2007 Men's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Shamsu Awudu
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- Opposite Hitter
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 220
- Hometown:
- Accra, Ghana
THIS YEAR: The 2-time returning NAIA Tournament MVP, will be a team captain as senior ... Much-improved defensively ... Understands small parts of the game ... Developed into great blocker, in addition to offensive capabilities.
2006: Appeared in 27 matches (95 games) as a 2006 junior ... Was second on the team and third in school history with 469 kills while leading the team with 4.94 kills per game?also third-most in school history ... Hit .385 (469-140-855), which is seventh-most in school history ... Named NAIA Tournament MVP ... Reached double-figures in kills 24 times in 27 matches ... Notched 20 or more kills 11 times ... Ripped career-high 30 kills vs. Lindenwood?tied for third-most in single-match history ... Hit a career-high .783 (18-0-23) vs. Lewis ... Had 25 kills and hit .500 (25-4-42) against Loyola ... Averaged 0.26 service aces per game (25 total) ... Posted 7 blocks against UC Irvine ... Had 11 digs against UC San Diego ... Tied school 3-game match record with 24 kills against Lindenwood in the National Championship match ... Racked up 75 kills (5.77 kpg.), posted a .447 attack percentage (75-16-132) and notched 12 blocks (0.92 bpg.) at the NAIA Tournament.
2005: Appeared in 30 matches and was second on the team with 377 kills (3.73 kpg.) ... Was third on the team with 67 blocks and 33 aces and was fifth on the team with 111 digs (1.10 dpg.) ... Hit an impressive .378 (377-105-719) ... Named NAIA Tournament MVP ... Had 20 matches with double-digit kills ... Notched 25 kills to go along with 7 digs and 3 blocks against Loyola-Chicago ... Had 20 kills and just 2 errors in 28 attempts against USC ... Tallied 18 kills, 5 digs and 2 blocks vs. UCLA ... Finished with 19 kills and 5 digs vs. Pepperdine ... Tallied 72 kills (6.00 kpg.) and 24 digs (2.00 dpg.) in 12 games at the NAIA Tournament.
2004: Was third on the team in kills with 280 (3.54 per game) as a 2004 freshman ... Had an attack percentage of .370 ... Was second on the team in service aces (43, 0.54 per game) ... Added 75 digs (0.95 per game) and 63 blocks (0.80 per game) ... Averaged 2.79 kills, 1.21 service aces, 0.79 blocks and 0.64 digs in the NAIA Tournament ... On CBU’s single-season records list, ranking fifth in service aces per game and sixth in service aces ... Reached double-figure kills in 18 of 24 matches ... In his matches with double-figure kills, hit better than .500 six times and better than .400 11 times ... Had a season-high 17 kills vs. Missouri Baptist ... Had 16 kills and season-high 8 blocks vs. Princeton ... Had 15 kills and 7 digs at Hawaii.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from
CLUB: Named
OTHER: Born July 25, 1979, in Madina-Accra, Ghana ... Has one sister ... Uncle, Bawah Iddrisu, was the Ghana National Volleyball Team’s captain from 1981-90 ... Enjoys reading and listening to music ... Majoring in biology.
