#7 - Ebony Nwanebu "Your type of player"

Hi, I'm Ebony and I have made a verbal commitment to play for USC in 2013. I play outside hitter/middle blocker on the 2011 Lovejoy High School varsity team. We placed 2nd in the Allen Tournament. We placed 7th in the Pearland Tournament. I was named to the All-Tournament Team at the 2011 Duncanville Tournament, Allen Tournament and Pearland Tournament.

We played in the 2010 Texas State 3A Championship game and won. I was named the 3A MVP of the tournament. Also named to the Dallas Morning News All Area-1st Team. And named Co-MVP in District 11-3A. Texas Sports Writers Association 3A Co-Player of the Year & 3A First All-State Team. 2009 VYPE DFW Magazine 1st Team all area. Listed in the Prepvolleyball.com top 23 soph finalist in the nation. 2010 PrepVolleyball.com High School All-American Team. Our season record was 46-3. Lovejoy won the 2010 Allen Tournament and I was named to the All Tournament Team. The team came in 5th place in the 2010 Pearland Tournament and I was named to the All Tournament team. Lovejoy ended the 2010 season ranked the number 1 team in the state of Texas by LoneStar Volleyball.com. I was selected to the 2011 AAU National 16 Open All American Team.

For the 2011 club season, I played on the top TAV 16 Vb Rags Black volleyball team. We won the MLK ranking tournament. The team went 5-0 in the Tour of Texas Austin stop. We won the VB Rags Invitational ranking tournament. Won the 2nd stop of the Tour of Texas. Won the 3rd stop of the tour of Texas. The team won the 16 Open Championships at the Northern Lights Qualifier. We ended up in 2nd place in the Lone Star Qualifier. The team are the 2011 AAU National Runner-up champions. We attended the 2011 USA Jr. National's and came in 11th.

During 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.

In July 2010 I played on the USA White team at the USA Volleyball Youth High Performance Championships in Wisconsin Dells, WI. I attended the 2010 USA HP Holiday Camp at the Olympic Training Center in December.

In 2009 was chosen as The Dallas Morning News All Area Volleyball 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 was 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.

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.