2023 Women's Volleyball Roster

Jersey Number 44
Jolei Akima
- Position:
- L/DS
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- High School:
- Kamehameha School Kapalama (Boise State)
- Hometown:
- Kahalu'u, HI
2023 (Senior)
Played in all 130 sets... led the team with 4.17 digs per set... fifth on the team with 27 aces... had ten games with over 20 digs... career high 27 digs against UC Davis on Nov. 18... season high nine assists against New Hampshire Sept. 8... season high three aces against UC Riverside Nov.17... earned Big West All Academic Honors...
2022 (Junior)
Appeared in 29 of the 30 matches and played in 98 of 112 sets ... was third on the team in digs (257) and second in digs per set (2.62) ... fourth on the team in service aces with 19 ... had a season-high 18 digs against Pepperdine on Sept. 8 ... had a season-high eight assists against Washington Sept. 9 ... had a season-high three aces at CSU Bakersfield Oct. 11.
Boise State (2020 & 2021)
Played her first two years at Boise State where she appeared in all 50 matches during those two seasons, starting 20 of those ... as a sophomore in 2021, she led the team in digs with 315 (2.44 per set) and was tied for second in aces with 33 while helping the Broncos win a Mountain West Championship ... had 16 matches in which she recorded double digit digs, including a career-high 22 against Southern Utah ... as a freshman in 2020, playing an abbreviated 15-match schedule, she was third on the team in digs with 129 (2.39 per set) and had seven matches of double figure digs ... off the court, she earned both Academic All-Mountain West and was a Mountain West Scholar-Athlete in 2021.
Prep
Graduated from Kamehameha School Kapalamal in Honolulu i in 2020 where she helped the volleyball team to two league titles and a second-place state finish as a junior.
Personal
Daughter of Rhonda Akima ... has a sister Sabriena ... majoring in Business ... volunteers at an animal rescue farm and while at Boise State volunteered at the Idaho Humane Society ... chose Cal Poly over a number of other Big West and West Coast Conference schools ... chose Cal Poly because of the high quality of academics, the location, how supportive the team and coaches are, and the fanbase around Cal Poly volleyball.
Played in all 130 sets... led the team with 4.17 digs per set... fifth on the team with 27 aces... had ten games with over 20 digs... career high 27 digs against UC Davis on Nov. 18... season high nine assists against New Hampshire Sept. 8... season high three aces against UC Riverside Nov.17... earned Big West All Academic Honors...
2022 (Junior)
Appeared in 29 of the 30 matches and played in 98 of 112 sets ... was third on the team in digs (257) and second in digs per set (2.62) ... fourth on the team in service aces with 19 ... had a season-high 18 digs against Pepperdine on Sept. 8 ... had a season-high eight assists against Washington Sept. 9 ... had a season-high three aces at CSU Bakersfield Oct. 11.
Boise State (2020 & 2021)
Played her first two years at Boise State where she appeared in all 50 matches during those two seasons, starting 20 of those ... as a sophomore in 2021, she led the team in digs with 315 (2.44 per set) and was tied for second in aces with 33 while helping the Broncos win a Mountain West Championship ... had 16 matches in which she recorded double digit digs, including a career-high 22 against Southern Utah ... as a freshman in 2020, playing an abbreviated 15-match schedule, she was third on the team in digs with 129 (2.39 per set) and had seven matches of double figure digs ... off the court, she earned both Academic All-Mountain West and was a Mountain West Scholar-Athlete in 2021.
Prep
Graduated from Kamehameha School Kapalamal in Honolulu i in 2020 where she helped the volleyball team to two league titles and a second-place state finish as a junior.
Personal
Daughter of Rhonda Akima ... has a sister Sabriena ... majoring in Business ... volunteers at an animal rescue farm and while at Boise State volunteered at the Idaho Humane Society ... chose Cal Poly over a number of other Big West and West Coast Conference schools ... chose Cal Poly because of the high quality of academics, the location, how supportive the team and coaches are, and the fanbase around Cal Poly volleyball.
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