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Volleyball
at Mississippi State
2021 Volleyball Roster
Owokoniran, Ade
Jersey Number 8
Ade Owokoniran
- Position:
- Middle Blocker/Outside Hitter
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Raleigh, N.C.
Bio
Honors: All-ACC Academic Team (2020, 2021) ... AVCA All-East Coast Region (2020) ... All-ACC (2020) ... All-ACC Freshman Team (2018)
2021: Saw action in nearly every match as an outside hitter … Led the team with 311 kills, her most-productive season as a Blue Devil … Hit .243 percent and 3.3 kills/set for the season … Added 57 digs and four aces … Tallied eight solo blocks and 52 total blocks to rank third on the team … Picked up a career-high three solo blocks against Syracuse (11/21/21) … Became the 27th Blue Devil in program history to reach the 1,000-kill plateau … Finished her career with 1,109 kills to rank 23rd in Duke history … Earned All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Academic Honor Roll honors for her work in the classroom.
2020-21: Saw action in all but one contest throughout the year as an outside hitter … Named to the All-ACC Team and AVCA All-East Coast Region … Led the team with 243 kills … Picked up 110 digs as a six-rotation player most of the season … Added 50 total blocks at the net … Reached double-digit kills 16 times, including a season-high 19 against Notre Dame (April 2) … Named to the All-ACC Team and AVCA All-East Coast Region.
2019: Saw action in 25 matches … Led the team with 296 kills, 3.29 kills/set and a .223 hitting percentage … Tallied three games with 20 or more kills: 20 versus Michigan State, 22 at Syracuse and a season-high at Clemson … Picked up 42 total blocks … Tabbed ACC Co-Player of the Week in September after helping Duke to a 3-0 weekend at the Duke Invitational with 34 kills in just two games.
2018: Named to the All-ACC Freshman team … Totaled 259 kills as an outside hitter as a rookie … Ranked third on the team in kills with a 2.76 kills-per-set average … Garnered 14 matches with double-digit kills … Totaled a season-high 28 kills against Texas A&M Corpus Christi on September 1 … Tabbed 2018 Tiger Classic Best Attacker.
High School: Earned a spot on the USA volleyball junior national team, competing in Mexico June 2018 ... 2017 Northern Athletic Conference Player of the Year ... As a senior, totaled 421 kills on a .332 hitting percentage for Wakefield High School ... Under Armour All-American ... Totaled 400-plus kills and hit better than .300 each of her final two seasons ... Collecting all-conference, Raleigh Sports Club Athlete of the Week and MaxPreps Player of the Week honors ... Member of the French Honor Society and National Society of High School Scholars.Â
Personal: Born Adeola Rukayat Owokoniran on January 3, 2000 in Raleigh, N.C. ... Daughter of Ola and Angela Owokoniran ... Has an older sister (Lola) ... Sister played volleyball at George Mason (2011-15).
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