2022: AVCA All-American ... First Team All-Big Ten ... AVCA All-Region ... Led the conference with 502 kills ... 3x Big Ten Player of the Week ... Second in the conference with 4.33 kills per set ... Had 10+ kills in 28 of her 32 matches and 20+ kills seven times ... Had 25 kills in Northwestern's upset win over No. 12 Purdue (10/28) ... Recorded a season-high 26 kills against Nebraska (11/6) ... Tallied 22 kills and a career-high 17 digs against Penn St. (11/23).
2021: Grabbed a double-double in season opener against Northern Colorado, with 15 kills and 10 digs (8/27)...Her match-high 16 kills led the Wildcats to their first win of the season over Colorado State, including a career-high eight aces (8/28)...Notched a double-double (21 kills, 13 digs) against New Mexico State (9/3)...Averaged 12.3 kills in three matches at the UniWyo Invite on her way to all-tournament team honors...Led the team in kills for every game of the Chicago Cup with 15 against UIC (9/17), 20 against DePaul and 12 against Loyola (9/18)... Posted a game-high 19 kills against the Illini (9/25) ... Stuffed the stat sheet against with nine first set kills, the most in her career, and 16 on the match along with 11 digs against Rutgers (10/01) ... Had a career-high 16 digs to go with 21 kills in five sets against Minnesota (10/02) ... Notched her third straight double-double with 16 kills and 11 digs at Maryland (10/08) ... Had her most efficient outting of the Big Ten season with 18 kills on 42 attempts with only five errors for .310% against Penn State (10/09)... Led the team with 12 kills to go along with an ace and three blocks in victory over Iowa (10/16)... Added 14 kills, four blocks and three aces in second meeting with Iowa (10/23)... Led the court with 19 kills, three blocks and three aces in victory over Indiana (10/30)... Earned a match-high 12 kills over Wisconsin (11/5)... Led the court with a season-high 24 kills, 14 digs and three blocks in victory over Indiana (11/7).
2020: Started the season with a career-high .480 hitting percentage against Rutgers (1/22) ... Led the Big 10 in kills after week one of the 2021 season with a 4.83 average per set (1/24) ... Match-leading scorer with 18 kills against the Boilermakers while also logging five blocks, 48 attempts, two aces, and eight digs at Purdue (2/20) ... Led the team in kills, putting 26 on the stat sheet and digging up 14 balls vs. the Hawkeyes (2/26) ... Put up big numbers in a win over Iowa with a team-high 16 kills, a tied team-high 13 digs, and a block (2/27) ... As of 3/1 held the second place spot in the Big Ten for kills with a total of 99 and an avg/s of 4.33. Also remained the Big Ten's second highest scoring player tallying 113.0 by March 1st and an avg/s of 4.91 (3/1) ... Led the team in kills with nine vs. the Golden Gophers while also tallying five digs and two blocks (3/26) ... Led the team once again in kills with 13 and in aces with two vs. Minnesota (3/27) ... Continued to lead both teams offensively with 20 kills and an ace at Maryland (4/2) ... Ended the season with 13 kills at a win over Maryland while also digging up 11 and blocking 2 balls (4/3) ... Closed out the shortened season with a team-high 154 kills, 76 digs, eight aces, and put up the second highest number for Wildcats' in terms of blocks with 19.
2019: Led all Wildcats in kills with 398 and earned second in the Big Ten with 3.95 kills per set ... Led Northwestern with 30 service aces ... Third among 'Cats in blocks with 57 and second in solo blocks with 19 ... Had a 19-game double digit kill streak starting with Texas Tech (9/6) and ending against Rutgers (10/27) ... Earned All-Tournament Team honors in all four pre-season tournaments, including Tournament MVP at the Chicago Cup ... Awarded Big Ten Freshman of the Week for the week of 9/9, tallying a career-high seven aces against Texas Tech (9/6), career-high six blocks against Austin Peay (9/6), and double-digit kills in all three match-ups ... Received Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors for a second week in a row on 9/16, after tallying career-high 32 kills and 12 digs in win over American (9/14) ... Earned her third Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor after recording a total of 32 kills, two aces, 13 digs, and five blocks on the weekend in matchups against Wisconsin (10/9) and Purdue (10/12) ... Awarded her fourth Big Ten Freshman of the Week of the season after recording 12 kills at Illinois (11/27) and 17 kills in win over Illinois (11/30) to close out the season.
