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2025 Volleyball Roster

21 Favor Anyanwu

  • Position Middle Blocker
  • Height 6-2
  • Class SO
  • Hometown Rowlett, Texas
  • High School Sachse HS
  • Prev School USC

Biography

HONORS & AWARDS
Preseason All-ACC Team (2025)

PRONUNCIATION: on-YAWN-woo

2024 Freshman at USC
•  As a freshman played in 24 matches of the Trojans
• Collected 133 kills and 85 blocks in her freshman season with the Trojans
• Tallied a season-high 11 kills and 13 pts. vs. Pepperdine (Aug. 31)
• Logged a career-high nine blocks vs. K-State (Sept. 6)
• Earned five or more blocks six times in her freshman campaign

National Team (Team USA)
• 2025 Pan American Cup Champion
• Awarded the 2nd Best Blocker award at the U21 Pan American Cup 
• FIVB Team USA U21 Team 2024
• Helped USA U21 team win 2024 NORCECA Continental Championship
• FIVB Team USA U19 Team World Champion
• FIVB Team USA U21 Team 2024
• Helped U.S. U21 team win 2024 NORCECA Continental Championship
• USAV 17 Open All-Tournament Team

High School/Club
• Holds Sachse records for career blocks (454), blocks in a season (167), single-season hitting percentage (.507), and kills in a match (37 in four sets)
• No. 2-ranked VolleyballMag.com Fab 50 selection
• Under Armour All-American
• Texas District 9-6A Offensive Player of the Year
• Dallas Star News First Team and Middle Blocker of the Year
• Dallas Morning News All-Area Third Team
• USA Volleyball All-Star Team
• 2022 AVCA Phenom selection
• Texas Girls’ Coaches Association All-Star Team and All-State Team
• Texas Sportswriters First-Team All-State Middle Blocker
• Led Sachse to District 9-6A Championship and Regional Semifinals
• Played club volleyball for Texas Advantage Volleyball under Carlos Ramos
• Won Texas state championship in track and field in 2021-22 

Personal
• Parents are Benard and Emilia Anyanwu
• Has two older brothers named Victor and Anthony and an older sister named Joyce
• Brother Anthony has played college football at Baylor, SFA, and is a graduate linebacker at Rice (2025-26)

Statistics

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