The Grand Rapids Rise have signed opposite hitter Elizabet Inneh and libero Camila Gómez for the 2026 Major League Volleyball season.
Elizabet Inneh (eh-LIZ-uh-bet IN-neh) brings a wealth of championship experience, individual accolades, and international flair to Grand Rapids after a standout career spanning top professional leagues in Europe and Asia.
She most recently played in Turkey with Bahçelievler Belediyespor during the 2024-25 season after helping Grupa Azoty Chemik Police win the Polish League title in 2024 and the Polish Supercup in 2023. Her standout season in Poland also earned her recognition as the Polish League’s Best Foreigner in 2024.
Prior to her time in Poland, Inneh starred in South Korea with Daejeon Korea Ginseng Corp, where she led the Korean V-League in scoring with 1,015 points during the 2022-23 season. She became the first player to surpass the 1,000-point mark in a single Korean league season since 2014 and was named Best Opposite, Best Server, and Best Scorer, in addition to earning Best Server honors at the league’s all-star match. She also played for Gwangju Pepper Savings Bank AI Peppers in South Korea during the 2021-22 season.
Born in Budapest, Hungary, and raised in Romania, Inneh has also represented the Romanian women’s national team in international competitions.
Camila Gómez (cah-MEE-luh), was a key defensive presence during the Rise’s inaugural 2024 campaign, Gómez rejoins Grand Rapids after spending the 2025 season with the Omaha Supernovas.
Gómez appeared in 26 matches and 90 sets for Omaha in 2025, tallying 349 digs and 82 assists while helping the Supernovas post a league-best 21-7 record in the regular season.
Fifteen matches into the 2024 season, Gómez took over as the Rise’s starting libero and held the role for the last 12 matches. She appeared in 21 total matches, finishing with 187 digs and 38 assists. Gómez reached double-digit digs in 11 of her 12 starts, including three performances with 20 digs. She helped Grand Rapids advance to the championship match, where the Rise lost in straight sets to the Supernovas. Gómez did not appear for Omaha in the 2025 playoffs, with the No. 1-seeded Supernovas falling in five sets to the No. 4-seeded Indy Ignite in the semifinals.
A standout on the international stage, Gómez has been a mainstay with the Colombian national team, earning 15 career medals. Most recently, she helped Colombia secure third place at the 2024 Pan-American Cup, where she was also named Best Libero. Her individual honors include Best Libero at the 2019 Pan-American Games, Best Digger at the 2019 Pan-American Cup, and Best Digger and Libero at the 2021 Carioca Championship.
Collegiately, Gómez starred at Texas A&M in 2019, ranking fifth all time in single-season digs (470) for the Aggies and earning AVCA South All-Region honors. Before that, she won back-to-back NJCAA Division I national titles with Miami Dade College.