Foluke Akinradewo Named Stanford/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week

Foluke Akinradewo Named Stanford/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week

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Foluke Akinradewo, Junior Middle

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Foluke Akinradewo Named Stanford/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week

Junior middle blocker Foluke Akinradewo of the Stanford women’s volleyball team selected for the week of Dec. 3-9.

Oct. 1, 2007

Junior middle blocker Foluke Akinradewo of the Stanford women’s volleyball team was selected as the Stanford/Muscle Milk Student Athlete of the Week for the week of December 3-9.

Akinradewo carried the squad into the National Semifinals with wins over Cal Poly and UCLA in the NCAA Regional Championship last weekend. The junior hit a whopping .682 against Cal Poly in the Regional Semifinal with 15 kills on 22 tries, before adding 18 kills and posting a .471 hitting percentage against UCLA in the Regional Final. For her efforts, Akinradewo was named the MVP of the Stanford Regional.

Akinradewo’s selection marks her third Stanford/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week honor of 2007-08. She also won the honor for the week of September 3-9 and September 24-30.

Past Student-Athletes of the Week