Inky Ajanaku

Inky Ajanaku
Personal information
Full name Oyinkansola OluSeun Ajanaku
Nationality  United States
Hometown Tulsa, Oklahoma
Height 6-3
College(s) Stanford Cardinal team.
Volleyball information
Position Middle blocker
Honours

2016 NCAA Division I Tournament winner

Pan American Games
2015 Toronto Team competition

Oyinkansola OluSeun Ajanaku, better known as Inky Ajanaku, is an American volleyball player from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Besides her collegiate career, she won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games. She plays as a middle blocker.

Career

Ajanaku attended Bishop Kelley High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In 2013, she joined the Stanford Cardinal team. She won a gold medal with the United States team at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto but sustained a knee injury during the competition, so she missed the 2015 collegiate season.[1] She won the 2016 NCAA Division I Tournament with the Cardinal as a senior and was awarded as the Most Outstanding Player of the season. She was a member of the AVCA All-America First-Team in 2013, 2014 and 2016.[2][1] She was a Honda Award finalist for the 2014–15 season.[3] In 2017 she was nominated for the Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award.[4]

After her college career, Anjanaku joined Volero Zurich for the 2017–18 season[5] but missed the Swiss Championships because of an injury.[6] In May 2017, she announced that she would leave Voleo Zurich and join Galatasaray S.K., but the contract was cancelled by Galatasaray on September 18th.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Inky Ajanaku". teamusa.org. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Inky Ajanaku Biography". volleymob.com. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Washington's Vansant Repeats As Honda Volleyball Sport Award Winner - CWSA". www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Canada's Kadeisha Buchanan gets ESPY nomination for best female college athlete". CBC News. The Canadian Press. June 22, 2017. Archived from the original on January 11, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Mittelblockerin aus den USA". volerozuerich.ch (in German). July 5, 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Former Stanford Star Inky Ajanaku's Contract Terminated By Galatasaray". September 20, 2018. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
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