Dayo Ogunniyi

Dayo Ogunniyi

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Mandeville, La.

High School:
Fontainebleau

Height:
5-3

Event:
Long Jump

Birthdate:
12/30/1986

Experience:
3L

Major:
Architecture

2007 NCAA Regional Qualifier

2007
Indoor:
Finished second in the long jump at the Leonard Hilton Memorial with a jump of 5.87m/19-03.25...Notched a fourth place finish in the long jump at the Dan DeHart Invitational and set a season best jump of 5.88m/19-03.50 to finish fourth in the long jump. Outdoor: Finished third at the Tom Tellez Invitational in the long jump...Was second in the long jump at the Texas Invitational...Notched a fourth place finish in the long jump at the LSU Tiger Classic...Took ninth in the long jump at the LSU Alumni Gold Invitational...Earned a fourth place finish in the long jump at the Cal Collegiate Challenge...Finished third in the long jump and seventh in the 100 meters at the C-USA Championships...Was 13th in the long jump at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a jump of 5.78m/18-11.75.

2006
Indoor: Finished 15th in the long jump at the Conference USA Indoor Championships. Outdoor: Was second in the long jump at the Houston Invitaitonal with a jump of 5.92 meters (19-6.25)... Recorded a 20th place finish in the long jump at the Conference USA Championships.

High School
Class 5A state champion in the long jump as a junior...placed third as a sophomore and senior..was named the team MVP... member of the National Honor Society and Fontainebleau's homecoming court...listed among Who's Who Among America's High School Students...was a member of the volleyball team.

Personal
Major at architecture...born December 30, 1986 in Warri, Nigeria...daughter of Ola and Victor Ogunniyi...came to UH following Hurricane Katrina after signing with Louisiana-Monroe.