventura, Calif. She is an outside hitter for the Lady Buffs and began playing when she was in ninth grade.
Bevan likes to ponder on many of life’s “What if…” questions.
“I have these, this is what they’re called, floating bodies. They’re like extra little things I have in my knee. They just get caught on things, they make things hurt. Then I wonder, what if there’s a whole world in my knee?”

Meet Lexi Davis:

Davis is a junior from Dumas, Texas. She is a middle blocker on the Lady Buffs volleyball team and has been playing since she was in eighth grade.
The Prairie asked: What was one of your childhod fears?
“I was really scared of the dude under the bed.”

Meet Kameryn Hayes:

Hayes is a senior right side hitter/setter for the Lady Buffs. She has been playing volleyball since she was in fifth grade and was named the 2014 Preseason Setter of the Year in the Lone Star Conference.
The Prairie asked: If you could have a super power, what would it be?
“I would fly, just because I think it’s cool.”

Meet Jessica Johnson:

Johnson is a junior middle blocker from Snowflake, Ariz. She started playing volleyball in seventh grade.
The Prairie asked: If you could be a super hero, who would you be?
“Spiderman would be pretty cool. You could just go from building to building, get to places fast, climb walls. Actually, can I teleport instead?”