Upcoming Event: Women's Volleyball versus Arkansas on April 18, 2026 at 11:30 a.m. CT
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Jersey Number 2
Rachel Langs
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Fairview, Texas
- High School:
- Lovejoy HS
AWARDS & HONORS
- Named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 1, 2018) and Rookie of the Week (Oct. 15, 2018)
- 2018 Big 12 All-Rookie Team
- 2019 Preseason All-Big 12 Team
- 2019 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 22, 2021)
- 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- 2020-21 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2021 (SENIOR)
- Started and played in all 30 matches
- Tallied 161 kills and a team-high 131 blocks
- Career-high 10 blocks against TCU (Nov. 19)
- Reached double figures in points during 11 matches, including a season-high 13.5 points against Wake Forest (Nov. 3)
2020-21 (JUNIOR)
- Played in all 22 matches with 20 starts at middle blocker
- Recorded 111 kills and 65.0 total blocks
- Reached double-digit kills three-consecutive matches from Oct. 30-Nov. 14
- Four matches with double-digit points, including a season-high 14.0 points at Iowa State (Nov. 13)
2019 (SOPHOMORE)
- Played in 22 matches with 19 starts and appeared in 81 sets
- Finished with 93 total blocks and 132 kills, averaging 1.15 blocks per set and 1.63 kills per set
- Recorded double-digit kills in five matches and finished with a season-high 13 kills and .556 attack percentage against Kansas State Nov. 23, 2019
- Tallied a season-high seven blocks five times
2018 (FRESHMAN)
- Played in 25 matches (88 sets) with 19 starts, earning 128 kills and 110 blocks
- Her 110 blocks is tied for the 12th highest total in a season and her 1.36 blocks per set is the second-best average in a season
- Tallied a Kansas single-game record with 14 blocks at Oklahoma (Sept. 26), while earning her first career double-double with 10 kills
- Earned a season-high 14 kills and .591 attack percentage against Kansas State (Nov. 14)
- Finished with her second double-digit block performance against Baylor (10/Oct. 6)
- Made her collegiate debut in the second match of the season against Arkansas (Aug. 26), recording three kills and two blocks in two sets played
- Served her first-career ace with two blocks against College of Charleston (Aug. 31).
HIGH SCHOOL / CLUB
- Prepped at Lovejoy High School in Lucas, Texas — a northeast suburb of Dallas
- Member of the 2017-18 Under Armour All-America Third Team
- No. 62 on PrepVolleyball.com’s Senior Aces of 2018
- Played club with Texas Advantage Volleyball (TAV)
- Helped lead TAV to the USA Volleyball Girls’ Junior National Championship title in the 17 Open Division in July 2017
- Led Lovejoy High School to back-to-back District 15-5A championships in 2016 and 2017
- A two-time Class 5A all-state honoree and two-time all-district 15-5A honoree
- Voted the most outstanding blocker in District 15-5A in 2017
ACADEMICS
- Majoring in Speech-language-hearing at the University of Kansas
PERSONAL
- Daughter of Stark and Beth Langs
- Is the middle child between two siblings — an older sister, Sarah, and a younger brother, Jared
- Sister, Sarah, is a junior middle blocker at TCU for the 2018 season
- Father, Stark, played basketball at Brown and professionally in Europe for several years
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