- 2019 AVCA Honorable Mention All-American
- 2019 AVCA All-Northeast Region Team
- 2019 Ivy League Player of the Year
- 2019 First Team All-Ivy League (unanimous)
- Sports Impact/AVCA National Player of the Week (Sept. 24, 2019)
- Five-time 2019 Ivy League Player of the Week
- Ivy League Player of the Week (Sept. 17, 2018)
- 2017 First Team All-Ivy League
- 2016-17 Columbia University Female Rookie of the Year
- 2016 Ivy League Co-Rookie of the Year
- 2016 First Team All-Ivy League
- Two-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Oct. 24 & Nov. 14, 2016)
- 2016 Lion Invitational All-Tournament Team (Sept. 16-17)
- 2016 Columbia Classic All-Tournament Team (Sept. 9-10)
2019 (Senior): Played and started in all 24 matches ... Finished with a school-record 495 kills (fifth-most in Ivy League history) ... Named the first All-American in program history, earning AVCA Honorable Mention honors ... Was named the program's first Ivy League Player of the Year ... Earned unanimous selection to First Team All-Ivy League ... Was named to the AVCA All-Northeast Region Team (first such honor in program history) ... Named Ivy League Player of the Week a league-high five times (Sept. 9; Sept. 16; Sept. 21; Oct. 7; Nov. 4) ... Named Sports Impact/AVCA National Player of the Week (Sept. 24) ... Hit .438 while averaging 5.32 kills per set ... Averaged 6.02 points per set on way to finishing with 559.5 total points ... Smashed 106 blocks while averaging 1.14 blocks per set ... Finished the season ranked nationally third in kills per set and points per set, fourth in hitting percentage and seventh in total kills and points ... Ranked first in the Ivy League in hitting percentage, total kills, kills per set, total points and points per sets, while coming in third in total blocks and blocks per set ... When considering Ivy League matches alone, finished with 260 kills, 4.91 kills per set, .399 hitting percentage, 73 total blocks, 1.38 blocks per set, 299.5 total points and 5.56 points set ... In just Ivy League matches finished ranked first in total kills, kills per set, total points, points per set and total points, while finishing third in total blocks and blocks per set ... Averaged at least 20 kills in 16 out of 24 matches played ... Was named Ivy Leauge Player of the Week over the first three weeks of the season (Sept. 9-23) ... Opened the 2019 campaign with an impressive 27 kills on .389 hitting percentage in a five set win over Howard (Sept. 6) ... Smashed 14 kills in just three sets against St. John's (Sept. 6) ... Ripped off seven straight matches with at least 20 kills from Sept. 7-13, starting with 20 against Canisius (Sept. 7) and finishing the stretch with 28 kills in a five set win at LIU (Sept. 13) ... Twice during seven match stretch with at least 20 kills, hit 29 kills (fourth most in program history) first smashing 29 in a four set win over Lehigh (Sept. 13) then in a five set win over San Jose State (Sept. 20) crushed another 29 kills ... Hit .407 with 15 kills in three-set Ivy League opener at Cornell (Sept. 28) ... Crushed 44 kills in Ivy swing at Princeton (Oct. 4) and at Penn (Oct. 5), finishing with 24 kills (.442) in four sets at Princeton and 20 kills (.552) at Penn ... Ripped off at least 20 kills in four out of final six matches ... Had 27 kills and hit a career-high .743 in four set win over Penn (Nov. 1) ... Added 21 kills in four-set match against Princeton (Nov. 2) for another 40+ (48 kills) kills weekend ... Ended the season with 42 kills over the final two road matches of 2019 ... Crushed 22 kills on .450 hitting while recording a double-double with 12 blocks (tying school-record for most blocks in a single match) in five-set match at Dartmouth (Nov. 15) ... Finished collegiate career by helping Columbia power back at Harvard (Nov. 16) with 20 kills on .366 hitting in a five-set comeback victory.
