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Jersey Number 16
Anota Adekunle
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Summer Creek HS
- Hometown:
- Humble, Texas
Bio
ATHLETIC ACCOLADES
2022 AVCA Honorable Mention All-American
2022 VolleyballMag.com Honorable Mention All-American
2022 AVCA All-Southwest Region
2022 First Team All-Conference USA
2022 Conference USA All-Tournament Team
2022 Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week (3x)
2022 (Spring) U.S. Women's Collegiate National Team
2021 (Fall) AVCA Southwest Region Team
2021 (Fall) C-USA First Team All-Conference
2021 (Fall) C-USA Offensive Player of the Week (1x)
2021 (Fall) C-USA Defensive Player of the Week (1x)
2021 (Fall) C-USA Preseason Team
2021 (Spring) VolleyballMag.com Honorable Mention All-American
2021 (Spring) AVCA Southwest Region Team
2021 (Spring) C-USA First Team All-Conference
2021 (Spring) C-USA Defensive Player of the Week (2x)
2021 (Spring) C-USA Preseason Team
2020 (Spring) U.S. Women's Collegiate National Team
2019 AVCA All-American Honorable Mention
2019 AVCA Southwest Region Team
2019 C-USA All-Tournament Team
2019 C-USA First Team All-Conference
2019 C-USA Offensive Player of the Week (1x)
2018 C-USA Tournament MVP
2018 C-USA Second Team All-Conference
2018 C-USA All-Freshman Team
2018 C-USA Freshman of the Week (1x)
ACADEMIC HONORS
2023 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2021 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2020 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2019 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
Set the Rice career record with a .408 hitting percentage … fourth in school history with 365 block assists … sixth in total blocks with 365 … tied for seventh with 84 solo blocks … tied for 10th with 0.94 blocks per set … is 12th in school history with 1,313 career kills.
2022 (5th Year): Earned Honorable Mention All-American by both the AVCA and VolleyballMag.com … selected to the AVCA All-Region team for the fourth straight season … named to Conference USA’s First Team for the fourth straight season … C-USA All-Tournament Team member … three-time C-USA Offensive Player of the Week … led C-USA and placed 10th in the nation in hitting percentage (.413) … her .413 hitting percentage is the second highest in a season in school history … eighth in C-USA in kills per set (3.16) … led the team in kills (363), kills per set, points (430.5), blocks (95), and hitting percentage … recorded at least 10 kills 21 times … hit .300 or better 24 times … had at least four blocks 13 times … recorded a season-high 23 kills in a victory over No. 17 Creighton (9/18) … had 22 kills against No. 17 Baylor (12/2) in the NCAA Tournament … hit .833 against FIU (10/21), the fourth-highest hitting percentage in a match in school history.
2021 (Senior-Fall): Played in 89 sets...earned a spot on the U.S. Women's Collegiate National Team for the second time in her career...selected to the AVCA All-Region Team for a third straight season...named to the C-USA First Team for a third straight season...ranked 16th in the NCAA in hitting percentage (.406)...ranked seventh among all C-USA players in blocks per set (1.09)...earned both C-USA Offensive Player of Week (9/6) and Defensive Player of Week (11/1) honors...hit .300 or better in 19 matches...ranked third among all players in C-USA with a .426 hitting percentage during league play...was eighth among C-USA players in blocks per set (1.02) during conference play...10 or more kills in 10 matches...established a career-high 28 kills in four sets against SMU (9/4)...named to the 2021 C-USA Preseason Team.
