Most Notable

• Bronze medalist at 2016 Olympic Games where she started all eight matches, registering 104 points for fifth overall and third in blocking with 0.56 blocks per set
• Named to 2016 Olympic Games Dream Team at middle blocker
• Averaged 2.50 points with a .412 hitting efficiency during the 2014 FIVB World Championship helping USA to their first-ever gold in any of the three major tournaments
• Converted 48.5 percent of attacks during five 2015 FIVB World Grand Prix starts while averaging 3.28 points per set
• Helped U.S. Women to 2012 Olympic Games silver medal after averaging 3.33 points per set (10th best overall), was second-best blocker in 2012 Olympics with 0.89 per set and converted 61.2 percent of attacks into points (.495 hitting efficiency)
• Named MVP and Best Blocker of 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix as she helped U.S. win its first of three consecutive titles of the premier annual women's international volleyball event
• Ranked third in Best Blocker and converted 59.0 percent of attacks at 2011 FIVB World Cup where the U.S. finished with the medal and qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games

MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION:
2017 - USA Volleyball Cup vs. Brazil ... FIVB World Grand Champions Cup (Bronze)
2016 - NORCECA Olympic Qualification Tournament (Gold)...FIVB World Grand Prix (Silver)...Olympic Games (Bronze).
2015 - USA Volleyball Cup vs. China...FIVB World Grand Prix (Gold)...FIVB World Cup (Bronze)...NORCECA Championship (Gold)
2014 - USA Volleyball Cup vs. Brazil...FIVB World Grand Prix (5th Preliminary Round)...FIVB World Championship (Gold)
2012 - FIVB World Grand Prix Preliminary Round...Olympic Games (Silver).
2011 - Montreux Volley Masters (Fourth)...Pan American Cup (Bronze)...FIVB World Grand Prix (Gold)...NORCECA Championship (Gold)...FIVB World Cup (Silver).
2010 - Pan American Cup (Bronze)...FIVB World Grand Prix (Gold)...Tour of Brazil...FIVB World Championship (Fourth).
2009 - FIVB World Grand Prix (9th).
2008 - USA Tour of China...U.S. Olympic Team Exhibition for Volleyball versus Brazil…FIVB World Grand Prix (Fourth Place).
2007 - Pan American Games (Bronze Medal).
2005 - Pan American Cup (Fourth).

Did You Know

• Holds tri-citizenship with Canada, Nigeria and the United States
• Made international debut in 2005 at Pan American Cup prior to the start of her freshman season at Stanford University
• Unlike most top volleyball players, did not play club volleyball as a youth
• Four-time AVCA All-American from 2005-2008 and three-time first-team selection; Earned AVCA Division I Player of the Year as a junior in 2007
• Finished collegiate career with the best career hitting efficiency (.446) of any NCAA Division I player
• Starting middle blocker on the U.S. Women’s Junior National Team that competed in the 2005 FIVB World Championships in Turkey after helping U.S. win gold in the 2004 NORCECA Continental Women’s Junior Championship.
• Has many nicknames, but teammates call her 'Luke'
• Graduated from Stanford University with a degree in human biology
• Parents are Avoola and Comfort Akinradewo
• Brothers are Foluso and Fiyinfolu Akinradewo

Foluke Akinradewo's Favorites
Food: Pizza ... Book: Harry Potter ... Musical Group Bonobo ... Movie: Ex Machina.

Hobbies and Interests: Spending time with my loved ones

Most Admired Person: Her parents because "They sacrificed everything by leaving their family in Nigeria to provide a better life for their children in North America."