2018 (Junior): Played in 11 of 24 matches, starting in 10, before missing the second-half of the season with an injury ... Averaged 3.47 kills per set and had an attack percentage of .347 over 11 matches ... Had at least 10 kills per match over the first six matches played, averaging 15.2 kills per match during that stretch ... Set a points per set average of 4.12 before suffering injury ... Had season-high 17 kills at Delaware (Sept. 8) ... Recorded a season-high eight blocks vs. Cornell (Sept. 22), adding 16 kills in the match.
2017 (Sophomore): Played and started in 21 of 23 matches, totaling 82 sets...Averaged 2.51 kills per set, 1.34 blocks per set and 3.31 points per set...Made 11 kills in a victory against St Francis Brooklyn (Sept. 16) and 17 kills and 9 blocks with a victory against Princeton (Oct. 14)... Earned a season-high of 11 blocks against Penn (Nov. 4) and 20 kills against Yale (Nov. 11).
2016 (First-Year): Named Ivy League Co-Rookie of the Year … A First Team All-Ivy League selection … The first Lion in program history to be named Ivy League Rookie of the Year, and the only first-year to be named First Team All-Ivy League … Winner of the inaugural Columbia University Female Rookie of the Year Award … Two-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week … Named to the Ivy League Weekly Honor Roll a team-best five times … Played in 22 of 24 matches, starting 17, and totaled 65 sets … Ranked No. 4 nationally with a .427 hitting percentage … Led the Ivy League in hitting percentage, blocks per set (1.37) and block solos (25) … Ranked among the top-five in the Ivy League in kills per set (2.97), total blocks (89) and points per set (3.8) … In Ivy League play, hit .433 with 18 block solos and 1.27 blocks per set to lead all league competitors … Reached double figures in kills 10 times and had nine matches with at least five blocks … Made her collegiate debut against Indiana at the San Francisco Invitational and earned her first block (Sept. 3) … Made her first start later that day against Campbell (Sept. 3) … Recorded 10 blocks to go with seven kills in a three-set victory over Manhattan (Sept. 9) … Broke the program record for blocks in a three-set match with 11 in a victory over Fordham, and added 11 kills (.556) for her first collegiate double-double ... Her 11 blocks tied for the fifth-most in a three-set match in the NCAA during the season … Hit .476 with a dozen kills and five blocks to help the Lions hold off Yale in five (Sept. 30) … Hit. 542 with 15 kills and nine blocks to total 21.0 points in a five-set victory over Penn (Oct. 8) … Registered a season-high 21 kills (.459) and 23.0 points to lead the Lions in a four-set triumph at Dartmouth (Oct. 15) … Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week for the first time (Oct. 24) … Hit .458 with 15 kills to help the Lions down Harvard in the home finale (Nov. 5) … Recorded 18 kills without a single error on 31 swings (.581) and added five blocks to help the Lions tie a program record with nine Ivy League wins, downing the Quakers in four (Nov. 11) … Went on to be named Ivy League Rookie of the Week for a second time (Nov. 14).
High School: A four-year letterwinner in volleyball at Horance Mann School in the Bronx ... 2015 All-New York State at middle blocker ... Led Horance Mann to a 13-3 record as a senior and an appearance in the NYSAIS Championship match against Fieldston.
Personal: Born March 30, 1998 in New York, N.Y. ... Daughter of Christina and Jerry Ikwuazom ... Intends to major in Neuroscience and Behavior with future plans of becoming a physician ... Father, Jerry, is a 1986 Columbia graduate of The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
SCHOOL RECORDS HELD
CAREER
- First in Total Blocks (345)
- Fourth in Total Kills (1,026)
SINGLE SEASON
- First in Kills (495; 2019)
- Fourth in Total Blocks (110; 2017)
SINGLE MATCH
- Fourth most Kills (29, twice)
- Tied for most Blocks (12; 2019)
- Tied for second most (11, three times)
