Mmachi Nwoke

Position Middle Blocker

Height 6'1''

Class Junior

Hometown Grand Prairie, Texas

High School South Grand Prairie HS

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PRONUNCIATION: mah-CHEE WHOA-kay

OVERVIEW

Second-year junior and one of two returning middle blockers with starting experience
Provides size and quickness to KU’s middle blockers
Born and raised in Texas, but has full Nigerian heritage

2018 (JUNIOR)

Played in 21 matches (72 sets) with 18 starts, finishing with 88 kills and 78 total blocks
Tallied her lone double-figure kill performance against the College of Charleston (Aug. 31), finishing with a season-high 11 kills and a .526 (11-1-19) attack percentage
Five matches with double-figure points, including a season-high 16.5 points against the College of Charleston (Aug. 31)
Eight matches with five or more blocks and logged a season-high nine total blocks against Texas Tech (Nov. 3)

2017 (SOPHOMORE)
Played in 13 matches and 32 sets … All six of her starts came during Big 12 play … Totaled 43 kills on a .320 hitting percentage with 23.0 blocks … Averaged 1.34 kills per set and 0.72 blocks per set … Made her Kansas debut in a three-set win at Utah Valley (Aug. 31) … Recorded her first kill, dig and block as a Jayhawk against Montana (Sept. 2) … Posted six kills in two sets during her first match with substantial playing time at West Virginia (Oct. 4) … Made first start as a Jayhawk at Oklahoma (Oct. 7), recording 11 kills on 14 errorless swings with a season-high five blocks … Went for four kills and four blocks during KU’s three-set sweep at No. 24 Baylor (Oct. 18) … Recorded seven kills and two blocks in five sets against Oklahoma (Oct. 25) … Her final start of the season was at No. 22 Iowa State (Oct. 28).

2016 (FRESHMAN AT ARIZONA STATE)
Played in 65 total sets for the Sun Devils during the 2016 campaign … Totaled 54 kills on a .152 hitting percentage with 45 blocks … Made first-collegiate start in the first match of the season against Fairfield (Aug. 26) and went on to record her first-career block, finishing with two … Recorded a season-high six blocks in a five-set win over Butler (Sept. 2) during the Iowa Hawkeye Classic … Notched a season-high nine kills against Long Beach State (Sept. 10) on a .750 clip with no attacking errors; added five blocks in ASU’s five-set victory over LBSU.

HIGH SCHOOL
2014 Grand Prairie Offensive Player of the Year & All-District First Team … 2015 All-Texas honoree … During her junior year of high school she led the team with 74 blocks and 99 kills … As a senior, she led the team with 125 blocks and 344 kills.

ACADEMICS
Pursuing a degree in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Kansas.

PERSONAL
Full name is Mmachi Edith Nwoke … Daughter of Kenn and Nneka Nwoke … Has one brother, Chimez, and two sisters, Iveoma and Uchenna.