Amber Igiede

  • Award
    Offensive Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    11/20/2023
  • Sport
    Women's Volleyball
  • School
    Hawai'i
  • Year
    Senior
  • Position
    Middle Blocker
  • Hometown
    Baton Rouge, La.
  • High School
    St. Michael the Archangel

  • Amber Igiede finished the regular season with a flourish for Hawai’i to take home the final Big West Offensive Player of the Week award for 2023, the fifth of the season for the senior and eighth-career offensive honor.  

  • The Rainbow Wahine swept through UC San Diego and downed Long Beach State in four behind Igiede’s 5.00 kills per set on .459 hitting and six blocks on the week.  

  • Against the Tritons, the Baton Rouge, La., native hit .500 with 14 kills on 24 attacks with two errors. Igiede also dealt a team-leading 23rd ace of the season in the match.  

  • On UH’s Senior Night on Saturday, Igiede carried the team to victory after a rough start to the match. Trailing by 10 at 18-8 in the first frame, Igiede powered down a season-high 21 kills on .432 hitting with 37 swings in the match. Igiede was in on a team-high four blocks with three digs and the Rainbow Wahine climbed to the No. 2 seed in The Big West Championship bracket with the pair of victorious efforts. 

  • UH now awaits the winner of the No. 4 vs. No. 5 seed match, where Long Beach State takes on UC Irvine in Wednesday’s opening round from Walter Pyramid.