2021 (Junior-Spring): Played in 61 sets…selected a VolleyballMag.com Honorable Mention All-American...tabbed to the AVCA All-Region Team for a second straight year...was named to the C-USA First Team for a second straight season...second on the Owls with 232 total kills (2.61 per set) and team-leader in total blocks (97)...led all C-USA players and ranked 4th in the NCAA in hitting percentage (.463)…named the C-USA Defensive Player of the Week (2/23)…10 matches with 3.0 or more blocks, including a 7-block performance vs. UTEP (3/15)…hit .300 or better in 14 of 17 matches played…8 matches with 10 or more kills, including a season-high 23 vs. North Texas (3/7)…recorded 12 kills to help the Owls stun No. 2 Texas...second on the team in kills per set (2.75) and third in total blocks (50)…third on the Owls with 168 kills and second in total points (211.5)…tied for the team-lead with 15 service aces...named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2019 (Sophomore): Played in 107 sets...earned a spot on the U.S. Women's Collegiate National Team-Anaheim...named an AVCA All-American Honorable Mention...also a VolleyballMag.com All-American Honorable Mention...selected to AVCA All-Region Team...named to the C-USA All-Conference First Team...earned a spot on the C-USA All-Tournament Team...shared the team's Most Improved award...finished the season ranked sixth in NCAA in hitting percentage (.423-school record)...during C-USA play, ranked second in the league in hitting percentage (.462), sixth in kills per set (3.60), and sixth in blocks per set (1.11)...was named the C-USA Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 14...led the team in hitting percentage (.423-2nd in C-USA)...second on the Owls in total kills (340-8th in C-USA)...second on the team in kills per set (3.18-8th in C-USA) and points per set (3.72-8th in C-USA)...10 or more kills in 20 matches, including a season-high 20 over FIU (10/27)...hit .400 or better in 17 matches, which included a season's-best .739 performance in a win over Middle Tennessee (10/13)...recorded four or more blocks in five matches, including a season-high nine rejections vs. No. 22 WKU (11/10)...tabbed to the C-USA Preseason Team...named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2018 (Freshman): Played in 106 sets…selected to the C-USA All-Conference Second Team…earned a spot on the C-USA All-Freshman Team…named the Conference USA Tournament Most Valuable Player…tabbed the C-USA Freshman of the Week on Oct. 8…ranked third in C-USA in blocks per set (1.08)…sixth in C-USA in hitting percentage (.344)…seventh in the league in total blocks (115)…fourth on the Owls with 210 kills…third-most points (279.5) on the Owls…10 or more kills in 10 matches, including a season-high 15 in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament vs. Texas State (11/29)…hit .400 or better in 13 matches, including a season’s-best .846 (school record) vs. UTEP (9/21)…also posted a season-best 10.0 blocks vs. Texas St. in the NCAA Tournament for her first career double-double (15 kills/10 blocks)…earned the Rice Volleyball Hard Hat Award…named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
High School: Graduated from Summer Creek High School in Humble, Texas where she played for coach Sarah Aguilar...helped guide her team to a first place finish in the Aldine District Tournament as a junior and a second place results her sophomore campaign...as a sophomore, hit .563 while collecting 56 blocks and 177 kills...in addition to volleyball, also played basketball and competed in track & field.
Personal: Major in Natural Science and Neuroscience...Parents: Wasiu and Candace Adekunle (three brothers and two sisters)...was a member of the National Honors Society and student council...Rice College: Wiess College.
2022 AVCA Honorable Mention All-American
2022 VolleyballMag.com Honorable Mention All-American
2022 AVCA All-Southwest Region
2022 First Team All-Conference USA
2022 Conference USA All-Tournament Team
2022 Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week (3x)
2022 (Spring) U.S. Women's Collegiate National Team
2021 (Fall) AVCA Southwest Region Team
2021 (Fall) C-USA First Team All-Conference
2021 (Fall) C-USA Offensive Player of the Week (1x)
2021 (Fall) C-USA Defensive Player of the Week (1x)
2021 (Fall) C-USA Preseason Team
2021 (Spring) VolleyballMag.com Honorable Mention All-American
2021 (Spring) AVCA Southwest Region Team
2021 (Spring) C-USA First Team All-Conference
2021 (Spring) C-USA Defensive Player of the Week (2x)
2021 (Spring) C-USA Preseason Team
2020 (Spring) U.S. Women's Collegiate National Team
2019 AVCA All-American Honorable Mention
2019 AVCA Southwest Region Team
2019 C-USA All-Tournament Team
2019 C-USA First Team All-Conference
2019 C-USA Offensive Player of the Week (1x)
2018 C-USA Tournament MVP
2018 C-USA Second Team All-Conference
2018 C-USA All-Freshman Team
2018 C-USA Freshman of the Week (1x)
ACADEMIC HONORS
2023 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2021 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2020 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2019 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
Set the Rice career record with a .408 hitting percentage … fourth in school history with 365 block assists … sixth in total blocks with 365 … tied for seventh with 84 solo blocks … tied for 10th with 0.94 blocks per set … is 12th in school history with 1,313 career kills.
2022 (5th Year): Earned Honorable Mention All-American by both the AVCA and VolleyballMag.com … selected to the AVCA All-Region team for the fourth straight season … named to Conference USA’s First Team for the fourth straight season … C-USA All-Tournament Team member … three-time C-USA Offensive Player of the Week … led C-USA and placed 10th in the nation in hitting percentage (.413) … her .413 hitting percentage is the second highest in a season in school history … eighth in C-USA in kills per set (3.16) … led the team in kills (363), kills per set, points (430.5), blocks (95), and hitting percentage … recorded at least 10 kills 21 times … hit .300 or better 24 times … had at least four blocks 13 times … recorded a season-high 23 kills in a victory over No. 17 Creighton (9/18) … had 22 kills against No. 17 Baylor (12/2) in the NCAA Tournament … hit .833 against FIU (10/21), the fourth-highest hitting percentage in a match in school history.
