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2023 Women's Volleyball Roster

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Jay Metzger
Jay Metzger

3 Amber Igiede

3 Amber Igiede

  • Position:
    Middle Blocker
  • Height:
    6-3
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Baton Rouge, La.
  • Highschool:
    St. Michael the Archangel

Summary

Biography

Awards & Honors (2023)
(Igiede's Full Career Awards & Honors - CLICK HERE)
  • 2023 AVCA All-American Third Team
  • 2023 AVCA Pacific North All-Region
  • 2023 Big West Championship Most Valuable Player
  • 2023 All-Big West First Team
  • 2023-24 Rainbow Wahine of the Year (H-Awards)
  • 2023 CSC Academic All-District Division I
  • Big West Offensive Player of the Week (5x) - (Aug. 29, Sept. 4, Sept. 25, Oct. 23, Nov. 20)
  • 2023 Fight in the Fort (Fort Worth, Texas) All-Tournament TEam
  • 2023 Hawaiian Airlines Rainbow Wahine Classic All-Tournament Team
  • 2023 OUTRIGGER Volleyball Challenge All-Tournament Team

2023 (Senior):
  • Named to the AVCA All-America Third Team for the second-straight season to become the 18th Rainbow Wahine to earn multiple AVCA All-American awards during their careers
  • Earned fourth AVCA Pacific North All-Region honors (First Team - 2022, '23; Honorable Mention - 2019, '21)
  • Is just the third player from UH to earn All-Big West First Team honors all four years
  • Was named Big West Offensive Player of the Week five times in her senior season and  concluded her career with a total of 11 Big West weekly awards 
    • Senior (2023) - Offensive Player of the Week (5x) - (Aug. 29, Sept. 4, Sept. 25, Oct. 23, Nov. 20).
    • Junior (2022) - Offensive Player of the Week (2x) - (Oct. 31, Nov. 28), Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 5)
    • Sophomore (2021) - Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 15); Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 8)
    • Freshman (2019) - Freshman of the Week (Nov. 25)
  • Finished the 2023 season leading the Big West with a .396 hitting percentage, 3.72 kills/set, 540.0 total points, 4.62 points/set, and 435 total kills and was ranked as the NCAA's No. 2 middle blocker in both total points (540.0) and points/set (4.62). She also led UH with 28 service aces
  • Igiede led UH all four of her seasons in block solos, block assists and total blocks
  • Among NCAA career active leaders in 2023, Igiede finished as the No. 3 middle in career kills and was tied for 11th in career blocks
  • Concluded her standout career with 1,371 total kills, 110 block solos, 418 block assists and 528 total blocks with career averages of 3.16 kill/set and 1.22 blocks/set.
  • Igiede's 1.371 career kills ranks her at No. 12 in the UH record book right behind Nikki Taylor's 1,377 (2013-16), and Igiede's 528 total blocks comes in at No. 4 in UH history behind Cecelia Goods' 573 total blocks (1993, '95-'97)
  • For her career, Igiede had at least one kill in all 122 matches played and had at least one block in 121 career matches
  • Became just the fourth Rainbow Wahine to record over 1,000 career kills and 500 career blocks joining only UH icons Angelica Ljungqvist (1993-96), Suzanne Eagye (1984-87) and Deitre Colllins (1980-83)
    • On Sept. 2 in a pre-season match against USC, became just the 21st Rainbow Wahine to reach 1,000 career kills. The last Rainbow Wahine to accomplish the feat was McKenna Granato who did so in 2018
    • On Nov. 19 at UC Irvine, Igiede was in on a match-high eight blocks to become just the fourth Rainbow Wahine in history to surpass the 500 career block milestone
  • Notched a season best .722 hitting percentage with 13 kills and no errors on 18 swings vs. CSUN (9/24)
  • Put down 20+ kills three times in 2023--twice recording 21 kills (vs. Long Beach State - 11/18, vs. Western Carolina 9/15) while pounding down 20 kills vs Liberty (9/7)
  • Was in on a season-high 9.0 blocks in the season-opener against Northwestern (8/25)
  • Tallied a season-high 24.5 total points twice, once against Liberty (9/7) in five sets and then again in three sets against the Catamounts in a neutral site-match at the Fight in the Fort tournament in Fort Worth, Texas
  • In 2023, the versatile middle recorded nine matches in which she had at least a kill, a block, an assist, a dig and a service ace. She had at least a kill, a block and a dig in all 29 regular season matches
  • Finished the season posting double-digit kills in 27 out of UH's 33 matches. 
  • Earned all-tournament honors in all three of UH's pre-season tournaments as well as the inaugural Big West Championship tournament
2022 (Junior):
  • Earned AVCA All-America Third Team honors to become the first Rainbow Wahine since Emily Maglio to earn AA team honors in 2017
  • Became the 12th overall and third-straight Rainbow Wahine (following Norene Iosia-2019 and Brooke Van Sickle-2021) to be voted Big West Player of the Year 
  • Is just the second UH middle blocker to be named BW Player of the Year joining her former assistant coach Angelica Ljungqvist
  • Earned her third-straight BW First Team award
  • Was voted twice as the BW Player of the Week (10/31 and 11/28) and once as Defensive Player of the Week (9/5). For her career, she now has six overall BW weekly honors--three Defensive, two Offensive and one Freshman of the Week.
  • Finished the season ranked No. 5 in the NCAA with a league-best .433 hitting percentage
  • Led the Big West with career-highs of 523.5 total points (kills+service aces+block solos+1/2 block assists) and second with 406 kills and 3.79 kill/set.
  • Also finished second on the team with 29 service aces while scooping up 96 digs
  • Set a new UH single-season record with a .439 hitting percentage
  • Pounded a career-high 24 kills at UC Davis (10/29/22)
  • Tied career-high with 10 blocks against UCLA (9/4/22)
  • Recorded double-digit kills in 27-of-29 total matches--including a streak of 18-straight
  • Hit over .600 three times in 2022, topping off with a season-high .652 (15-0-23) against UC Irvine...hit at least .500 in 12 matches
  • Recorded at least two blocks in all but one match in 2022...she now has registered at least one block in 88-of-89 career matches
  • Against UCLA (9/4/22) notched her only double-double of the season with 11 kills and 10 blocks for her third career double-double
  • Stymied CSUN on the road with a career-high four service aces
2021 (Sophomore):
  • Earned AVCA All-Region honorable mention honors for the second-straight season
  • Voted to the All-Big West First team for the second-straight season
  • Tabbed Big West Defensive Player of the Week and then Offensive Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks (Nov. 8 & Nov. 15, 2021)
  • One of two Rainbow Wahine to start all 30 matches and play in all 107 sets
  • Raised her game exponentially across the board statistically finishing the year with career season totals of 316 kills, a .388 hitting percentage, 3.0 kill/set, 135 total blocks, 1.3 blocks/set, 113 digs, 1.1 digs/set, 14 assists and eight service aces
  • Led UH with her .388 hitting percentage (fourth in the Big West), 24 block solos, 111 block assists, 135 total blocks (third in Big West) and 1.26 blocks/set (third in Big West)
  • Put down a career-high 20 kills at Cal State Bakersfield (11/19/21) - first UH middle blocker to record at least 20 kills since Emily Maglio's 27 against Cal Poly (10/27/17)
  • Tied for first in the Big West in 2021 (Onye Ofoegbu, UC Irvine) with a match- and career-high .786 hitting percentage (11-0-14)
  • Tied her career-high with 10.0 blocks against UC San Diego (11/14/21)
  • Recorded a career-high nine digs Southern California (9/10/21)
  • Became the first UH middle blocker to record over 100 digs since Lauren Duggins in 2002 (190). Igiede finished the year with113 digs
  • Tallied 17 double-digit kill matches and has recorded at least three kills in every match in 2021
  • Posted at least 1.0 blocks in every match this year--including 12 matches with at least 5.0 blocks
  • Has registered at least one kill and one block in all 60 career matches played

