Joy Umeh

  • Award
    Offensive Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    9/12/2022
  • Sport
    Women's Volleyball
  • School
    UC Irvine
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
    Outside Hitter
  • Hometown
    Lakewood, Calif.
  • High School
    Mayfair HS

  • UC Irvine’s Joy Umeh led the Anteaters to a pair of sweeps to pick up Big West Women’s Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week distinction. This marks Umeh’s third career Big West weekly award, all for offensive prowess (Oct. 18, 2021; Oct. 25, 2021). 

  • The junior hit .462 at the pin in sweeps over Weber State and Gonzaga.  

  • To open the weekend, Umeh hit a season-high .485 on a match-best 17 kills with just one error in 33 swings versus Weber State. Umeh also added a season-high four block assists against the Wildcats. 

  • The Lakewood, Calif., native added nine kills in 19 attempts and just one error (.421) versus Gonzaga. The outside hitter has recorded kills in double-digits five times this season, and UC Irvine has now won six matches in a row without dropping a set.