Inky Ajanaku

12 Inky Ajanaku

  • Position
    Middle Blocker
  • Height
    6-3
  • Class
    Redshirt Senior
  • Highschool
    Bishop Kelley
  • Hometown
    Tulsa, Okla.

Biography

As a Redshirt Senior (2016)

As a Senior (2015)

  • Missed the season due to a knee injury sustained playing with the U.S. National Team over the summer
  • Redshirted her fourth season on The Farm

As a Junior (2014) 

  • Volleyball Magazine National Player of the Year
  • AVCA All-America first team
  • Volleyball Magazine All-America first team
  • AVCA All-Pacific North Region
  • Honda Volleyball Sports Award finalist
  • All-Pac-12 Conference
  • Preseason All-Pac-12 Conference
  • AVCA National Player of the Week (Sept. 9)
  • Two-time Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 1 & Sept. 8)
  • Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 27)
  • Ames Regional Most Outstanding Player
  • Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge MVP
  • USD Invitational All-Tournament Team
  • Seventh in the nation with a .428 hitting percentage
  • Second in the Pac-12 with a .428 hitting percentage, sixth in blocks (1.14), eighth in points (4.13) and 10th in kills (3.48)
  • Registered a career high 21 kills on 33 attempts to hit .576 in a win over No. 20 Duke (Sept. 12)
  • Turned in a season-best .667 hitting percentage (11-1-15) against CSUN (Sept. 20)
  • Totaled 16 kills on a .481 hitting percentage and five blocks in a five-set win at Colorado (Oct. 17)
  • Led the team with 15 kills and tallied a season high nine blocks in a win over No. 17 UCLA (Oct. 24)
  • Tallied a team high 20 kills on a .457 hitting percentage and six blocks in a win over No. 20 Arizona State (Nov. 5)
  • Totaled 13 kills on .458 hitting and four blocks against Michigan State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament (Dec. 6)
  • Led the team with 16 kills and three blocks in the Ames Regional semifinal win over Oregon State (Dec. 12)
  • Recorded her 1,000th career kill in the Ames Regional final sweep over No. 5 Florida (Dec. 13)
  • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention

As a Sophomore (2013)

  • AVCA All-America first team
  • Volleyball Magazine All-America third team
  • AVCA All-Pacific North Region
  • All-Pac-12 Conference
  • AVCA National Player of the Week (Dec. 3)
  • Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (Dec. 2)
  • Second in the Pac-12 with a .438 hitting percentage (9th nationally) and third with 1.38 blocks per set (21st nationally)
  • One of five Cardinal players to average at least 2.72 kills per set
  • Hit .539 (8-1-13) to go with a season-high nine blocks in a sweep over No. 16 Arizona State (Sept. 27)
  • Hit .615 with nine kills and tallied three blocks, including the 200th of her career, against Colorado (Oct. 12)
  • Hit a career-high .800 (8-0-10) with two blocks against Oregon State (Oct. 25)
  • Led the team with a season-best 15 kills and seven blocks at Arizona (Nov. 27)
  • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention

As a Freshman (2012)

  • AVCA All-America honorable mention
  • AVCA All-Pacific Region
  • All-Pac-12 Conference
  • All-Pac-12 Freshman Team
  • Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Oct. 15 & Oct. 29)
  • Berkeley Regional All-Tournament Team
  • Played in 116 sets, making 24 starts at middle blocker
  • Averaged 2.42 kills and 1.23 blocks per set
  • Third in the Pac-12 and 28th nationally with a .374 hitting percentage
  • Made her collegiate debut in the season opener versus Saint Mary's (Aug. 24), totaling seven kills and two blocks
  • Eight kills and a career-best 10 blocks versus then-No. 2 Oregon (Oct. 5)

High School

  • A 2012 graduate of Bishop Kelley High School in Tulsa, Okla.
  • A three-year letterwinner and captain of her team as a senior
  • Lettered twice in track and once in basketball
  • Team was a four-time Oklahoma state champion and the 2012 academic state champion
  • No. 2 ranked recruit by PrepVolleyball.com
  • 2011 AVCA Under Armour First Team All-American and Oklahoma Gatorade Player of the Year
  • Named Under Armour Most Undeniable Player for Team West
  • 2010 and 2011 Class 6A state tournament MVP and All-Metro Volleyball Player of the Year
  • An all-state pick, holds her high school's career record for attack percentage (.634)

Club Competition

  • Played for Club ONE Volleyball

National Team Experience

  • Competed for the A2 U.S. Women's Junior National Team in 2011

Personal

  • Daughter of Kunle Ajanaku and Tola Elliott
  • Has an older brother, Kunle, and an older sister, Kitan, who played volleyball at Long Beach State and Georgia State
  • Earned her degree in human biology, working towards a master's in biology
  • Contemplating a career as an orthopedic surgeon
  • Hobbies include cooking, biking and swimming
  • Full name is Oyinkansola OluSeun Ajanaku

Career Highs

Kills 21, vs. Duke (9/12/14)
Attempts 35, vs. Arizona State (11/5/14)
Aces None
Digs 5, at Penn State (8/31/12)
Assists 4, at California (11/23/12)
Blocks 10, vs. Oregon (10/5/12)
Hitting Percentage .800 (8-0-10), vs. Oregon State (10/25/13)

Statistics

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