2006-07: Her .553 field goal percentage was third-best in the history of the program ... Her 37 blocked shots finished second-best in school history ... Her .538 career field goal percentage is a school record ... Her 102 blocked shots are a school record/19th-best in MVC history ... Scored 17 points at Iowa in the season opener ... Tossed down 8-of-13 field goals with rebounds versus the Hawkeyes ... Scored 19 points in a 101-71 victory over Loyola (Ill.) ... Tacked on a career-high tying 11 rebounds versus the Ramblers to post her second career double-double ... Hit 5-of-10 shots from the field to score 14 points and pull down eight rebounds with a trio of assists in an 83-71 victory over Valparaiso in the State Farm Hoosier Classic ... Posted her third career double-double by scoring 20 points and pulling down 10 rebounds in a 69-56 victory over Youngstown State ... Posted 16 points at UW-Green Bay ... Paced the team with 14 points and 10 rebounds in a 53-51 victory at Toledo ... Connected on a pair of free throws with 4.8 seconds left to secure the road victory over the Rockets ... Posted another double-double with 16 points and 10 boards versus Longwood ... Her two points against Vanderbilt broke a streak of seven consecutive games in which she reached double figures scoring ... Scored 13 points in the MVC opener against Drake ... Scored 22 points against Creighton ... Set a new career-high with 23 points against Missouri State, hitting 9-of-15 shots from the field ... Tied her career-best with four blocked shots against the Lady Bears ... Posted her fifth double-double of the year with 18 points and 10 rebounds against Illinois State ... Paced the team with 19 points at Northern Iowa ... Connected on 6-of-9 shots to score 16 points in a 74-69 victory over Southern Illinois .. Scored a career-high tying 23 point against Evansville ... Named ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 5 First Team ... Third Team Academic All-America ... Prairie Farms MVC Scholar Athlete of the Year.
2005-06: Her 37 blocked shots placed her second in the school record books for an individual season ... Scored 17 points, by hitting 5-of-7 shots from the field and connecting on seven free throws in the Sycamores league opening win at Evansville ... Recorded nine rebounds and two blocked in the 79-69 victory over the Purple Aces ... Nominated for Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week (1/23) for her effort against contests against Wichita State and Missouri State ... Posted a career-best four blocked shots, while leading the team in scoring by scoring 14 points in the home court victory over the Bears ... Notched a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds during the Missouri Valley Conference Championship contest ... Hit 6-of-8 shots from the floor in scoring 12 points during a 70-59 victory at Bradley ... Scored seven points and recorded three blocked shots, including one shot in the game’s closing seconds, to secure a 75-71 road court victory over Illinois State ... Hit both of her field goal attempts to score four points in a 96-81 victory at Eastern Kentucky ... Averaged 5.4 points, 3.1 rebounds and a little over one blocked shot per game as a sophomore.
2004-05: Her 26 blocked shots are the ninth-most in a single-season in school history ... Scored six points in her collegiate debut at Miami (Ohio) ... Blocked two shots in the home opening win against Eastern Illinois ... Scored six points for the third time in her young career in a 66-59 win over Indiana ... Recorded eight points in the 91-64 win over Eastern Kentucky ... Led team with three blocked shots against EKU ... Scored a season-high 12 points in a win over William & Mary ... Named to the All-Image Depot Shootout team ... Honored as MVC’s Newcomer of the Week following her efforts against William & Mary as well as High Point ... Scored six points by hitting 3-of-6 shots from the field in a 78-66 win over Southern Illinois ... Scored nine key second-half points as she sparked a 15-2 run that helped ISU to a 79-71 victory over Drake ... Scored eight points by hitting 2-of-3 shots from the field and four free throws in a 75-56 win over Northern Iowa ... Posted nine points and five rebounds with a blocked shot against Illinois State ... Notched four points in a WNIT victory over Illinois.
Prep Career: Selected as Street and Smith’s Honorable Mention High School All-American in 2004 ... Averaged 20.0 points while bringing down 7.5 rebounds per game as a senior ... Received several postseason honors in 2004 including First Team All-State honors from the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association for the third time and Champaign News Gazette for the second ... Was second team all-stater for the Associated Press, and a third team member of the ST. Louis Post-Dispatch All-Metro squad ... Named to the Southern Illinois Coaches’ Association All-South team ... As a junior and senior was named the Belleville News-Democrat and Centralia Morning Sentinel Player of the Year ... A finalist for the Ms. Basketball Award in the state of Illinois ... Was first team All-Cahokia Conference all four years of high school ... Posted 24 points and 10 rebounds during the 2004 Illinois High School Girl’s All-Star game, taking Most Valuable Player honors ... Was the highlight of the game, as she dunked a volleyball, during the otherwise all-male Slam Dunk Competition ... Received the Team Leadership Award during the Illinois North/South All-Star Game ... Rudolphi averaged 23 points, 8.6 rebounds and 3.3 blocked shots per game for the 19-8 Carlyle squad in the 2002-03 season ... As a junior, Rudolphi sank 63 percent of her shots from the field ... She also made 78 percent of her free throws as the Indians reached the championship game of the Class A regional before being eliminated ... As a junior, she took All-State honors from The Associated Press Third Team, Illinois Basketball Coaches Association First Team as well as the Champaign New Gazette First Team ... Played for coach Angie Krebs at Carlyle High School ... Four-year basketball letterwinner as well as onetime golf letterwinner.
Personal: Born Laura Jean Rudolphi on September 23, 1985 to Charles and Jean Rudolphi in Carlyle, Ill. ... Comes from a sportsoriented family as she had one sister, Elaine Rudolphi, play collegiate basketball at Washington University (Mo.) and another sister, Patti Heard, play volleyball at McKendree College ... Her brother, Brian Rudolphi was a basketball player at McKendree in the mid-90s.
