Valerie Nutakor

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Position:
OH/RS
Height:
5-11
Class:
Junior
High School:
St. Teresa
Hometown:
Forsyth, Ill.

Honors
Academic All-Ivy League (2024)
All-Tournament Team, Sacred Heart Invitational (2022)
2x Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Sept. 12, Sept. 19 2022)

2024: Played in 24 matches and 84 sets … finished third on the team in kills (167) and kills-per-set (1.99) … also had 59 blocks and 39 digs … recorded a season-high 16 kills with a .500 hitting percentage, two digs and one block against High Point on Sept. 21 … finished with 14 kills and two blocks on Sept. 6 against Old Dominion … tallied 13 kills with a .353 hitting percentage and four blocks against UMBC on Sept. 21 … recorded a double-double with a season-high 11 digs and 10 kills on Sept. 27 against Penn … had 11 kills on Nov. 1 at Yale

2023: Appeared in 16 matches and started six … had 97 kills and averaged 1.98 kills per set … recorded 40 digs and 18 blocks … recorded a season-high 14 kills, three digs and one block on Sept. 13 at Temple … had a season-high 10 digs along with eight kills on a .438 hitting percentage and one service against in the Tigers’ win over Niagara on Sept. 2 … finished with 10 kills, a season-high three blocks and two digs on Sept. 8 at UMBC … tied her season-high three blocks and had six kills and three digs on Oct. 28 in the Tigers’ victory over Brown … tallied 10 kills, two digs and one block in Princeton’s win over Dartmouth on Nov. 11

2022: Appeared in 23 matches and started 18 ... had 186.5 points and averaged 2.91 points per set ... finished with 165 kills and averaged 2.58 kills per set ... ranked third on the team with 16 service aces ... had 121 digs and averaged 1.21 digs per set ... tallied a season-high 23 kills and a season-high 12 digs at Sacred Heart on Sept. 10 ... recorded a season-best four service aces in the Tigers' win at Harvard on Oct. 1 ... had a season-best two blocks at Brown on Oct. 15 ... had double-figure kills in seven matches

Before Princeton: 2021 WCIA volleyball player of the year … News Gazette All State Volleyball First Team … 2021 Macon County volleyball player of the year … 2020-2022 Unanimous Selection First Team CIC All conference … 2019 IHSA Class 2A Volleyball State Champion … 2018 Class 1A Volleyball 3rd place … Illprepvb.com 2019 Girls All-State Honorable Mention VolleyballTeam … 1000+ Kills in high school career … 2021 Illprepvb.com/Michio Chicago VBA Girls All-State Volleyball 2nd Team … 2020 AVCA Phenom ... played club for Illini 18 Cardinal.

Personal: Daughter of Worali Nutakor and Evelyn Nutakor ... sister of Elorm Nutakor and Vanessa Nutakor.