The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2013 Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster

Chiaka Ogbogu
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Coppell
- Hometown:
- Coppell, Texas
- Major:
- Health Promotion
HONORS AND AWARDS
Became Texas’ all-time blocks leader on Friday, Dec. 8, passing Errica Hibben’s record set in 1992 ... Became Texas’ all-time block assist leader on Saturday, Nov .4, passing Molly McCage’s record set in 2015 … 2017 AVCA First-Team All-America … 2017 VolleyballMag.com First Team All-America … 2017 Big 12 Player of the Year … 2017 Southwest Region Player of the Year … 2017 All-Southwest Region Team… All-Big 12 First Team … Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 5) ... Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 16) ... Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 9) ... 2017 USD All-Tournament Team ... 2017 VERT Challenge All-Tournament Team ... selected to the 2017 U.S. Women’s Collegiate Team
2015 AVCA First-Team All-American … NCAA Austin Regional Most Valuable Player ... 2015 All-Big 12 First Team ... 2015 All-Southwest Region ... Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year ... Preseason All-Big 12 First Team ... earned Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week honors on Sept. 14 ... named to the Wildcat Classic All-Tournament Team ... named to the VERT Challenge All-Tournament Team
AVCA First Team All-American in 2014…2014 AVCA All-Region Team…2014 All-Big 12 First Team…named to the NCAA Division I All-Tournament Team…also earned Minneapolis Regional All-Tournament Team honors
Named to the AVCA All-America Second Team in 2013 ... earned AVCA Southwest Region Freshman of the Year honors ... named to the 2014 All-Big 12 First Team ... named 2013 Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Year ... earned spots on both the All-Big 12 First Team and All-Freshman Team in 2013 ... named to the 2013 AVCA All-Region Team ... three-time Big 12 Conference Rookie of the Week in 2013 (Sept. 30, Oct. 7, Nov. 25) ... earned 2012 AVCA, UnderArmour High School, Max Preps and PrepVolleyball.com All-America honors.
2017
Finished her senior season with a team-leading 174 blocks, the fifth-best mark in a single-season in Texas history, and 1.64 blocks/set, the second-best mark in history … posted 273 kills (2.58/set), leading the Longhorns with a .399 hitting percentage … recorded a season-high 16 kills versus Utah in the Regional Semifinal … registered a career-high 11 blocks at Kansas State … posted a career-high .917 hitting percentage versus Fairfield in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament (11-0-12).
2015
2015 AVCA First-Team All-American … Named the NCAA Austin Regional Most Valuable Player ... 2015 All-Big 12 First Team ... 2015 All-Southwest Region ... earned Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week honors on Sept. 14 ... named to the Wildcat Classic All-Tournament Team ... named to the VERT Challenge All-Tournament Team ... had four kills and three blocks vs. Nebraska (12-19-15) … recorded nine kills hitting .444 and four blocks vs. Minnesota (12-17-15) … finished with 15 kills on a .462 hitting percentage and three blocks vs. Florida (12-12-15) ... posted 13 kills hitting .478, four digs and four blocks vs. UCLA (12-11-15) ... had nine kills, eight digs and four blocks vs. Purdue (12-4-15) ... registered seven kills vs. Fairfield (12-3-15) ... recorded nine kills and six blocks at Oklahoma (11-27-15) ... posted a career-high 18 kills on a 643 hitting percentage, four digs and a team-high four blocks vs. Kansas State (11-21-15) ... had five kills and four blocks vs. Baylor (11-18-15) ... registered nine kills and five blocks at Iowa State (11-14-15) ... recorded eight kills and a team-high six blocks at Kansas (11-11-15) ... posted a season-high .750 hitting percentage on nine kills vs. West Virginia (11-5-15) ... had nine kills hitting .667 at Texas Tech (10-30-15) ... registered a team-high 10 kills and two blocks at TCU (10-28-15) ... recorded nine kills and a team-high five blocks vs. Kansas (10-23-15) ... posted five kills hitting .444 at Kansas State (10-21-15) ... had nine kills hitting .471 and a team-high eight blocks vs. Texas Tech (10-17-15) ... registered 12 kills hitting .346 and a career-high 10 blocks vs. Oklahoma (10-11-15) ... posted eight kills hitting .467 and three blocks at Baylor (10-7-15) ... recorded six kills and a team-high four blocks vs. Iowa State (10-3-15) ... had six kills and three blocks at West Virginia (9-25-15) ... recorded 13 kills hitting .417 and three blocks vs. TCU (9-23-15) ... matched her career-high with 15 kills, hitting .406 vs. New Mexico State (9-19-15) ... registered 10 kills, eight digs and seven blocks vs. Arizona (9-18-15) ... posted eight kills hitting .727 vs. Savannah State (9-18-15) ... added eight kills on a .727 hitting percentage with one ace vs. Colorado State (9-13-15) ... recorded a career-high 15 kills, hitting .609 while also adding five blocks vs. Santa Clara (9-11-15) ... matched her career-high with 14 kills vs. UTSA, hitting .583, also with five digs and five blocks (9-11-15) ... posted a season-high 10 kills and three blocks vs. Florida (9-5-15) ... added nine kills, two aces, seven blocks and three digs vs. Nebraska (9-4-15) ... had seven kills and four blocks against LSU (8-29-15) ... posted nine kills on a .500 hitting percentage, five blocks and one ace vs. UCI (8-29-15) ... recorded six kills, hitting .455 and four blocks in Texas’ season opener vs. Rice (8-28-15).
