2014 Women's Volleyball Roster
Tinuke Aderemi-Ibitola
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- OH
- Hometown:
- Ellicott City, Md.
- Prev School:
- Mount Hebron
- High School:
- Mount Hebron
KENT STATE AWARDS & HONORS
• Letterwinner: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
• All-MAC Second Team: 2014
• Academic All-MAC Honorable Mention: 2012
• MAC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Week: Sept. 10, 2014
• MAC Offensive Player of the Week: Sept. 8, 2014
• All-Tournament Team: Hampton Inn Golden Flashes Classic (MVP/2014), N.C. State Courtyard Midtown Classic (2012), Kent State Mizuno Classic (2012)
CAREER MATCH HIGHS
Kills: 24 (Northern Illinois, 10/24/14)
Attack Attempts: 61 (Youngstown State, 9/16/14)
Hitting Percentage (min. 12 att.): .625 (Evansville, 9/5/14)
Aces: 2 (three times, last: at Ohio, 9/27/12)
Digs: 14 (Miami, 9/23/11)
Block Solos: 2 (12 times, last: Bowling Green, 11/15/14)
Block Assists: 5 (at Buffalo, 10/7/11)
Total Blocks: 6 (at Buffalo, 10/7/11)
Points: 25.0 (twice, last: Northern Illinois, 10/24/14)
MISCELLANEOUS CAREER STATS
Matches with 10 or more kills: 42 (last: 15, vs. Eastern Michigan, 11/21/14)
Matches with 20 or more kills: 6 (last: 24, Northern Illinois, 10/24/14)
Matches with five or more total blocks: 4 (last: 5 - one solo, four assisted - vs. St. John's, 9/19/14)
Matches with 10 or more points: 47 (last: 16.5, vs. Eastern Michigan, 11/21/14)
2014 - SENIOR SEASON
• Named All-MAC Second Team
• Earned MVP honors at Hampton Inn Golden Flashes Classic (Sept. 5-6) after posting 5.32 points per set and 4.55 kills per set, 1.09 blocks per set and a .421 hitting percentage in leading Kent State to a 3-0 record
• Named MAC East Offensive Player of the Week and MAC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Week following perfromance at Hampton Inn Golden Flashes Classic
• Led the team with 319 kills, 3.07 kills per set, 357 points, and 3.43 points per set
• Second on the team with 23 solo blocks and third on the team with 53 total blocks and 0.51 blocks per set
• Reached double-digit kills 16 times
• Led the team in kills 12 times and total blocks twice
• Posted career-high 24 kills, including 12 in the third set, and season-high six digs against Northern Illinois (Oct. 24)
• Tallied 21 killsand career-best .625 hitting percentage against Evansville (Sept. 5)
• Totaled season-high five total blocks against New Hampshire (Sept. 6)
2013 - JUNIOR SEASON
• Saw action in 18 matches and 62 sets, making eight starts
• Sidelined with an injury for the first month of the season
• Finished the season ranked third on the team in kills per set (2.44) and fourth in points per set (2.63)
• In MAC play, ranked second on the team with 2.49 kills per set
• Reached double-digit kills eight times
• Led the team in kills four times
• Tallied season-bests of 15 kills, 4 blocks and 18 points including the final kill of the match, in season debut at rival Akron (Sept. 27)
• Also had 15 kills at home against Akron (Nov. 2)
• Tallied a season-high four digs as the Golden Flashes defeated #18 Ohio (Oct. 10)
• Totaled 151 kills, 29 digs, 17 total blocks, one service ace and 163 points on the season
2012 - SOPHOMORE SEASON
• One of five Golden Flashes to appear in all 98 sets and made 25 starts
• Earned all-tournament team honors at the N.C. State Courtyard Midtown Classic (Aug. 31-Sept. 1) with averages of 2.83 kills and 2.42 digs per set
• Also earned all-tournament team honors Kent State Mizuno Classic (Sept. 7-8) after posting 3.82 kills per set and hitting .376
• Tallied season-high 22 kills and 25 points against Liberty (Sept. 7)
• Led the team with 300 kills, 3.06 kills per set, 333 points, and 3.40 points per set
• Fourth on the team with 149 digs and 1.2 digs per set
• Finished the season with 10 assists, 10 service aces and 34 total blocks
• Led the team kills in 15 times, total blocks twice, and digs once
• Recorded a double-double in consecutive matches against South Florida (Sept. 1) and Liberty (Sept. 7)
• Recorded double-digit kills 23 times and double-digit digs three times
• Tallied season-high five total blocks against IPFW (Aug. 25) at the Hyatt Place Fort Wayne/IPFW Invitational
• Tallied season-high 13 digs against South Florida (Sept. 1) at the N.C. State Courtyard Midtown Classic
• Posted double-digit kills in eight of final nine matches, including season-best six-match streak from Oct. 13-Nov. 1 in which she averaged 3.09 kills per set
2011 - FRESHMAN SEASON
• Started 21 of the 26 matches she played in, appearing in 92 sets
• Finished the season ranked third on the team in kills (164), kills per set (1.78), points (187) and points per set (2.04)
• Reached double-digit kills five times
• Tallied a career-high 14 digs to lead the team and two solo blocks against Miami (Sept. 23)
• Totaled a career-high six blocks at Buffalo (Oct. 7)
• Collected a season-high 15 kills to help tally a season-high 17 points at Ohio (Nov. 3)
PRIOR TO KENT STATE
• Received all-county honors in 2010 at Mount Hebron High School under head coach Michael Moynihan
• Also competed for the Columbia Comets under head coach Greg Giovannazi
• Made the Chesepeake Region High Performance Team in 2009
PERSONAL
• Daughter of Folake and Herbert
• Has two siblings, Baba and Tito. Sister, Tito, played volleyball at Allegheny College
• Majoring in pre-med/biology