THE OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA LIONS

A three-year starter on UNA volleyball teams from 2004-06, Laura Bellinger was a two-time All-American who helped lead the Lions to a 95-14 record in three seasons.

The Portage, Mich., native was a three-time first-team All-Gulf South Conference selection in 2004, 2005 and 2006, the GSC East Division Player of the Year in 2006, selected MVP of the 2006 GSC Tournament and was a three-time All-GSC Tournament pick from 2004-06. She was also a two-time GSC Player of the Week honoree in 2006.

She was a three-time AVCA All-South Central Region selection and two-time Daktronics all-region pick. In addition, she was named to the 2006 NCAA Division II South Central Region All-Tournament team and Elite Eight All-Tournament team.

Bellinger was a first-team All-America pick by the AVCA as a senior and was a second-team selection by Daktronics.
She was selected second-team All-American by both the AVCA and Daktronics as a junior.

She led the NCAA Division II in assists with 1,910 as a junior, ranked second in the nation in assists per game in 2005 (14.36), eighth in 2006 (13.04) and 22nd in 2004 (12.71). She finished her career with a 13.33 assist-per-game average.

A CoSIDA Academic All-District selection in 2006, Bellinger was voted the Alabama Sports Writers Association State Small College Athlete of the Year for 2006.

She helped lead the Lions to three straight GSC championships from 2004-06, and the 2006 team added a regional championship and finished as the national runner-up with a 35-6 record. The Lions had a 28-match winning streak before falling to Tampa in the national championship match, with 22 of those wins coming by 3-0 scores.

A 2006 UNA graduate with a degree in Public Relations, she later earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Rochester University and is a practicing RN. She currently works for OakMed as a hospital liaison injury specialist, assisting patients who have suffered traumatic or catastrophic injury, transition from hospital care to home care. She lives outside Detroit, Mich.