Ogonna Nnamani Stanford Normal , Ill. 6-1" - Outside Hitter Joined Team: May 2002

MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: 2003 – Pan American Games (Bronze Medal).

INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: 2003 – Earned a bronze medal as a member of the USA women’s national training team at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS:2003 – Earned American Volleyball Coaches Association First-Team All-America honors to become a three-time All-American…Broke the school record for most kills in a single season in 2003 with 627, surpassing two-time AVCA Player of the Year Logan Tom (1999-2002)…Nnamani led the Cardinal to a 25-7 overall record, 14-4 in the Pac-10. She was a 2002 third-team CoSIDA Academic All-American and a first-team All-Pac-10 selection as well. 2002 – Earned AVCA Second-team All-America honors for the second straight season...Also named to the NCAA Final Four All-Tournament team as Stanford finished second at the NCAA championships behind USC...Excelled in the classroom as well as she earned third-team Verizon Academic All-American honors...Played in all 129 games (37 matches) for the Cardinal…Other honors included: Pacific Regional all-tournament; First-team Pacific All-Region; and First-team All-Pac-10 conference…Averaged 4.10 kills, 1.14 digs, 0.67 blocks and 4.59 points per game with a .331 hitting percentage on the year...Ranked in the top 10 in the conference in kills per game (4.10), hitting percentage (.331) and points per game (4.59)...Led the squad with 19 kills (19-1-33) while hitting .545 versus USC (12/21) in championship match. 2001 –ASICS/Volleyball Magazine Freshman of the Year…AVCA Second-Team All-American…NCAA Final Four All-Tournament selection…Pacific All-Region Team…First-Team Pac-10 All-Freshman…Pacific Region Freshman of the Year…Pac-10 Freshman of the Year…Had double-digits in kills in 31 of 35 matches…Averaged 3.89 kills and 1.62 digs per game…Had four double-doubles…Recorded career-high 20 kills twice, against Sacramento State (Oct. 30) and Oregon (Nov. 2)…Named Verizon/Texas A&M Invitational MVP…Hit .469 against Long Beach in championship match on Dec. 15…Honored as Pac-10 player of the Week on Sept. 10…All-Tournament Team at Jefferson Cup…Hit a career-high .652 against Washington on Oct. 19.

PERSONAL: Born Ogonna Nneka Nnamani on July 29, 1983 in Bloomington, Ill. …Parents are Chika and Uzo Nnamani…Has one sister, Njideka (18) and two brothers, Nnaemeka (16) and Ikechi (12)…Majoring in biology and chemistry at Stanford University…Enjoys listening to music and spending time with family and friends…Name is pronounced oh-GONE-uh nuh-MON-ee.