Bio


Joy Adewumi

Joy Adewumi

Class:
Senior
Height/Weight:
5-5
   
Hometown:
Phoenix, AZ
   
   
High School:
North Canyon
   

2007-08: Named Second Team All America East Conference at No. 3 doubles with classmate Cornelia Carapcea... Also earned the team’s Unsung Hero award... Led the squad in the spring with 13 singles victories (13-3) and compiled a season-long singles ledger of 15-6... Owns 67 collegiate wins and is 46-32 in singles competition... Went 2-0 in the 4-3 victory over Army and won the deciding singles match in UMBC’s 4-3 win over Stony Brook.

2006-07: Compiled an 8-3 singles record as she won the back draw of both the Quinnipiac Invitational and the Hampton Woods Invitational... Played at No. 2 singles in the spring and was a solid 17-15 overall for the campaign... Earned second team all-conference honors with Cornelia Carapcea at No. 3 singles and was named to the league’s All Academic team.

2005-06: In her freshman season, she compiled a singles record of 14-11, primarily at the No. 3 slot… Had an outstanding fall, reaching the semi-finals of the Quin­nipiac Invitational and the finals of the Hampton Road Collegitate Invitational… Was 4-1 in three-set matches for the year.
 
Background: Majoring in computer science... Ranked as high as #4 and earned Zonal/Intersection play in the southwest section… Earned All State and All Regional honors in all four years at North Canyon HS… Won a pair of regional titles and place second in the state championship (2005)… A two-time team captain, team Most Valuable Player and Sportsmanship Award Winner for the Rattlers… Member of the National Honor Society, captain of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Vice President of the Black Student Union while at NCHS… Is the oldest of five siblings (Hannah, 18, Joseph, 17, Rebekah, 13, Sarah, 8)…l Brother Joseph joins her at UMBC this fall... Lsts favorite movie as A Walk to Remember and favorite pro team as the NBA’s Phoenix Suns… Daughter of Grace and Julius Adewumi…born September 4, 1987.