The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Ogbogu named to U.S. Olympic Volleyball Team
06.07.2021 | Volleyball
Former Longhorn All-American to represent the United States at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Volleyball alum Chiaka Ogbogu (2013-17) has been named to the U.S. Olympic Volleyball Roster for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, USA Volleyball announced Monday.
The USA Volleyball roster is pending approval from the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee.
Texas' all-time blocks leader, Ogbogu played in 115 career matches for the Longhorns and was named a first team All-American in 2014, 2015 and 2017.
This will mark the third-consecutive Olympic roster to feature a former Longhorn player. Rachael Adams help the U.S. to a Bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Destinee Hooker helped take home Silver in London in 2012, while Demetria Sance competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
U.S. Women's Roster for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
No. Name (Pos. Height, Hometown, College)
1 Micha Hancock (S, 5-11, Edmond, Okla., Penn State Univ.)
2 Jordyn Poulter (S, 6-2, Aurora, Colo., Univ. of Illinois)
4 Justine Wong Orantes (L, 5-6, Cypress, Calif., Univ. of Nebraska)
10 Jordan Larson (OH, 6-2, Hooper, Neb., Univ. of Nebraska)
11 Annie Drews (OPP, 6-4, Elkhart, Ind., Purdue Univ.)
12 Jordan Thompson (OPP, 6-4, Edina, Minn., Univ. of Cincinnati)
14 Michelle Bartsch-Hackley (OH, 6-3, Champaign, Ill., Univ. of Illinois)
15 Kim Hill (OH, 6-4, Portland, Ore., Pepperdine, Univ.)
16 Foluke Akinradewo Gunderson (M, 6-3, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Stanford Univ.)
22 Haleigh Washington (M, 6-3, Colorado Springs, Colo., Penn State Univ.)
23 Kelsey Robinson (OH, 6-2, Manhattan Beach, Calif., Univ. of Nebraska)
24 Chiaka Ogbogu (M, 6-2, Coppell, Texas, Univ. of Texas)
