Amber Igiede

  • Award
    Defensive Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    11/8/2021
  • Sport
    Women's Volleyball
  • School
    Hawai'i
  • Year
    Sophomore
  • Position
    Middle Blocker
  • Hometown
    Baton Rouge, La.
  • High School
    St. Michael the Archangel

  • Sophomore middle blocker Amber Igiede led the Hawai’i defense at the net recording 12 total blocks in a pair of road victories. Igiede and the Rainbow Wahine out-blocked its opponents 22.0-to-11.0.  

  • At Cal State Fullerton, Igiede posted six total blocks with a season-high three solo blocks. She also had eight digs to go along with five kills and two assists.  

  • At Long Beach State, she was in on six blocks for the second-straight match to go with 11 kills and six digs. The Baton Rouge, La., native hit a career-high .786 with no errors on 14 swings (11-0-14). 

  • Igiede has denied at least one attempt at the net in all 22 Hawai’i matches this season and leads the Rainbow Wahine with 90 total blocks, and a .366 hitting percentage. Her 1.23 blocks per set is tops on her team and good for third in The Big West.  

  • This marks Igiede’s second career weekly honor, picking up Big West Women’s Volleyball Freshman of the Week acclaim Nov. 25, 2019.