Laura Katarzynski
freshman I defensive specialist I winfield, illinois

Get to know laura
​What makes you love Northern Colorado Volleyball? Why did you choose UNC?
  • I love Northern Colorado Volleyball because it is something different from other colleges. All the girls get along so well, the intensity level is very high, and it is an amazing atmosphere. I chose UNC because I just had “that feeling” when I got here. I loved the campus. I loved the people. overall it was just amazing to feel so welcomed. It felt like a home away from home.
Do you like animals, if so do you have a favorite?
  • I like animals but my dad bred dogs so I was always around them. sometimes they are a little much for me but my favorite is a sugar glider.
If you had a superpower, what would it be? What would your superhero name be?
  • I would want to teleport anywhere and my name would be "Relocation".
What is your most embarrassing volleyball memory?
  • My freshman year I had gone to a lake house the weekend after our first day of school and we went on a boat, we were going pretty fast and hit a wave. I flew off my seat onto the ground, got 18 stitches on my eye and my whole first season I had to play with goggles and every student section would rip on me.
What is your favorite volleyball memory?
  • Winning JVA’s my junior year
What is your nickname? How’d you get it?
  • I never had one but if it were anything, it would be Laurakat, from my name.
WHO ARE YOUR ROLE MODELS IN LIFE AND WHY?
  • MY SISTERS BECAUSE I WAS ALWAYS ABLE TO LOOK UP TO THEM AND LEARN FROM THEIR MISTAKES.  ALSO, THEY ALWAYS HAVE IMPACTED PEOPLE’S LIFE IN A GREAT WAY. MY SISTERS GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO HELP PEOPLE WHO HAVE ISSUES AND ARE ALWAYS THERE FOR ANYONE. 
Who or what inspired you to play volleyball?
  • I kind of just grew into it. Watching all 4 of my older sisters my whole life just kind of made me love the game. When I would watch their games, I would always just get so into it and it just became a part of me.
If you could have a dinner party with anyone (past or present), who are three people you’d invite?
  • My grandma, my mom, and my dad
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
  • Probably still Chicago because all my family is there and I have such a big family that it would be hard to barely ever see them.
What is your favorite thing to do outside of volleyball in Greeley/Colorado?
  • Probably go to the mountains, like Estes Park or something.
What major are you studying, why’d you choose it?
  • I’m currently undecided but have lots of ideas. I really would like to be an athletic director or gym teacher. Or something completely differently like criminology.  I am all over the board.