Toya Osuegbu

Photo by: Rob Goldberg

Position:
Middle Hitter
Height:
5-11
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Winder-Barrow HS
Hometown:
Winder, Ga.
Major:
Family and Community Services

2018: Played in 99 sets over all 29 matches with 28 starts … Paced the team in total blocks (87), blocks per set (0.88) and hitting percentage (.248) while ranking third in total kills (207) and points (254.5) and fourth in kills per set (2.09) … Named the American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week Oct. 8 after averaging 3.00 kills per set, 3.38 points per set and 0.62 blocks per set and hitting .447 in league road wins at Connecticut and Temple … Tallied double-digit kills in seven matches … Collected a season-high eight blocks at Tulane (Oct. 26) … Posted a career-high 17 kills and hit .387 in the Pirates’ home victory over N.C. Central (Sept. 25) … Racked up 13 kills and hit a sizzling .524 against Tulsa (Nov. 2) in Greenville … Notched 12 kills, four blocks and a .556 hitting percentage in the 3-1 win at Connecticut (Oct. 5) … Followed that performance with a 12-kill effort in a four-set triumph at Temple (Oct. 7).

2017: Led the Pirates in total blocks (140) and blocks per set (1.14) ... Ranked second in the league in total blocks and fourth in blocks per set ... Tallied a career-high 10 blocks in the 3-0 victory over Cincinnati in the season finale - the second-most blocks in a three-set match in American Athletic Conference history ... Notched a career-high 13 kills and hit .429 against SMU on Sept. 29.??

2016: Played in 19 sets over nine matches ... Made starts against South Carolina State (Sept. 17) and Cincinnati (Oct. 5) ... Posted a season-high five kills against South Carolina State ... Tallied four kills, two digs and three total blocks versus UCF (Sept. 30).??

High School: Played four seasons of varsity volleyball for Winder-Barrow High School under head coach David Rows and helped the Bulldogs to a 36-22 overall record and a 10-1 league mark in 2015 … Tallied 386 kills and 144 total blocks (86 solo) her senior season as well as 83 aces as she earned first-team all-region honors … Was also tabbed as a finalist for regional player of the year and was the defensive player of the year for Winder-Barrow … Was named all-region in 2014 as a junior and her team’s player of the year as well as to the Athens Banner Herald All-Area Team … Recognized as the Winder-Barrow offensive player of the year as a sophomore while picking up most improved and defensive player of the year laurels her freshman season … In her prep career, ended up with 960 kills, 389 total blocks and 138 aces.