Nwakaego Nwagbuo

Position:
Outside Hitter/Rightside Hitter
Height:
6-0
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Middleton
Hometown:
Tampa, Fla.

2021 – Sophomore (Game-by-Game)

2020-21 – Freshman
Did not compete.

Prep/Club
Played at Middleton High School…Voted to the First-Team National Conference in both her junior and senior seasons… As a senior, was the only player to be unanimously voted to the league's first team…Selected to the Second-Team National Conference as a sophomore…Rewrote the record books and holds the program records for blocks (season 75 and career 163), kills (season 220 and career 529), hitting percentage (season .326 and career .284) and attack attempts (season 469 and career 1,129) at Middleton…Won numerous MaxPreps Player of the Match Awards and garnered MaxPreps Middleton Volleyball Player of the Year in both her junior and senior seasons…Tabbed the Middleton "Most Valuable Player" as a junior and as a senior…Awarded "Most Blocks" as a sophomore and "Most Improved Player" as a freshman at Middleton…Coached by Robert Dodson at Middleton…First player in Middleton Volleyball program history to earn a scholarship to an NCAA Division I Team…Competed for Tampa North Volleyball Club which finished as the runners-up in the Gold Division at Volleyfest of the Palm Beaches...Helped the team win the Diamond Division at the AAU Junior National Volleyball Championships…Graduated from Middleton in 2020.

Personal
Born on January 29, 2002…Daughter of Bartholomew and Eunice Nwagbuo…Majoring in Mass Communication: TV & Film with a minor in Mathematics at SEMO.