OGONNA NNAMANI SILVA

Two-time Olympic Indoor Volleyball Player

One of the most prolific volleyball players to compete at Stanford, Ogonna Nnamani Silva was a four-time All-American, leading the Cardinal to NCAA titles in 2001 and 2004 and represented the United States in the Athens and Beijing Olympics. As a senior, she was named the NCAA Championship Most Outstanding Player, the ESPN CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year, the AVCA National Co-Player of the Year, the recipient of the Honda-Broderick Cup for 2004-05 given to the best college female athlete in the nation. In 2012, she married former Stanford football player Mike Silva, and they have an adorable daughter, Anya. Nnamani grew up in Normal, Ill., and is currently in her third year at UCSF Medical School.