Former Yucaipa High alumnus Lauren DeTurk is currently playing professional volleyball in Switzerland for the Saignelegier club team. DeTurk was offered the contract after playing at Northeastern University in Boston where she was Colonial Athletic Association 2008 Player Of the Year.
DeTurk is helping Saignelegier toward the “B” League championship which has already qualified for the Swiss Cup. There are three other Californians on her Saignelegier team: Kristin Kelly, Devon Sutherland and Emily Day. Their coach is Kevin Wray, a former assistant at Golden West College in Hun-tington Beach. There are a total of six American players on the Saignelegier team. “Lauren really enjoys it there and with the other English speaking girls, can travel around the country,” said DeTurk's mother, Betsy. According to Betsy DeTurk, her daughter signed a one-year contract and will return to America in April, when she will tryout for an Associated Volleyball Professionals beach team. She will ultimately return to Northeastern to complete her coursework for a biology degree. “It’s funny that the United States has some of the best Olympic volleyball, yet has no professional team leagues.”
Betsy DeTurk is the current boys junior varsity coach at Yucaipa High. She said that professional volleyball is very big around the world. “Six-figure salaries are common and in Russia, professional male players can earn $600,000 per season.”
After playing four years at Yucaipa High for coach Gail Diliberto, DeTurk earned a scholarship to Northeastern, a NCAA Division 1 school founded in 1898. Along with a number of All-League honors, DeTurk led Northeastern to the CAA League title in 2008 with a 12-2 record (19-11 overall). She was the sixth player in school history to surpass 1,000 kills and digs. Her 1,330 kills were third in school history. DeTurk was first team all-Colonial Athletic Association and East Region honorable mention.
She was a member of Northeastern’s track team, increasing her personal best in the javelin throw at every meet. She placed third in the javelin at the 2008 Eastern Regionals.
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