Nick Battenberg

Position:
Middle Attacker
Height:
6-6
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Ballwin, Mo.
High School:
Lafayette

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters in volleyball for coach Doug Ell at Lafayette . . . helped guide team to a 66-6 record over his career and state runner-up finishes as a junior and senior . . . graduated with the school record for blocks in a season with 110 his junior year . . . team’s leading scorer with 383 points as a senior . . . also earned two letters in basketball . . . played four years of club volleyball for the Missouri Thunder . . . helped lead his 18 Open team to a fifth-place finish at the 2008 USA Junior Olympic Volleyball Championships.

PERSONAL: Son of Rich and Mary Battenberg . . . has one brother and one sister . . . majoring in international business . . . born August 8, 1989 in Wildwood, Mo.