2023 Volleyball Roster
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Jersey Number 9
Nena Mbonu
- Position:
- OH
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Spring, Texas
- High School:
- Klein HS
- Prev School:
- Louisville
Bio
HONORS:
2021 ACC All-Academic Team
2020 ACC Honor Roll
2019 ACC Honor Roll
SENIOR (2022 at LOUISVILLE): Played in 77 sets after stepping in for injured teammate, obtaining 148 kills (.205), 26 digs and 25 blocks to earn 162.5 points for the Cardinals ... Season-high 14 kills came in the five-set match at Pittsburgh ... Recorded a season-high three blocks in the reverse-sweep of Georgia Tech ... Played in nine set during the Cardinal’s NCAA Tournament run, notching eight kills and two blocks.
JUNIOR (2021 at LOUISVILLE): Played in 31 sets, recorded 44 kills, 10 digs and nine blocks ... Season-high 9 kills versus Northern Kentucky ... Hit .750 (6-0-8) versus Boston College ... Tied a career-high with three digs versus Purdue and recorded two blocks versus TAMU-CC, Missouri, and Notre Dame ... Named to the ACC All-Academic squad.
SOPHOMORE (2020 at LOUISVILLE): Part-time starter and offensive spark off the bench ... Tallied 78 kills, hit .256 with 10 blocks ... Had her best match at Duke and at Miami where she tied her career-high with 14 kills, adding three blocks against the ‘Canes ... In the NCAA matches, against San Diego, she had one kill in three sets and had two kills against Washington in the Sweet Sixteen Match ... Named to the 2020 ACC Honor Roll, the Dean's List (Spring 2020) and was a Red and Black Scholar (Fall 2019, Fall 2020).
FRESHMAN (2019 at LOUISVILLE): Played in 14 matches ... Had a season high 11 kills against Clemson ... Hit .316 (8-2-19) at Cincinnati, the team that knocked off No. 2 Pitt in the NCAAs in the 2019 NCAA Tournament ... Had a season-high three digs at Kentucky and versus Clemson ....Posted four blocks against Georgia Tech ... ACC Honor Roll.
Prep: Nena Mbonu, a 6-0 outside/rightside hitter from Spring, Texas, signed after playing her high school ball at Klein High School where she was the 2016 District Newcomer of the Year and the 2017 District MVP. Mbonu amassed 1,014 kills, hit .328 with 412 aces and 172 blocks during her prep career. She played club for TAV Houston, where she made the nationals all-tournament team and was ranked No. 55 in the Class of 2019 by PrepVolleyball. She was a Vype Magazine Fab 50 Player in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Personal: Daughter of Diane Mbonu. Born March 16, 2001. Major is business.
2021 ACC All-Academic Team
2020 ACC Honor Roll
2019 ACC Honor Roll
SENIOR (2022 at LOUISVILLE): Played in 77 sets after stepping in for injured teammate, obtaining 148 kills (.205), 26 digs and 25 blocks to earn 162.5 points for the Cardinals ... Season-high 14 kills came in the five-set match at Pittsburgh ... Recorded a season-high three blocks in the reverse-sweep of Georgia Tech ... Played in nine set during the Cardinal’s NCAA Tournament run, notching eight kills and two blocks.
JUNIOR (2021 at LOUISVILLE): Played in 31 sets, recorded 44 kills, 10 digs and nine blocks ... Season-high 9 kills versus Northern Kentucky ... Hit .750 (6-0-8) versus Boston College ... Tied a career-high with three digs versus Purdue and recorded two blocks versus TAMU-CC, Missouri, and Notre Dame ... Named to the ACC All-Academic squad.
SOPHOMORE (2020 at LOUISVILLE): Part-time starter and offensive spark off the bench ... Tallied 78 kills, hit .256 with 10 blocks ... Had her best match at Duke and at Miami where she tied her career-high with 14 kills, adding three blocks against the ‘Canes ... In the NCAA matches, against San Diego, she had one kill in three sets and had two kills against Washington in the Sweet Sixteen Match ... Named to the 2020 ACC Honor Roll, the Dean's List (Spring 2020) and was a Red and Black Scholar (Fall 2019, Fall 2020).
FRESHMAN (2019 at LOUISVILLE): Played in 14 matches ... Had a season high 11 kills against Clemson ... Hit .316 (8-2-19) at Cincinnati, the team that knocked off No. 2 Pitt in the NCAAs in the 2019 NCAA Tournament ... Had a season-high three digs at Kentucky and versus Clemson ....Posted four blocks against Georgia Tech ... ACC Honor Roll.
Prep: Nena Mbonu, a 6-0 outside/rightside hitter from Spring, Texas, signed after playing her high school ball at Klein High School where she was the 2016 District Newcomer of the Year and the 2017 District MVP. Mbonu amassed 1,014 kills, hit .328 with 412 aces and 172 blocks during her prep career. She played club for TAV Houston, where she made the nationals all-tournament team and was ranked No. 55 in the Class of 2019 by PrepVolleyball. She was a Vype Magazine Fab 50 Player in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Personal: Daughter of Diane Mbonu. Born March 16, 2001. Major is business.
Houston at Big 12 Media Days
Thursday, August 07
Cougars All-Access: Barakat Rahmon (VB)
Tuesday, November 19
Cougars All-Access: Kate Georgiades (VB)
Wednesday, October 02
Cougars All-Access: David Rehr (VB)
Monday, September 16