2014
Led the team in hitting percentage (.420)…finished third on the team with 213 kills…had 121 blocks on the season for the team’s second-best mark…posted 14 kills on a .500 hitting percentage and eight blocks in the semifinal match vs. BYU (Dec. 18)…had 10 kills and six blocks in the win over North Carolina in the regional final (Dec. 13)…recorded seven kills vs. Colorado State in the regional semifinal (Dec. 12)…helped the team advance to NCAA semi-finals over Arizona State (Dec. 5) by tying for team lead in kills (10), while hitting a career-high .714 ... added nine kills, six blocks, three service aces and four digs vs. Northwestern State (Dec. 4) ... contributed seven kills and seven blocks against No. 8 Florida (Nov. 29) ... totaled nine kills and five blocks at TCU (Nov. 26) ... notched five kills and four blocks against Kansas (Nov. 22) ... recorded 14 kills and four digs at Baylor (no. 19) ... had 12 kils for .526 and added one service ace, two digs and two blocks at No. 24 Oklahoma (Nov. 15) ... totaled three kills, two digs and one block vs. West Virginia (Nov. 12) ... went 6-1-8 for 11 points and added six digs vs. No. 22 Kansas State (Nov. 7) ... recorded seven kills while hitting .636 and added three blocks, three digs and one service ace during a 3-0 sweep at Texas Tech (Nov. 5) ... went 11-2-9 for 18.5 points, and had two digs and one assist at Iowa State (Nov. 2) ... posted eight kills, five blocks, one solo block, one assist and one dig vs. Oklahoma (Oct. 25) ... contributed five kills, four blocks and two digs vs. TCU (Oct. 22) ... added six kills, one assist, three digs and two blocks at No. 25 Kansas State ... collected nine kills, three blocks, three digs and one servie ace vs. Texas Tech (Oct. 9) ... finished with seven kills, five blocks, and two digs vs. Baylor (Oct. 7) ... totaled eight kills, four blocks and seven digs at Kansas (Oct. 5) ... had four blocks, two digs, four kills and one assist vs. Iowa State (Oct. 1) ... led the team in blocks (8) while adding nine kills and one dig in the Big 12 opener at West Virgina (Sept. 24) ... posted four blocks, five kills and three digs at No. 9 Nebraska (Sept. 20) ... totaled 10.5 points, 11 kills, 10 blocks, eight digs and three service aces in the 26 West Longhorn Classic ... lead the team in kills (11) and blocks (9) while adding one dig at No. 11 Florida (Sept. 6) ... recorded five kills, four digs and three blocks at New Mexico (Aug. 30) ... posted four kills and three blocks in the season opener vs. UTEP (Aug. 29).
