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Temi Thomas-Ailara
6′6″
Temi Thomas-Ailara

Collegiate Honors

  • 2022 AVCA Second-Team All-American
  • 2022 VolleyballMag.com Second-Team All-American
  • 2019, ‘22 AVCA All-Region
  • 2020, ‘21, ‘22 First-Team All-Big Ten
  • 2019 Big Ten All-Freshman Team
  • Big Ten Player of the Week—Sept. 19, 2022; Oct. 24, 2022; Oct. 31, 2022;
  • Big Ten Freshman of the Week—Dec. 2, 2019; Oct. 14, 2019; Sept. 16, 2019; Sept. 9, 2019
  • 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Academic All-Big Ten
  • 2021 UniWyo All-Tournament team
  • 2019 Chicago Cup Tournament MVP

2023 (at Wisconsin): Played in 33 matches, starting 21, and played in 116 sets ... tied UW record with most aces (6) in a three-set match vs. Arizona (Sept. 7) ... ranked fourth on the team with 2.31 kills per set ... has double-figure kills in 14 matches, including a season-high 12 kills in two matches ... set a career high hitting  .647 (11-0-17) against Iowa (Nov. 25) ... chipped in 0.75 digs and 0.29 blocks per set ... had a season-high three blocks in four matches

2022 (at Northwestern): Played in 32 matches, starting 25, and 116 sets ... led the Big Ten with 502 kills, ranking second with 4.33 kills per set ... had 10-plus kills in 28 matches and 20-plus matches in seven matches ... tallied 22 kills and a career-high 17 digs against Penn State (Nov. 23) ... had five double-doubles ... averaged 1.47 digs per set ... had double-figure digs in five matches ... added 0.51 blocks and 0.04 service aces per set ... had a season-high five blocks vs. Penn State (Nov. 23) ... chipped in 0.15 assists per set ... had a career-high four assists vs. UTEP (Aug. 26)

2021 (at Northwestern): Played in and started 31 matches and 125 sets ... led the Wildcats with 3.94 kills per set, which ranked fourth in the Big Ten ... had double-figure kills in all 31 matches, including six matches with 20-plus kills ... added 1.91 digs per set ... had double-figure digs in 10 matches for 10 double-doubles ... added 0.30 service aces per set ... had a career-high eight aces at Colorado State (Aug. 28) ... added 0.57 blocks per set ... had a career-high seven blocks vs. Rutgers (Oct. 1)   

2020 (at Northwestern): Played and started all 10 matches and played in 40 sets in COVID-shortened season ... led the team with 3.85 kills per set, which ranked fifth in the Big Ten ... recorded double-figure kills in nine matches, including two matches with 20-plus kills ... added 1.90 digs per set ... had double-figure digs in three matches for three double-doubles ... added 0.58 blocks per set and 0.23 service aces per set

2019 (at Northwestern): Played in 28 matches, starting 20 matches, and 102 sets ... led NU and ranked second in the Big Ten with 3.95 kills per set ... had double-figure kills in 24 matches, including three matches with 20-plus kills ... had a career-high 32 kills vs. American (Sept. 14) ... hit a career-high .611 (11-0-18) at DePaul (Sept. 21) ... led Northwestern with 30 service aces, averaging 0.29 aces per set ... had a season-high seven service aces vs. Texas Tech (Sept. 6) ... added 0.56 blocks per set

High School: 2018 first team Under Armour All-American … totaled 780 kills, 387 digs and 107 aces during her career at Marian Catholic High School … 2016 MaxPreps All-American … 2016 and 2017 Daily SouthTown All-Area First Team … Team MVP in 2016 and 2017 … also played for Michio Chicago Volleyball Academy … part of the 2018 USAV U17 National Championship team in the National Division … secretary of the National Honor Society and was a member of the Spanish National Honor Society.
 
Personal: Full name is Temitayo ... parents are Abiola Omologa and Joseph Thomas ... parents emigrated from Nigeria ... has one brother, Tolulope Thomas-Ailara (23) and played football at Vanderbilt from 2020-2022 born Dec. 4 ... graduated from Northwestern with degree in biomedical engineering ... grad degree in applied biotechnology from Wisconsin