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}} Ogonna Nneka Nnamani (born July 29, 1983) is a retired Nigerian-American indoor volleyball player and former member of the United States National and Olympic team. She is regarded as one of the best players in Stanford University's history with a career record of 2,450 kills. Nnamani has played at two Olympic games, in 2004 and 2008. In 2004, she became the second woman in history to make the U.S. national team for an Olympic Games while still in college, and as part of the second U.S. team in history to reach the Olympic finals, earned the 2008 Olympic silver medal for indoor volleyball. She led Stanford University to three NCAA championship matches, winning the national title in 2001 and 2004. Nnamani has led her professional teams to national league titles in 2007 (Swiss Volleyball League) and 2010 (Czech Extraliga), and a runner-up finish in 2006 (Puerto Rico LVSF). ==High school and personal life== Nnamani was born in Bloomington, Illinois, and attended University High School in Normal, Illinois, where she also played basketball. During her time at University High School she won back to back state championships in 1999 and 2000. She has a younger sister, Nji, who played volleyball alongside her at Stanford University and married professional track athlete Russell Wolf Brown. Nnamani also has two younger brothers, Nnaemeka and Ikechi. Nnaemeka ran track and field at Illinois State University, competing in the long and triple jump. Ikechi was the 2009 Illinois High School Association champion in the high jump and former state record holder. He competed at Rice University and the University of Pennsylvania. Her parents speak the Igbo language. Nnamani was considered the top high school recruit for her class, as she was recruited by major universities in 49 of the 50 U.S. States and won the Gatorade National Player of the Year award as a senior in high school.〔 〕 She is closely related to senate president Ken Nnamani of Nigeria. Her father, Chika Nnamani, is former Assistant Vice President and Director of Housing at Illinois State University. Nnamani's family is originally from Nigeria, and moved to America before she was born, in pursuit of better educational opportunities. Her last name translates to ''one who knows the land'' in the Igbo language. In 2009 Nnamani signed a contract to play with VK Prostějov for her 2010 professional season. In the same year, she signed a contract extension with Nike. On August 25, 2012 she married former Stanford football player, Mike Silva. Silva graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Economics. Silva also completed a master's degree in Engineering at Stanford and a master's in business administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is currently a venture capitalist. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ogonna Nnamani」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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