2013
She made six starts in 24 matches, recording 146 kills (1.74 kps) while hitting .389 with 18 digs (0.21 dps), 91.0 blocks (1.08 bps) and 195.0 points (2.32 pps) ... ranked second in the league in hitting percentage in Big 12-only matches (.386) and overall matches (.390) … recorded five kills and five block assists against No. 13 Wisconsin (Dec. 19) in the national semifinal ... had seven kills while hitting .263 with four block assists in the sweep at No. 9 Nebraska (Dec. 14) in the NCAA Regional Championship … tied her career best with 11 kills to go with .786 hitting percentage in the win against American in the NCAA Lincoln Regional semifinal (Dec. 13) … recorded five kills and five block assists in the NCAA Tournament Second Round four-set win over Texas A&M (Dec. 6) … added one kill and two block assists in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against Texas State (Dec. 5) finished with three kills and three blocks in regular-season finale against Baylor (Nov. 30) … tallied five kills and five blocks at No. 25 Iowa State (Nov. 27) … hit .600 with seven kills and four blocks in 3-0 win over Kansas State (Nov. 23) … led the team with seven blocks and three kills in the sweep over West Virginia (Nov. 21) … went 5-0-6 for a .833 hitting percentage with four blocks at Texas Tech (Nov. 16) … totaled three blocks, two kills and one dig against No. 24 Kansas (Nov. 11) … tallied eight kills and three blocks in four sets at No. 25 Oklahoma (Nov. 2) … added seven kills, two blocks and two digs in the win over TCU (Oct. 30) … hit .500 (7-1-12) with three blocks at Kansas State (Oct. 26) … posted five kills and four blocks at West Virginia (Oct. 23) … hit .462 with eight kills at Kansas (Oct. 12) … had eight kills to go with one dig against Texas Tech (Oct. 9) … was 11-1-18 (.556) with two blocks at LSU (Oct. 5) … recorded 10 kills and six blocks at Baylor (Oct. 2) … finished 9-2-17 (.412) with four blocks against Oklahoma (Sept. 28) … totaled six kills and two blocks at TCU (Sept. 25) … had seven kills on a .429 hitting percentage versus No. 12 Nebraska (Sept. 22) … in her first appearance as a Longhorn, she went 9-1-17 for a .471 hitting percentage with six total blocks at No. 14 Illinois (Sept. 14).
BEFORE TEXAS
Competed in the All-America match played in December at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville alongside teammate Chloe Collins ... named 2012 Gatorade Texas Volleyball Player of the Year and 2012-13 4A-5A Player of the Year by the Texas Girls Coaches Association ... named to the 2012 Volleyball Magazine/Rox 25 Underclassmen to Watch ... led Coppell to back-to-back Texas 5A state championships in 2011 and 2012 ... recorded a match-high 24 kills while hitting .365 with six blocks (three solo) in the 2012 five-set state title match against New Braunfels ... earned all-tournament team honors at the state championship as a senior ... tallied 486 kills and 144 blocks while posting a .555 hitting percentage during her senior campaign ... named to the 2011 AAU All-American team.
PERSONAL
Full name is Chiaka Sylvia Ogbogu ... born April 15, 1995 in Newark, N.J. before moving to Coppell, Texas ... parents are Henry and Victoria ... has two younger brothers, Obi and Nnamdi .. Majoring in Health Promotion with a minor in Human Development and Family Sciences.
MP |
SP |
K |
KPS |
TA |
PCT |
A |
APS |
SA |
SAPS |
DIG |
DPS |
BS |
BA |
TB |
BPS |
PTS |
PPS |
|
2013 |
24 |
84 |
146 |
1.74 |
288 |
.389 |
1 |
0.01 |
0 |
0.00 |
18 |
0.21 |
7 |
84 |
91 |
1.08 |
195.0 |
2.32 |
2014 |
29 |
102 |
213 |
2.09 |
412 |
.420 |
5 |
0.05 |
17 |
0.17 |
69 |
0.68 |
15 |
121 |
136 |
1.33 |
305.5 |
3.00 |
2015 |
33 |
114 |
315 |
2.76 |
617 |
.402 |
4 |
0.04 |
11 |
0.10 |
67 |
0.59 |
9 |
127 |
136 |
1.19 |
398.5 |
3.50 |
2017 |
30 |
106 |
273 |
2.58 |
536 |
.399 |
9 |
0.08 |
14 |
0.13 |
63 |
0.59 |
9 |
165 |
174 |
1.64 |
378.5 |
3.57 |
TOT |
116 |
406 |
947 |
2.33 |
1,853 |
.405 |
19 |
0.05 |
42 |
0.10 |
217 |
0.53 |
40 |
497 |
537 |
1.32 |
1,277.5 |
3.15 |