Nyherowo Omene

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Position:
Pin
Height:
6-7
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
South Holland, Ill.
High School:
Marist

Honors
AVCA All-American Honorable Mention
All-EIVA First Team (2024, 2025)
4x EIVA Offensive Player of the Week (2025)
1x EIVA Defensive Player of the Week (2025)
1x EIVA Offensive Player of the Week (2024)
All-EIVA Honorable Mention (2023)

2025: Appeared in 24 matches and 88 sets … led the EIVA in kills per set with 4.40 (387 total) and points with 5.31/s … led the EIVA in aces with 0.48/s with 42 on the season … ranked second in hitting percentage with .320 … ranked ninth in the league in digs with 1.57 a set … reached 1000 career kills on April 11th against Harvard … made a career high 28 kills against George Mason in the EIVA tournament semifinal … earned EIVA Offensive Player of the Week Honors four times, and Defensive Player of the Week once … 2025 captain … First Team All-EIVA … AVCA All-American Honorable Mention.

2024: Appeared in 24 matches and 89 sets ... ranked second on the team in kills with 311 (3.49/set) and second in points with 370 (4.16/set) ... amassed a career-high 22 kills and 28 points both against Charleston in the final series of the regular season ... tallied 36 service aces ranking second on the team with a season-high 4 against Charleston on Apr. 12 ... ranked fourth on the team in digs with 77 and recorded a career-high 11 digs at Fairleigh Dickinson on Mar. 15

2023: Led the Tigers in blocks with 69 and averaged 0.72 blocks per set ... ranked second on the team in kills with 223 and averaged 2.32 kills per set ... ranked second on the team in service aces with 38 and averaged 0.40 service aces per set ... tallied a season-best 18 kills at Ohio State on Jan. 27 ... recorded a season-high five blocks on Apr. 20 against NJIT... had a season-high five service aces against Sacred Heart on Feb. 3 ... recorded a season-high 9 digs at Penn State on Feb. 18… Ranked sixth in the EIVA in service aces (.40/set) and tenth in the EIVA in blocks (0.72/set)

2022: Led the Tigers in blocks with 64 and averaged 0.72 blocks per set ... ranked third on the team in kills with 171 and averaged 1.72 kills per set ... ranked second on the team in service aces with 25 and averaged 0.28 service aces per set ... tallied a season-best 20 kills at NJIT on Feb. 12 ... recorded a season-high eight blocks on Mar. 23 against St. Francis Brooklyn ... had a season-high four service aces at George Mason on Feb. 26 ... had a double-double on Feb. 13 at St. Francis Brooklyn on Feb. 13 with 12 kills and a season-high 19 digs ... recorded 10 kills and seven blocks at UC Santa Barbara on Jan. 19.

Before Princeton: 2021 AVCA First Team All-American … u19 National Training Team member … 2021 Chicago Tribune Boys Volleyball POTY … 2021 VolleyMag Fab 50 #4 recruit … 2021 First Team All-State … USAV BJNC All-Tournament Team … three-year varsity stater

Personal: Son of Onomeroso and Franklin Omene … brother of Ufuoma and Vwairhe Omene … enjoys cooking