PRINCETON, N.J. – After what was arguably the greatest single season in Columbia Volleyball history, senior Chichi Ikwuazom put a bow on the 2019 season by winning, for the first time in program history, the Ivy League Player of the Year award as a part of the Ivy League's postseason awards as announced by the league today, Thursday, Nov. 21.
 
During the 2019 season, Ikwuazom was unstoppable, finishing with 495 total kills, 106 total blocks, a .438 hitting percentage, 559.5 points, 5.32 kills per set, 6.02 points per set and played and started all 24 matches during the season.  Of course, those historic numbers meant that Ikwuazom put her name in the record books, finishing with the most kills in a single season in Columbia history and her 495 kills placed her fifth on the all-time Ivy League single season kills list.
 
Ikwuazom's numbers were consistent throughout 2019, and she was named Ivy League Player of the Week a league-high five times and she earned a Sports Impact/AVCA National Player of the Week award during the week of Sept. 24, following an 81-kill three match week that saw the Lions win three straight. 
 
In the Ivy League, when considering all 24 matches, Ikwuazom finishes ranked first in the league in hitting percentage, total kills, kills per set, total points, points per set and she is third in total blocks and blocks per set.  In Ivy League only contests, Ikwuazom racked up 260 kills, 4.91 kills per set, a .399 hitting percentage, 73 total blocks, 1.38 blocks per set, 299.5 total points and she averages 5.65 points per set.  That ranks her first in total kills, kills per set, total points, points per set, total points, points per set, total blocks and blocks per set while finishing third in total blocks and blocks per set when focusing on Ivy League only contests.
 
Nationally, Ikwuazom finished the season ranked third in kills per set and points per set, fourth in hitting percentage and seventh in total kills and total points.
 
For her career, Ikwuazom leaves the Lions having set a new record for career blocks, finishing with 345 career blocks, and she sits fourth all-time in career kills with 1,026, and she is one of four Lions in program history to record at least 1,000 kills.  The award puts a bow on her career as well, as she graduates having been named the 2016 Ivy League Rookie of the Year, a three-time First Team All-Ivy winner, six-time Ivy League Player of the Week and two-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week.
 
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