game against the Italian National Team in Turin. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, Nnamani played in both outside positions (outside hitter and opposite). Her play included a 17-point performance in a win that eliminated Poland on August 17, 2008. The United States finished with a silver medal after losing to World No. 1 Brazil, the first time it had made the gold medal match since 1984. For the 2008–09 professional season, Nnamani played with Galatasaray, a Turkish volleyball club known for its FC (football club) that has been successful in the UEFA tournaments. Nnamani, the top scorer of her team, led Galatasaray to one of the biggest upsets in league history when the eighth-seeded Galatasaray upset first seed VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Istanbul in the quarterfinals. The 322 points she scored during the regular season placed her fourth among all players in the Turkish Professional League. Collegiate awards Four time AVCA All-American (2001, 2002: 2nd team; 2003, 2004: 1st team) Four time First Team All-Pac-10 (2001–04) Four time NCAA Pacific Region Team (2001–04) Three time NCAA final four all-tournament team (2001, 2002, 2004) 2004 – Honda-Broderick Cup winner 2004 – Honda Sports Award volleyball winner 2004 – NCAA Top Eight Award 2004 – NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship Most Outstanding Player 2004 – AVCA National co-Player of the Year 2003 – Third-team CoSIDA Academic All-American 2003 – Honda Sports Award volleyball nominee 2003 – Second-team Pac-10 All-Academic 2003 – CoSIDA First-team District VIII All-Academic selection 2003 – Pac-10 Player of the Week (11/10) 2003 – University Park Holiday Inn Classic MVP 2002 – Third-team Verizon Academic All-American honors 2002 – NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team 2001 – NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team 2001 – ASICS/Volleyball Magazine National Freshman of the Year 2001 – Pac-10 Freshman of the Year 2001 – AVCA Pacific Region Freshman of the Year 2001 – Pac-10 First team All-Freshman References External links 1983 births Living people American women's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in volleyball Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States Stanford Cardinal women's volleyball players Galatasaray S.K. (women's volleyball) players People from Normal, Illinois Sportspeople from Bloomington, Illinois American people of Igbo descent Igbo sportspeople Pan American Games medalists in volleyball