Nicole Okeke - 2015 - LIU Brooklyn

2014: Started 30 matches for the Blackbirds… Finished with a team-high 111 total blocks… Finished fourth in the Northeast Conference in hitting percentage (.303) and sixth in blocks per set (1.03)… Earned NEC Defensive Player of the Week honors (9/15)… Finished the season with 170 kills (1.63 kills per set)… Had eight total blocks and nine kills in win over Northern Kentucky… Had a season-high 10 kills against Boston College, Western Kentucky and Sacred Heart… Had seven blocks at Sacred Heart… Had seven blocks against UCLA in NCAA Tournament.

2013: Named to the 2013 Northeast Conference Academic Honor Roll… Finished the season second in the NEC in hitting percentage (.313), and fourth in blocks per set (1.11)… Played in 28 of LIU’s 31 matches, starting 26… Finished second on the team in total blocks, with 94, including 11 solo… had 128 kills… Had a season-high 8.0 blocks and six kills versus Hofstra… Had 12 kills and three blocks against St. Francis Brooklyn… Had six total blocks, including three solo blocks, against Nebraska-Omaha… Had eight blocks, six kills and three digs at FDU. 

Background: Transferred from Central Arkansas after sitting out her freshman season due to injury… Two-time All-State honorable mention for DeSoto High School… Three-year letter winner in volleyball… Helped lead the Lady Eagles to back-to-back district championships…  Also lettered in basketball and track, making track regionals in 100 hurdles, 300 hurdles, long jump and triple jump… Played club volleyball for Texas Image Volleyball.
 
Personal: Daughter of Caleb and Loveline Okeke… Father, Caleb, played soccer for Kansas Wesleyan… Brother, Franklin, plays basketball for the University of New Hampshire… Brother, Stanley, played football for Trinity Valley Community College… National Honor Society member… Plans to major in marketing.

SEASON SP MP K K/S E TA PCT A A/S SA SA/S SE
2013 85 28 128 1.51 44 268 .313 3 0.04 0 0.00 0
2014 104 31 170 1.63 57 389 .290 1 0.01 0 0.00 0
2015 74 22 153 2.07 74 411 .192 4 0.05 1 0.01 9


SEASON DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE PTS PTS/S
2013 18 0.21 1 11 83 94 1.11 14 0 180.5 2.12
2014 19 0.18 2 11 100 111 1.07 9 1 231.0 2.22
2015 22 0.30 0 10 66 76 1.03 7 1 197.0 2.66
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