Former Loyola volleyball standout Lauren Mikos returns to Rogers Park for her second season on the Rambler bench as an assistant coach.

Mikos donned the Maroon and Gold as a player during the 2000 and 2001 seasons after transferring from Indiana State and made an immediate impact, helping the Ramblers to a 42-18 record in her two seasons, including a trip to the 2000 NCAA Tournament. She finished third on the team with 298 digs during the 2000 campaign before developing into the team's top offensive option as a senior, leading the team in both kills (356) and digs (303) while earning All-Horizon League First Team honors in addition to All-Tournament Team accolades as the Ramblers advanced to the conference championship match.

She has developed her coaching skills at both the high school and club levels, working as an assistant coach for the Elite Volleyball Program, headed by former Rambler head coach Therese Boyle-Niego, for the past four years. In addition, Mikos also served as the freshman head coach at national powerhouse Mother McAuley High School in 2002 and as an assistant for the Celtic Force Volleyball Club last season.

A native of Worth, Ill. and alumna of Mother McAuley, Mikos graduated Magna Cum Laude from Loyola with degrees in marketing and human resource management and currently resides in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood.