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COLUMBUS, OH - DECEMBER 15: The Pittsburgh Panthers pose during the Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship on December 15, 2021 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Jamie Schwaberow/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)

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Chinaza Ndee

Height:
5-11
Class:
Junior
High School:
The Kinkaid School
Hometown:
Houston, Texas

Career Highlights
Varsity Walk – Blue-Gold Award (2020)
ACC Volleyball Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2020)
ACC Postgraduate Scholarship (2020)
AVCA All-America Second Team (2020)
AVCA All-America Third Team (2021)
NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team (Pittsburgh) (2021)
Senior CLASS Award All-America Second Team (2020)
VolleyballMag.com All-America Second Team (2020)
VolleyballMag.com All-America Fourth Team (2021)
3x AVCA East Coast All-Region Team (2019, 2020, 2021)
3x All-ACC First Team (2019, 2020, 2021)
4x ACC Player of the Week (2019, 2020, 2021)
2x Preseason All-ACC (2020, 2021)
AVCA All-America Honorable Mention (2019)
4x All-ACC Academic Team (2017, 2019, 2020, 2021)
ACC All-Freshman Team (2017)
2x ACC Freshman of the Week (2017)

All-Time Career Rankings/Milestones – Pitt Record Book
No. 2: 472 block assists
No. 3: 494 total blocks
No. 8: 1,394 kills
No. 10: .297 hitting percentage
One of two Panthers to rank in the program Top 10 for career block assists, total blocks, kills and hitting percentage (Jennie Driscoll, 1993-96)

AS A FIFTH YEAR (2021)
Part of Pitt’s first NCAA Final Four appearance by a women’s team in school history … Helped Pitt reach its sixth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, marking the program’s longest NCAA postseason streak in history … American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-America Third Team selection … VolleyballMag.com All-America Fourth Team selection … Named to the NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team (Pittsburgh) … Earned third consecutive nod to the AVCA East Coast All-Region Team and All-ACC First Team … Named ACC Player of the Week for the fourth time in her career (Sept. 14) … Completed her five-year career with multiple Top 10 rankings in the Pitt record book: 472 block assists (second), 494 total blocks (third), 1,394 kills (eighth), .297 hitting percentage (10th) … Led Pitt with 434 total points and 380 total kills for the season … Second for the Panthers with 101 total blocks … Started all 34 matches and appeared in all 126 sets for Pitt … One of three Panthers to record more than three kills per set (3.02) … Third for Pitt with 0.80 blocks per set … Posted a season-best 17 kills in three matches … Recorded 10 or more kills in 25 matches … Hit a season-best .632 against Kansas in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen with 14 kills on 19 attempts and two errors (Dec. 9) … Picked up a season-best five digs at Miami (Oct. 15) … Blocked a season-best six balls at three matches … Named Preseason All-ACC for the second consecutive season … Earned a spot on the All-ACC Academic Team for the fourth time in her career.

AS A SENIOR (2020)
Part of the Panthers’ first NCAA Elite Eight appearance in program history, reaching the Regional Final as the final unseeded team in the field … Helped Pitt secure its fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance … Named the program’s first ACC Volleyball Scholar-Athlete of the Year … AVCA All-America Second Team selection; first honors of career … Third Panther all-time to make the All-America Second Team … Two-time AVCA East Coast All-Region Team selection (2019, 2020) … Second consecutive selection to All-ACC First Team (2019, 2020) … 2020 Senior CLASS Award All-America Second Team … Honored on Pitt's prestigious Varsity Walk as a Blue-Gold Award winner … Became Pitt's 18th member of the 1,000 Kill Club, crossing the threshold during the Panthers' NCAA Regional Final match against No. 6 seed Washington (April 19) … Second for Pitt in points per set (3.95), kills per set (3.38) and blocks per set (0.94) … Recorded a season-best 21 kills at Syracuse (Sept. 25) … Hit a career-best .739 with 17 kills on 23 attempts against Boston College (Oct. 10) … Ranked third in the ACC in total points (347.5) and total blocks (83) … Named ACC Player of the Week (March 30) … Preseason All-ACC Selection.

AS A JUNIOR (2019)
Helped the Panthers earn their third consecutive ACC Championship with a perfect 18-0 record in conference play … Part of Pitt’s fourth consecutive NCAA Second Round appearance … AVCA All-America Honorable Mention … AVCA East Coast All-Region Team … All-ACC first team … Second on the squad with 2.85 kills per set on .296 hitting … Ranks second for Pitt with 0.98 blocks per frame … Moved into the program’s top 10 all-time for both career block assists and career total blocks … Recorded two double-doubles … Led the Panthers in kills in eight matches … Paced the team in blocks in 10 matches … Posted a career-high 22 kills at Pepperdine (Sept. 14) … Contributed a career-best 11 blocks at Boston College (Oct. 13) … Two-time ACC Player of the Week (Sept. 23, Oct. 7).

AS A SOPHOMORE (2018)
Part of the Panthers’ first outright ACC Championship, the second consecutive title for the program … Helped the team to its third appearance in as many years at the NCAA Tournament, defeating Iona in the opening round at Petersen Events Center before falling to Michigan in the second round … One of three Panthers to play in every set this season … Recorded a career-high hitting percentage of .733 at North Carolina, killing 12 of 15 attempts with one error, adding five blocks …. Had a season-high 14 kills in a sweep of Seton Hall … Posted a season-high seven blocks at Wake Forest … Finished second on the team, 16th in the ACC, with 0.93 blocks per set … Second on the team with a season hitting percentage of .333, posting 219 kills.

AS A FRESHMAN (2017)
Part of the first volleyball team to win an ACC Championship, claiming the title after defeating Virginia to end the regular season … Helped the team to their second appearance in two years at the NCAA Tournament, defeating VCU in the opening round, before falling to No. 1 Penn State … Earned All-ACC Freshman honors … Recognized as the ACC Freshman of the week twice … Honored as part of the All-ACC Academic team … Tallied 14 kills and six blocks in a victory against Saint Mary’s … Added 10 kills and three blocks at Florida State … Recorded six kills and six blocks in a victory against Boston College … Tallied nine kills and six blocks in a victory against Florida State … Posted eight kills and four blocks against VCU in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.

HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year player at The Kinkaid School in Houston, Texas ... 2016 Under Armour Girls High School Honorable Mention All-America selection ... Named All-South Zone in her junior and sophomore seasons ... Selected to the All-Southwest Preparatory Conference team in her junior, sophomore and freshman seasons ... Three-year member of Houston Juniors Elite ... Led the team to a second place finish at Junior Nationals in the Open Division ... Ranked No. 80 on Prep Volleyball’s Senior Aces Top 100 ... Named to AVCA Phenom list as a sophomore.

PERSONAL
Born Aug. 20, 1999 … Daughter of Amechi and Bethel Ndee ... Full first name is Chinazaekpere … Born in Nigeria and came to the United States at five years old … Has three siblings: Onuchi, Kamsi and Onyi … Younger sister, Onuchi, plays volleyball at American University … Graduated Magna Cum Laude with a bachelor’s degree in natural sciences in December 2020 … earned a second bachelor’s degree in psychology in December 2021 and is currently pursuing medical school.