2020: Season canceled by the Big West Conference due to COVID-19, student-athletes will not lose a year of eligibility and maintain their athletic standing for the 2021-22 academic year.

2019 (Freshman):
  • Appeared in all 30 matches with 26 starts at middle blocker while playing in 103 total sets
  • Finished the year ranked No. 1 in the Big West-best 1.23 blocks per set and 128 total blocks. She also was No. 4 with a .355 hitting percentage. Igiede finished ranked No. 48 in the NCAA DI in blocks per set and No. 75 in the nation in total blocks.
  • Finished second on the team with 213 kills with a 2.05 k/set average
  • Also recorded 43 digs, eight assists and four service aces
  • Posted a career-high 14 kills against West Virginia (9/12/19)
  • Recorded a career-high 10.0 blocks against Cal State Fullerton (10/5/19)
  • Posted a career-high 17.5 points against WVU with 14K & six total blocks (one solo)
  • Recorded at least one block in every match except one
  • Tallied four double-digit kill matches
  • Earned the team's Best Blocker Award during the team's annual banquet
Prep:
  • A 2019 graduate of St. Michael the Archangel in Baton Rouge, La.
  • Earned four varsity letters in volleyball
  • Recorded a school’s record 1,656 career kills and 309 career blocks and had a top 10 spot nationally with a .459 hitting percentage
  • Highly decorated prep career: four-time all-district, four-time all-district Most Valuable Player awards; three-time all-Metro League, Metro League Most Valuable Player, and a three-time all-state awardee
  • Was named the The Advocate’s 2018-19 “Star of Stars” for girls volleyball in Baton Rouge. 
  • Earned the school’s Silver Service Award
  
Personal:
  • Born in Baton Rouge, La.
  • Plans to major in psychology
  • Has an older sister and a younger brother
  • Parents are Lena and Anthony Igiede of Baton Rouge, La.
Career Highs
  • Kills - 24, at UC Davis (10/29/22)
  • Hitting % - .786, at Long Beach State (11/6/21)
  • Assists - 4, UC Irvine (10/7/22)
  • Service Aces - 4, at CSUN (11/26/22)
  • Digs - 9, Southern California (9/10/21)
  • Total blocks - 10.0 (3x), last USC (9/4/22)
  • Block solo - 3 (7x), last at UC San Diego (11/11/22)
  • Block assists - 9 (2x), last UC San Diego (11/14/21)
  • Points - 28.5, at UC Davis (10/29/22)
*in NCAA tournament
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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2019Freshman

    Middle Blocker
    6'3"
    3
  • 3

    2020Sophomore

    Middle Blocker
    6'3"
    3
  • 3

    2021Sophomore

    Middle Blocker
    6'3"
    3
  • 3

    2022Junior

    Middle Blocker
    6'3"
    3
  • 3

    2023Senior

    Middle Blocker
    6'3"
    3