The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2016 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Ebony Nwanebu
- Position:
- OH
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Lovejoy
- Hometown:
- Fairview, Texas
- Major:
- Applied Learning & Development: Youth & Community Studies
Honors & Awards
2017 AVCA All-America honorable mention … 2017 All-Southwest Region … 2017 All-Big 12 First Team
2016 Honda Award finalist … 2016 AVCA All-America First Team … 2016 VolleyballMag.com First Team All-America … NCAA All-Tournament Team … Austin Regional Most Valuable Player … 2016 All-Region First Team … Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 21) … Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 26) … 2016 All-Big 12 Preseason Team … 2015 All-Big 12 Preseason Team
(at USC) 2013 AVCA Freshman of the Year ... 2013 Volleyball Magazine Freshman of the Year ... AVCA All-America First Team ... AVCA Pacific South Region Freshman of the Year ... AVCA Pacific South All-Region Team ... Volleyball Magazine All-America Second Team ... NCAA Los Angeles Regional All-Tournament Team ... 2013 Pac-12 All-Conference and Pac-12 All-Freshman Team honors ... 013 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year ... earned a record six Pac-12 Freshman of the Week awards ... chosen to the Mortar Board Premier All-Tournament Team in her first week of collegiate action.
2017 (Senior)
Finished her senior season with 212 kills (2.52/set), hitting .345, 78 blocks (0.93/set), and 36 digs (0.43) … Had a season-high 13 kills two times (vs. TCU, .500; at Baylor, .478) … Posted a season-high hitting percentage (.778) vs. Fairfield (7 kills, 0 errors on 9 swings) … Recorded a season-high 7 blocks vs. Georgia Tech.
2016
Posted 16 kills and seven digs vs. Stanford in the national championship match (12-17-16) … had 15 kills (.378) vs. Nebraska (12-15-16) … registered a team-high 13 kills (.619) vs. Creighton (12-10-16) … recorded 19 kills, six blocks and six digs vs. BYU (12-9-16) … posted 15 kills (.577) vs. SMU (12-3-16) … had seven kills (.462) vs. UTRGV (12-2-16) … registered seven kills and matched a season high of four block assists for the fourth time vs. West Virginia (11-26-16) ... had a career high for hitting percentage at .625 on ten kills vs. Kansas State (11-19-16) … recorded a third game of the season with a .500+ hitting percentage and a tenth with .400+ with .560 on 15 kills vs. Texas Tech (11-16-16) … broke 300 kills on the season with 18 at Iowa State (11-12-16) … posted five kills and had three digs, two service aces, two block assists vs. Baylor (11-9-16) … had a hitting percentage of .405 on 19 kills at TCU (11-2-16) … recorded a fifteenth game of the season with double-digit kills with 15 at #6 Kansas (10-29-16) … posted a .600 hitting percentage with nine kills, three digs and two block assists vs. Oklahoma (10-26-16) … had 16 kills and five digs at Texas Tech (10-21-16) … matched a career high of three service aces vs. TCU (10-19-16) … registered a hitting percentage of .483 with 16 kills and had six digs, three block assists at Baylor (10-12-16) … equaled a season high of four block assists for third time and posted 13 kills, four digs, one assist and one service ace vs. Iowa State (10-8-16) … had 17 kills, nine digs and three block assists at Kansas State (10-16-16) … registered a tenth game with double-digit kills with 17 kills and had five digs, one block assist and one assist at Oklahoma (9-28-16) … had a first game of the season registering a .500+ hitting percentage and a fifth with .400+, registering .514 on 20 kills and adding five digs, three block assists, one assist vs. #8 Kansas (9-24-16) … registered a hitting percentage of .429 on 13 kills and had seven digs, four block assists at West Virginia (9-20-16) … had a fourth game with 20+ points for the season with 20.5 and added two service aces, three block assists and 17 kills vs. #6 Wisconsin (9-18-16) … reached a season high of four block assists and recorded seven digs, 11 kills vs. #16 Texas A&M (9-14-16) … recorded a fifth double-digit kills game for the season with 20 kills on a hitting percentage of .415 and had seven digs vs. Wichita State (9-10-16) … registered 12 kills with a hitting percentage of .417 vs. Miami (9-3-16) … matched a career high of one assist and contributed six kills vs. UTSA (9-1-2016) … posted a hitting percentage of .458 on 25 kills and had 11 kills for a second double-double of the season vs. Lipscomb (9-1-16) … had 13 kills, eight digs and three block assists vs. #1 Nebraska (8-27-16) … registered a double-double with 20 kills and 13 digs in Texas’ season opener at Oregon (8-26-16).
