2018 Men's Volleyball Roster
Junior Oboh
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Height:
- 6-7
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Old Bridge, N.J.
- High School:
- Old Bridge
At Princeton — 2018: earned second-team All-EIVA honors and became the first Princeton player to start in two EIVA championship matches … named to the EIVA All-Tournament Team after averaging 8.5 kills and 4.5 blocks in Princeton's run to the league final … earned the Art Lane Award at the Princeton Senior-Athlete Banquet for "Selfless Contribution To Sport and Society By An Undergraduate Athlete" … led the EIVA with 1.2 blocks per set after recording at least five blocks in 12 matches … would have ranked second in the EIVA in hitting percentage, but just missed qualifying total in attacks; he never had more than three errors in a single match after Feb. 1 … recorded a double-double (10 kills, 10 blocks) in five-set match at Harvard. 2017: earned first-team All-EIVA honors for the second time … led Princeton with a .432 attack percentage; if he had three more swings, he would have qualified for the EIVA rankings and led the league by more than .45 … named EIVA Defensive Player of the Week twice … posted season-best 15 kills in 3-2 win at Harvard … had 10 kills, five blocks and hit .529 in win at George Mason … averaged .88 blocks per set. 2016: missed full season. 2015: earned first-team All-EIVA honors after ranking second in the league in blocks (1.01) and third in the league in attack percentage (.386); attack percentage was 10th best in the NCAA, while blocks was 26th … named the EIVA Defensive Player of the Week after averaging 1.9 blocks in sweep of Harvard/Sacred Heart; that sweep moved Princeton into the AVCA Top 15 for first time since 1998 … posted career-high 21 kills against nationally ranked Ball State; had five other matches with double-digit kills … had nine matches with at least five blocks, including seven apiece against eventual EIVA postseason qualifiers Harvard and George Mason … hit over .500 eight times. 2014: earned starting middle job during freshman season and helped Princeton reach EIVA championship match … ranked fourth in the EIVA with 1.15 blocks per set … hit 8-for-9 (.889) with seven blocks in Princeton’s EIVA semifinal win over Harvard … had career-high nine kills against nationally ranked Ball State … recorded three kills and six blocks in Princeton’s first win over Penn State since 1998 … had eight matches with at least six blocks, including season-high 10 against Concordia … hit at least .500 eight times, including six in Princeton’s final 10 matches.
At Old Bridge — selected to the 2013 Boys Fab 50 by Volleyball Magazine … three-time participant in the Open Division at Junior Nationals … competed in A2 High Performance Camp and helped team win silver medal … two-time all-state and all-area honoree … led Old Bridge to 2010 and 2012 Greater Middlesex Championships … two-year captain … also lettered in basketball … president of the National Honor Society … Old Bridge High School Scholar-Athlete of the Year … Central Jersey Academic All-Star … National AP Scholar.
Personal — born May 16, 1995 … full name is Ehidiamen Oboh … son of Ehidiamen and Stella Oboh … father is a pastor; mother is a nurse … has two older sisters, Ofure and Ehis … enjoys reading and playing basketball … plans on majoring in Economics, and getting a certificate in either finance or computer science.
