WVB - UCSB Ohwobete OPOTW

Michelle Ohwobete

  • Award
    Offensive Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    9/11/2023
  • Sport
    Women's Volleyball
  • School
    UC Santa Barbara
  • Year
    Senior
  • Position
    Outside Hitter
  • Hometown
    Oakland, Calif.
  • High School
    Bishop O'Dowd HS

  • Senior Michelle Ohwobete helped UC Santa Barbara to a 3-0 mark on the week to claim Big West Offensive Player of the Week acclaim. This marks Ohwobete’s seventh career weekly award, the third of the offensive variety. All previous weekly honors were accumulated in 2021, during Ohwobete’s freshman campaign.  

  • The outside hitter finished on the all-tournament team at the Utah Classic with wins against Utah, Tennessee State and San Francisco. Ohwobete averaged 3.15 kills, 2.54 digs and 4.15 points on the weekend. 

  • Ohwobete notched a pair of double-doubles on Friday, finishing with 17 kills and 11 digs to open the tournament in a five-set win over San Francisco. In the late session against the host Utes, Ohwobete added 15 kills and 15 digs in another five-setter. 

  • Saturday, Ohwobete added nine kills, seven digs and five blocks in a tidy 3-0 sweep of Tennessee State to cap the weekend.