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Ifenna Cos-Okpalla Season 2022

#10
Pos.MB
Ht.6-2
ClassFreshman
HometownFlower Mound, Texas
HONORS AND AWARDS
  • AVCA First Team All-American (2025)
  • NCAA All-Tournament Team (2025)
  • AVCA Player of the Year Watchlist (2025)
  • SEC All-Tournament Team (2025)
  • AVCA Honorable Mention All-American (2024)
  • Volleyball Mag Fourth Team All-American (2024)
  • AVCA All-Region Team (2023, '24, '25)
  • All-SEC First Team (2024, '25)
  • All-SEC Preseason Team (2024, '25)
  • SEC Player of the Week 4x (2024 1x, '25 3x)
  • SEC Defensive Player of the Week 10x (2023 2x, '24 3x, '25 5x)
  • Volleyball Mag Honorable Mention All-American (2023)
  • AD Honor Roll (Spring 2023)

INTERNATIONAL/PROFESSIONAL 
  • Signed her first professional contract with League One Volleyball's affiliate in Salt Lake City (2025)
  • Secured first competitive national team selection after being named to the Unites States' U23 Pan American Cup team (2025)
  • Was named U23 Pan American Cup MVP and Blocker of the Tournament (2025)
  • Selected to Collegiate National Team (2024)

SENIOR YEAR (2025)
  • Appeared in and started all 33 matches and 118 sets
  • Broke the program record for both career blocks (565) and single-season blocks (199)
  • Her 199 block total led the nation, while her 1.69 blocks per set was a single season high and ranked first in the country among power-four schools
  • Recorded a single-season high 244 kills on the year and logged five games with double-digit kills and set a career-high 15 versus Texas (10/31)
  • Set the single-season hitting percentage record, concluding the year at .422 percent (244 kills, 51 errors, 457 attempts)
  • Led the team in service aces with 42 which is the most by an Aggie since 2019, logged her career high of five versus Alabama
  • Cos-Okpalla became the first Aggie since 2005 to be named an AVCA First Team All-American
  • She became the first player ever to pace the SEC in blocks per set across all matches for the three-straight years (1.69) 
  • Reached double-digit blocks in four matches this season and five or more in 19
  • Broke the conference record for most SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors in a single season with five

JUNIOR YEAR (2024)
  • Appeared in 29 matches and 110 sets
  • Blocked 161 swings on the year, marking the second-largest single season total in A&M history during the rally-scoring era
  • Averaged 1.46 blocks per set which was good for No. 2 all-time in the rally-scoring era in the Aggie history books
  • Logged a single season high 228 kills, hitting at .374 percent which is the seventh highest efficiency 
  • Finished the regular season as the top blocker in the conference, averaging 1.47 a set
  • Recorded first career double-double versus LSU (11/24/24) with 13 kills (career high) and 10 blocks
  • Broke the program record for total blocks in a five-set postseason match in the rally-scoring era with 10 versus Wisconsin (12/13) 
  • Marked three matches with 10+ blocks and 20 with 5+ blocks

SOPHOMORE YEAR (2023)
  • Appeared in 27 matches and 93 sets
  • Contributed 151 blocks, 134 kills and 11 aces
  • Led the Aggies in blocks and blocks per set (1.62)
  • Paced the nation in blocks per set for the entire season
  • Logged a career-high 14 total blocks versus Utah State
  • Broke her own program record for blocks in a three-set match (14)
  • Registered a career high 12 kills at No. 4 Florida (9/27)
  • Recorded three matches with 10+ blocks and 16 with 5+ blocks

FRESHMAN YEAR (2022)
  • Appeared in 14 matches, started six and played 35 sets
  • Contributed 54 total blocks, 31 kills and 61 points
  • Logged a career-high 10 total blocks in one game versus Tennessee Tech (9/16)
  • Broke program record for blocks in a three-set match (10)

HIGH SCHOOL
  • Defensive Player of the Year (2019)
  • Offensive Player of the Year (2020)
  • 2021 AVCA High School All-American
  • Three-time all-district performer
  • Member of the 2019 Girls Junior National Championship 15 USA team
  • Played club volleyball with MadFrog
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