Ogonna Nnamani
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| Full name | Ogonna Nneka Nnamani | ||||
| Nationality | American | ||||
| Born | July 29, 1983 Bloomington, Illinois, U.S. | ||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||
| College / University | Stanford | ||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | ||||
| Current club | USA Women's National Volleyball Team | ||||
| Number | 1 | ||||
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Ogonna Nneka Nnamani // ⓘ (born July 29, 1983) is a physician, retired American indoor volleyball player, and former member of the United States National and Olympic teams. She was awarded the Honda-Broderick Cup in 2004 as the nation's top female athlete across all NCAA sports and is regarded as one of the best players in Stanford University's history with a career record of 2,450 kills, for which she entered the Stanford Hall of Fame in 2015.
Nnamani has played at two Olympic Games, in 2004 and 2008. In 2004, she became the second woman in history to make the U.S. national team for an Olympic Games while still in college, and as part of the second U.S. team in history to reach the Olympic finals, earned the 2008 Olympic silver medal for indoor volleyball. She led Stanford University to three NCAA championship matches, winning the national title in 2001 and 2004. Nnamani has led her professional teams to national league titles in 2007 (Swiss Volleyball League) and 2010 (Czech Extraliga), and a runner-up finish in 2006 (Puerto Rico LVSF).