2015
Posted a team-best 22 kills on a .315 hitting percentage, a career-high 17 digs and four blocks vs. Nebraska (9-4-15) before sitting out the rest of the season due to injury.
2014 (USC)
Selected to the USA Volleyball Collegiate National Team in China during the summer ... played with the U.S. Senior National Team at the Montreux Volley Masters tournament in Montreux, Switzerland and helped USA to a silver medal ... posted 337 kills (3.12/set) on 993 attempts for a .226 hitting percentage ... also added 156 digs (1.44/set), 55 blocks (0.51/set) and 17 service aces in her sophomore season.
2013 (USC)
Led USC with 3.47 kills per set (413 kills)... her .358 hitting percentage (413k, 78e, 935att) ranked sixth in the Pac-12; the only freshman and the only non-middle blocker to rank in the league’s top 10 for hitting percentage... registered 97 blocks (0.82 bps)... scored 469.5 points and reached double-digit points in 27 matches... recorded double-digit kills 24 times including a career-high 30 kills without an error (53att) for a .566 hitting percentage against Washington in the NCAA regional final on Dec. 14.
BEFORE COLlEGE
Nwanebu played for Texas Advantage Volleyball Club in Fort Worth, Texas, under coaches John Sample and Ping Cao... named Most Valuable Player of the 2013 USAV Junior National Championships after leading TAV 18s to the national title... helped lead her club to the silver medal at the Junior National Championships in 2012... selected to the 2012 JNC All-Tournament Team ...
Nwanebu prepped at Lovejoy High School in Lucas, Texas, under head coach Ryan Mitchell... named the Mizuno/Volleyball Magazine High School Player of the Year... PrepVolleyball.com Senior Ace No. 7... named an Under Armour All-American and helped Team West win the Under Armour All-American game... chosen as the Under Armour Skills Competition Hardest Hitter... picked to the Dallas Morning News SportsDayHS All-Area Team (first team as a sophomore and senior, and second team as a junior) and named the DMS Player of the Year in her senior season... three-time selection to the LoneStarVolleyball.com All-Texas First Team... a finalist for the PrepVolleyball.com Freshman of the Year award in 2009... led Lovejoy HS to three Texas 3A state championships (2010-12) and was named tournament MVP in 2010 and 2012... had 26 kills and 11 digs in the championships match and finished her senior season with 701 kills, 356 digs, 103 blocks, and 35 service aces.
PERSONAL
Ebony Chinyere Nwanebu was born on June 5, 1995, in Austin, Texas... parents are Joyce Newell and Maxwell Nwanebu... has one younger brother named Max … mother Joyce Newell played volleyball for Iowa Central Community College... lists Olympic volleyball silver medalist Flo Hyman as her sports heroine.
|
MP |
SP |
K |
KPS |
TA |
PCT |
A |
APS |
SA |
SAPS |
DIG |
DPS |
BS |
BA |
TB |
BPS |
PTS |
PPS |
|
|
2013 |
35 |
119 |
412 |
3.47 |
935 |
.358 |
10 |
0.08 |
6 |
0.05 |
78 |
0.66 |
4 |
93 |
97 |
0.82 |
469.5 |
3.94 |
|
2014 |
29 |
108 |
337 |
3.12 |
993 |
.226 |
21 |
0.19 |
17 |
0.16 |
156 |
1.44 |
2 |
53 |
55 |
0.51 |
382.5 |
3.54 |
|
2015 |
1 |
5 |
22 |
4.40 |
54 |
.315 |
2 |
0.40 |
0 |
0.00 |
17 |
3.40 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
0.80 |
24.0 |
4.80 |
|
2016 |
30 |
113 |
423 |
3.74 |
939 |
.379 |
7 |
0.06 |
17 |
0.15 |
140 |
1.24 |
1 |
73 |
74 |
0.65 |
477.5 |
4.23 |
|
2017 |
26 |
84 |
212 |
2.52 |
499 |
.345 |
6 |
0.07 |
0 |
0.00 |
36 |
0.43 |
1 |
77 |
78 |
0.93 |
251.5 |
2.99 |
|
TOT |
121 |
429 |
1,406 |
3.28 |
3,420 |
.321 |
46 |
0.11 |
40 |
0.09 |
427 |
1.00 |
8 |
300 |
308 |
0.72 |
1,605.0 |
3.74 |
