2023 Women's Volleyball Roster
Chiamaka Nwokolo
- Position:
- MB
- Hometown:
- Columbus, Ohio
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Letters:
- 4
- High School:
- Bishop Hartley HS
Career Highlights
AVCA All-East Coast Region Team (2023)
All-ACC 2nd Team (2023)
Preseason All-ACC Team (2023)
College Sports Communicators Academic All-American (2023)
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2023)
All-ACC 2nd Team (2022)
Madison NCAA Tournament All-Region Team (2022)
2022 Academic All-District selected by the College Sports Communicators (2022)
PNC Achiever of the Week (12/20/22)
2020 AVCA All-America Honorable Mention
VolleyballMag.com All-America Honorable Mention (2020)
AVCA East Coast All-Region Honorable Mention (2020)
3x All-ACC Academic Team (2020, 2022, 2023)
AS A GRADUATE (2023)
- Captained the Panthers to a third straight Final Four and second straight ACC Championship
- Notched 152 kills and 106 blocks, hitting a program best .432 for the season
- Holds the program's career hitting percentage record (.392)
- Registered 10 kills in the five set win against Georgia Tech and hit .556
- Notched 10 kills against Virginia in the home sweep, hitting ,600
- AVCA All-East Coast Region Team
- All-ACC Second Team
- Preseason All-ACC Team
- College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
- All-ACC Academic Team
AS A SENIOR (2022)
Member of Pitt’s NCAA Final Four team, the second consecutive National Semifinal appearance…won her second ACC Championship, helping the Panthers to a 17-1 conference record and the most wins in a single season since 1990 (31-4)…2nd Team All-ACC…played in 34 matches, starting 31 at middle blocker…recorded career highs in kills (166), aces (4), blocks (118) and points (235.5)…made her 166 kills this year on .374 hitting…recorded triple-digit blocks for the first time in her career, averaging 1.04/set, also her first season averaging more than one block per set…named to the All-Regional team in the Madison region of the NCAA Tournament, making 20 kills and five blocks on .436 hitting…saved her best volleyball for the NCAA Tournament, posting 41 kills on .473 hitting never hitting below .400 for any of the five matches…posted a season best 14 kills in a four-set win over NC State (9/25) while also hitting .522 in that match…made a career-best eight blocks in victories over Cincinnati (9/2) and No. 2 Louisville (10/23) helping Pitt secure its first victory over a Top 2 ranked opponent.
AS A JUNIOR (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 … Appeared in all but one match for Pitt … Averaged 1.25 kills and 0.75 blocks per set … Second on the team with a .348 season hitting percentage … Posted a season-best eight kills against Purdue in the NCAA Regional Final (Dec. 11) … Hit a season-best (minimum 10 attempts) .583 against High Point with seven kills on 12 swings with no errors (Sept. 10) … Had five or more kills in 14 matches … Recorded a career-best four assists at Florida State (Oct. 17) … Posted a season-best six blocks in two matches, including the NCAA National Semifinal against Nebraska (Dec. 16).
AS A SOPHOMORE (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 … AVCA All-America Honorable Mention; first honors of career … AVCA East Coast All-Region Honorable Mention; first of career … Led Pitt and ranked fourth in the ACC with a hitting percentage of .411 … Third for Pitt with 0.88 blocks per set and fourth on the team with 1.73 kills per set … Produced a career-high 13 kills on .647 hitting in the Panthers' first NCAA Regional Semifinal win in program history: a 3-2 upset of No. 3 seed Minnesota (April 18) … Hit a career-best .727 in a sweep at Villanova (Feb. 14) … Posted a career-high eight blocks against No. 5 Notre Dame (Oct. 18).
AS A FRESHMAN (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 … Appeared in 17 matches, playing a total of 32 sets … Posted season highs of seven kills and three blocks against at Syracuse (Oct. 11) … Suffered a season-ending hand injury in late October.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Named to the 2019 JVA All-National Team, which recognizes the top 22 JVA female indoor athletes in the nation ... Ranked 66th nationally by Prep Volleyball Senior Ace … Under Armour All-American Honorable Mention … Club team, Mintonette, won the 16 Open Section at the USAV Nationals in 2017 … Named to the 2017 All-Ohio State Volleyball Team.
PERSONAL
Born Nov. 8, 2000 … Daughter of Chinyelu and Osita … Has three siblings, Ginika, Ako and Toby
