#7 - Ebony Nwanebu "Your type of player"

Hi, I'm Ebony and I was chosen as The Dallas Morning News Volleyball 2009 All Area Newcomer of the Year. I was honored in the 2009 Lonestar Volleyball High School Awards-Newcomer of the Year-Honorable Mention. 2009 VYPE DFW Magazine Newcomer of the Year. Listed in the top 26 freshman in the country by Prepvolleyball.com. I'm a freshman at MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas. I was selected to play on the 2009 Varsity Team. In my first high school volleyball tournament I was named to the 2009 Denton Ryan Volleyball Tournament - All Tournament Team. In my second high school tournament I was also named to the All Tournament Team in the 2009 Granbury Volleyball Tournament. We finished 2nd in our 5A District. Went to the 1st round of HS playoffs and lost to Plano West. I was selected to the 2009 Texas 7-5A All District 1st Team and honored with the 7-5A All District MVP award. I also broke a school record in number of kills with 443. And the number of kill blocks of 172. I had 53 ace serves and a 95% serve percentage.

For the 2010 club season I played on the top TAV 15 Vb Rags Black volleyball team. We placed 2nd in the JVA World Challenge. We won the 2010 Lone Star Classic Qualifier. The team came home with a bronze medal in the 15 Open division and I was named to the 15 Open All Tournament Team at the 2010 National Championships in Reno, NV.

This summer I will be playing on the USA White team at the USA Volleyball Youth High Performance Championships in Wisconsin Dells July 26-29th.

During the summer of 2009 my team-TAV 14 Asics won the gold medal in the 14 Open Division at the Junior Olympic's held in Miami, FL July 2nd-5th.

In the summer of 2009, I played in the USA Volleyball Girls Select High Performance Championships in Ft Lauderdale, FL. My team was USA Girls Select Blue. We finished 6-1 and won the bronze medal in the Girls International Youth Divsion.