2021 (Senior-Fall): Played in 89 sets...earned a spot on the U.S. Women's Collegiate National Team for the second time in her career...selected to the AVCA All-Region Team for a third straight season...named to the C-USA First Team for a third straight season...ranked 16th in the NCAA in hitting percentage (.406)...ranked seventh among all C-USA players in blocks per set (1.09)...earned both C-USA Offensive Player of Week (9/6) and Defensive Player of Week (11/1) honors...hit .300 or better in 19 matches...ranked third among all players in C-USA with a .426 hitting percentage during league play...was eighth among C-USA players in blocks per set (1.02) during conference play...10 or more kills in 10 matches...established a career-high 28 kills in four sets against SMU (9/4)...named to the 2021 C-USA Preseason Team.
2021 (Junior-Spring): Played in 61 sets…selected a VolleyballMag.com Honorable Mention All-American...tabbed to the AVCA All-Region Team for a second straight year...was named to the C-USA First Team for a second straight season...second on the Owls with 232 total kills (2.61 per set) and team-leader in total blocks (97)...led all C-USA players and ranked 4th in the NCAA in hitting percentage (.463)…named the C-USA Defensive Player of the Week (2/23)…10 matches with 3.0 or more blocks, including a 7-block performance vs. UTEP (3/15)…hit .300 or better in 14 of 17 matches played…8 matches with 10 or more kills, including a season-high 23 vs. North Texas (3/7)…recorded 12 kills to help the Owls stun No. 2 Texas...second on the team in kills per set (2.75) and third in total blocks (50)…third on the Owls with 168 kills and second in total points (211.5)…tied for the team-lead with 15 service aces...named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2019 (Sophomore): Played in 107 sets...earned a spot on the U.S. Women's Collegiate National Team-Anaheim...named an AVCA All-American Honorable Mention...also a VolleyballMag.com All-American Honorable Mention...selected to AVCA All-Region Team...named to the C-USA All-Conference First Team...earned a spot on the C-USA All-Tournament Team...shared the team's Most Improved award...finished the season ranked sixth in NCAA in hitting percentage (.423-school record)...during C-USA play, ranked second in the league in hitting percentage (.462), sixth in kills per set (3.60), and sixth in blocks per set (1.11)...was named the C-USA Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 14...led the team in hitting percentage (.423-2nd in C-USA)...second on the Owls in total kills (340-8th in C-USA)...second on the team in kills per set (3.18-8th in C-USA) and points per set (3.72-8th in C-USA)...10 or more kills in 20 matches, including a season-high 20 over FIU (10/27)...hit .400 or better in 17 matches, which included a season's-best .739 performance in a win over Middle Tennessee (10/13)...recorded four or more blocks in five matches, including a season-high nine rejections vs. No. 22 WKU (11/10)...tabbed to the C-USA Preseason Team...named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2018 (Freshman): Played in 106 sets…selected to the C-USA All-Conference Second Team…earned a spot on the C-USA All-Freshman Team…named the Conference USA Tournament Most Valuable Player…tabbed the C-USA Freshman of the Week on Oct. 8…ranked third in C-USA in blocks per set (1.08)…sixth in C-USA in hitting percentage (.344)…seventh in the league in total blocks (115)…fourth on the Owls with 210 kills…third-most points (279.5) on the Owls…10 or more kills in 10 matches, including a season-high 15 in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament vs. Texas State (11/29)…hit .400 or better in 13 matches, including a season’s-best .846 (school record) vs. UTEP (9/21)…also posted a season-best 10.0 blocks vs. Texas St. in the NCAA Tournament for her first career double-double (15 kills/10 blocks)…earned the Rice Volleyball Hard Hat Award…named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
High School: Graduated from Summer Creek High School in Humble, Texas where she played for coach Sarah Aguilar...helped guide her team to a first place finish in the Aldine District Tournament as a junior and a second place results her sophomore campaign...as a sophomore, hit .563 while collecting 56 blocks and 177 kills...in addition to volleyball, also played basketball and competed in track & field.
Personal: Major in Natural Science and Neuroscience...Parents: Wasiu and Candace Adekunle (three brothers and two sisters)...was a member of the National Honors Society and student council...Rice College: Wiess College.
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Volleyball Exhibition vs. Houston Post-Match Press Conference
Sunday, August 24
VB Thea Carter Kick Save vs. Wichita State
Monday, August 18
2024 Night of the Owl End of Year Recap
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