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My Stanford Story: Tami Alade
The 'Miracle' Story of Tami Alade

Career Honors

• Two-time NCAA champion (2016, 2018)
• AVCA All-America second team (2018)
• AVCA All-America honorable mention (2017)
• VolleyballMag.com All-America second team (2018)
• VolleyballMag.com All-America honorable mention (2017)
• AVCA All-Pacific North Region (2018)
• AVCA All-Pacific North Region honorable mention (2017)
• All-Pac-12 Conference (2018)
• All-Pac-12 Conference honorable mention (2017)
• Two-time Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (2018)
• CoSIDA Academic All-America second team (2018)
• CoSIDA Academic All-District first team (2018)
• Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2018)
• Pac-12 All-Academic second team (2018)
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention (2017)
• NCAA postgraduate scholarship winner (2018)

As a Senior (2018) • National Champions, Pac-12 Champions

• AVCA All-America second team
• VolleyballMag.com All-America second team
• AVCA All-Pacific North Region
• All-Pac-12 Conference
• Stanford Regional All-Tournament Team
• Two-time Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 29 & Nov. 5)
• Led the nation in blocks per set (1.87), setting a school single season record
• Career 1.55 blocks per set average is the best in school history
• Her 200 blocks as a senior were the second-most in a single season in program history
• Ranked sixth nationally with a .409 hitting percentage - only Pac-12 player to hit over .400 (10th-best in a single season at Stanford)
• Finished her career ranked third in program history with a .399 hitting percentage
• Set a Stanford single-match record in the rally-scoring era with 15 blocks against Colorado (Nov. 2) - also tied for the second-most blocks in a match in program history (all eras)
• Season-high 14 kills at No. 3 Texas (Sept. 14)
• Registered her only collegiate ace on her first career attempt against Alabama State (Nov. 30) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament
• Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• Senior CLASS Award finalist
• CoSIDA Academic All-America second team
• CoSIDA Academic All-District first team
• Pac-12 All-Academic second team
• NCAA postgraduate scholarship winner

As a Junior (2017)  • Pac-12 Champions

• AVCA All-America honorable mention
• VolleyballMag.com All-America honorable mention
• AVCA All-Pacific North Region honorable mention
• All-Pac-12 Conference honorable mention
• Led the Pac-12 with a .416 attack percentage - the only conference player to hit over .400 on the season
• Ranked third in the Pac-12 and 21st in the nation with 1.39 blocks per set
• Recorded six or more blocks on 13 occasions
• Hit .857 (6-0-7) against California (Sept. 20)
• Career-best 17 kills with nine blocks at No. 25 Colorado (Sept. 24)
• Recorded a career-high 11 blocks at No. 12 UCLA (Oct. 13)
• Totaled 14 kills on .632 hitting and six blocks in a win over No. 14 Washington (Oct. 19)
• Hit a career-best 1.000 (5-0-5) against No. 16 Oregon (Nov. 5)
• Posted nine blocks in a sweep at Cal (Nov. 25)
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention

As a Sophomore (2016) • National Champions

• Recorded the winning kill to complete the sweep at Saint Mary’s (Sept. 16)
• Earned her first start of the season versus No. 19 Colorado (Oct. 7), posting a season-high in kills (5) and career-best in blocks (9)
• Hit a season-best .571 (4-0-7) to go with six blocks and two digs against Utah (Oct. 9)
• Tallied a match-high six blocks at No. 15 UCLA (Oct. 21)
• Registered a kill and two blocks in the regular-season finale versus California (Nov. 25)

As a Freshman (2015) 

• Started two matches, appearing in 20 sets
• Averaged 0.85 blocks per set
• Tallied a kill and two blocks in her collegiate debut versus Texas A&M (Aug. 28)
• Posted a season-best six blocks in a sweep over Minnesota (Aug. 30)
• Registered the final kill in a sweep over Saint Mary’s (Sept. 19)
• Notched a kill and three blocks in two sets played in a sweep against Washington State (Oct. 23)
• Recorded three blocks in a sweep over Utah (Nov. 20)

High School

• A 2015 graduate of Old Scona Academic in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• A three-year letterwinner in volleyball, co-captained her team as a senior
• Also played two years of soccer, earning Rookie of the Year honors in 2013, and a year of handball
• Garnered the Edmonton Journal All-Star Award and team MVP honors as a senior
• Team was City Conference Champions in 2012, runner-up in 2013 and semifinalists in 2014

Club Competition

• Played for the FOG Hawks (2013-14) and Pandas Volleyball Club (2014-15)
• Team was runner-up at Provincial Championships in 2015

Personal

• Daughter of Emmanuel and Adesola Alade
• Has two younger siblings, Bankole and Jefferson
• Major is human biology and contemplating a career as a pediatrician
• Born in Akure, Nigeria
• Full name is Babatamilore Emmanthic Alade

Career Highs