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Jersey Number 4
Olivia Okoro
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Carrollton, Texas
- High School:
- Hebron H.S.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2012)
- Appeared in 19 matches, including starting the final 12 in her first season at UT
- Put down a total of 67 kills and 50 blocks, including a career-high eight rejections in a win at No. 13 Florida
- Hit a career-best .471 and tied a career high with 10 kills in a five-set win over Auburn (11/16)
- Recorded a career-high 10 kills and hit .320 at South Carolina (11/11)
- Finished with a career-best eight blocks in an upset win at No. 13 Florida (11/4)
AT UCLA (2011)
- Appeared in seven matches, making three starts en route to a NCAA National Championship as a freshman at UCLA
- Saw action in 13 total sets for the Bruins
- Finished the season with 14 kills and a 1.08 kills per set average
- Added 11 blocks, all assisted
- Compiled 19.5 points on the season.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
- Played three years of varsity volleyball at Hebron High School in Carrollton, Texas, where she was named Female Athlete of the Year in 2011
- Named to the Lone Star Volleyball All-Texas Team each of her last two seasons and was named second-team All-District as a senior
- Was ranked No. 9 on ESPN[apos]s Top Seniors list and 24th on PrepVolleyball[apos]s Senior Aces list
- District 6-5A Co-Blocker of the Year and first-team All-District as a junior and District honorable mention as a sophomore
- Helped the Hawks to a Texas 5-A State Championship in 2010, as Hebron was dubbed MaxPreps[apos] No. 1 Team in Texas and No. 4 Team in the nation
- Led Hebron to a 6-5A District title and Region I semifinal berth in 2009
- Played club with Dallas Premier 17 Mizuno, finishing third and being named to the All-Tournament Team at the 2010 USA Volleyball Girls[apos] Junior National Championships 17 Open.
- Played with the USA Youth National Team (2009), the USA Youth Olympic Team (2010) and the USA Junior Beach Tour (2010)
- Finished second at the [apos]10 Youth Olympics in Singapore
PERSONAL
- Lists USA Volleyball[apos]s Destinee Hooker as her biggest sports influence
- Has two brothers, Chris (22) and Bryan (17) and one sister, Ivuoma (20)
- Olivia Nkechinyere Okoro, the daughter of Iheanyi and Ola Okoro, was born in Dallas, Texas on Aug. 18, 1993
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