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USA WOMEN'S PLAYER PROFILE 
Position: Middle Blocker MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: 2008 – USA Tour of China…U.S. Olympic Team Exhibition for Volleyball versus Brazil…FIVB World Grand Prix (Fourth Place). 2007 – Pan American Games (Bronze Medal). 2005 – Pan American Games (Fourth). 2003 – Pan American Cup (Fourth). INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: 2008 – Scored 117 points to lead all players during an eight-match tour of China in March-April…Tallied 82 kills with a 59 kill percent and .479 attack efficiency to go with team-leading 23 blocks and 12 aces on Tour of China…Played three sets versus Brazil during three-match exhibition series versus Brazil. Started final two sets versus Brazil on June 11 and totaled three kills and two blocks…Played in 14 of 21 FIVB World Grand Prix sets in the Final Round…Averaged 2.86 points, 2.19 kills, 0.52 blocks and 0.14 aces over the course of the entire tournament with a .387 attack efficiency…During the Final Round, compiled 42 points with averages of 2.29 kills, 0.64 blocks and 0.07 aces per set…Scored a team-high 18 points versus Italy on July 12 with 14 kills on 29 swings and four blocks. 2007 – Averaged 3.44 points per set at Pan American Games while hitting .513 on 76 swings and just six errors…Reached double-digit points in four of the five Pan American Games, including 14 points against Puerto Rico on July 15 and Peru on July 19 in the bronze medal match...Hit 90 percent (9 kills, 10 attempts and no errors) versus Cuba on July 16. 2005 – Played on U.S. team that placed fourth at Pan American Games held in Dominican Republic…Recorded five kills in semifinal loss to Dominican Republic. 2003 – Competed for the U.S. at the Pan American Cup held in Dominican Republic. COLLEGE: 2007 – Named American Volleyball Coaches Association Division I National Player of the Year as she guided Stanford to a national runner-up finish...Posted the second-best hitting percentage in NCAA history (.499), a mark which led the nation and shattered both the Pac-10 and program records by more than 50 points…Averaged 4.11 kills, 1.21 blocks and 4.94 points per game…Tabbed as Honda Award finalist. 2006 – Selected American Volleyball Coaches Association All-America and was one of four finalist for the Honda Award in 2006…Led the Cardinal last season with a .431 hitting percentage for third-best in the nation. Paced Stanford with 141 blocks to average 1.44 blocks per game. Averaged 3.90 kills per game with just 63 attack errors on 740 swings. 2005 – Named AVCA All-America Second Team and AVCA Pacific Region Freshman of the Year…Selected Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and First-Team All-Pac-10…Finished third in the Pac-10 and 13th in the nation in hitting percentage at .397, the third-best mark in school history…Averaged 3.92 kills per game and led the Cardinal in blocks with 1.09 per game. OTHER VOLLEYBALL HIGHLIGHTS: Akinradewo was the starting middle blocker on the U.S. Women’s Junior National Team that competed in the 2005 FIVB World Championships in Turkey. She was a member of the gold medal-winning U.S. Women’s Junior National Team that captured the 2004 NORCECA Continental Women’s Junior Championship. PERSONAL: Born Foluke Atinuke Akinradewo on Oct. 5, 1987, in London, Ontario, Canada…Now calls Plantation, Fla., home…Parents are Ayoola and Comfort Akinradewo…Also has two brothers, Foluso (1982) and Fiyinfolu (1977)…Attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale from 2001 to 2005 before enrolling at Stanford University…Majoring in human biology at Stanford and is expected to graduate in 2009…Holds tri-citizenship with Canada, Nigeria and the United States…Began playing volleyball in 2002 and nearly quit the sport a couple months after starting…Favorite food is pizza…Favorite books are Harry Potter series and The Kite Runner…Favorite music is almost any type except country…Favorite musicians are John Mayer, The Fray and Damien Rice…Hobbies are online shopping, hanging out with friends and watching movies…Most admired people are her parents because they “have worked so hard to provide for our family and give us the best life possible. I think that they have succeeded in doing so. If I can grow up to be half of what they are, I think I’ll be pretty successful.” Getting to Know Foluke Akinradewo What are the top songs (artisits) in your iPod? Name some things that most people do not know about you. What do you like to do in your spare time? What do you envision doing as a career after competing for the national team? Who was your club coach prior to going to college? Where would you like to spend a week’s vacation? What is your favorite room in your house and why? What is the one luxury item that you could not do without? What luxury item do you wish you could invent? Rank the following types of television programs in order you like best: Reality TV, crime dramas, game shows, sit-coms, music television, cable news, sports. What is your favorite television program? What is your favorite movie? What is your favorite book? Are you a morning person, afternoon person or night person? What is your pre-match ritual? On an airplane, would you rather, sleep, read, work on a computer or talk with the person sitting next to you? What sport would you be competing in if not for volleyball? What is your favorite food? How many different languages can you converse in? What was your favorite subject in school? If you could see any musical act or performer (dead or alive) in concert, who would it be? If you won the lottery, what is the first thing that you would buy or pay for? If you would live as one other person (celebrity or not) for one day, who would it be? If you could have one super power, what would it be? If you were stranded on a desert island, what three things would you take with you? What is your favorite holiday? What is your pet peeve? What communication tool do you use most often – text messaging, talking on the cell phone or e-mail? Posted and Updated: June 16, 2008 |
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