2022 Season Highs:
Kills………………………….. 26, vs. Nebraska (11/6/22)
Attempts………………….…. 58, vs. Ohio St. (10/9/22)
Hitting Percentage…….…. .500, vs. Northeastern (8/27/22)
Service Aces……………..….. 1 (2x), last at Tennessee Tech (9/2/22)
Assists ………………………. 4, vs. UTEP (8/26/22)
Total Blocks…………….…….. 4 (2x), last vs. Evansville (9/2/22)
Digs ………………………….... 17, vs. Penn St. (11/23/22)
Career Highs:
Kills……………………..…….. 32, vs. American (9/14/19)
Attempts………………………... 67 (2x), last at New Mexico State (9/03/21)
Hitting Percentage………...… .500, vs. Northeastern (8/27/22)
Service Aces ……….........….. 8, at Colorado State (8/28/21)
Assists ……………….......…... 4, vs. UTEP (8/26/22)
Total Blocks………................. 7, vs. Rutgers (10/01/21)
Digs ……………....…............ 17, vs. Penn St. (11/23/22)
High School: Four-year letter winner … First Team Under Armour All-American in 2018 … Totaled 780 kills, 387 digs and 107 aces during her career at Marian Catholic High School … MaxPreps All-American in 2016 … Daily SouthTown All-Area First Team in 2016 and 2017 … Team MVP in 2016 and 2017 … Played for Michio Chicago Volleyball Academy … Was part of the 2018 USAV U17 National Championship team in the National Division … Secretary of the National Honor Society and was a member of the Spanish National Honor Society.
Personal: Born Temitayo Oluwatoyin Thomas-Ailara … Played with Northwestern recruit Charlotte Cronister in club … Played against current Wildcat Lexi Pitsas in high school and fellow signee Olivia Haskins during club … Anticipated major is biomedical engineering.
2021: Grabbed a double-double in season opener against Northern Colorado, with 15 kills and 10 digs (8/27)...Her match-high 16 kills led the Wildcats to their first win of the season over Colorado State, including a career-high eight aces (8/28)...Notched a double-double (21 kills, 13 digs) against New Mexico State (9/3)...Averaged 12.3 kills in three matches at the UniWyo Invite on her way to all-tournament team honors...Led the team in kills for every game of the Chicago Cup with 15 against UIC (9/17), 20 against DePaul and 12 against Loyola (9/18)... Posted a game-high 19 kills against the Illini (9/25) ... Stuffed the stat sheet against with nine first set kills, the most in her career, and 16 on the match along with 11 digs against Rutgers (10/01) ... Had a career-high 16 digs to go with 21 kills in five sets against Minnesota (10/02) ... Notched her third straight double-double with 16 kills and 11 digs at Maryland (10/08) ... Had her most efficient outting of the Big Ten season with 18 kills on 42 attempts with only five errors for .310% against Penn State (10/09)... Led the team with 12 kills to go along with an ace and three blocks in victory over Iowa (10/16)... Added 14 kills, four blocks and three aces in second meeting with Iowa (10/23)... Led the court with 19 kills, three blocks and three aces in victory over Indiana (10/30)... Earned a match-high 12 kills over Wisconsin (11/5)... Led the court with a season-high 24 kills, 14 digs and three blocks in victory over Indiana (11/7).
2020: Started the season with a career-high .480 hitting percentage against Rutgers (1/22) ... Led the Big 10 in kills after week one of the 2021 season with a 4.83 average per set (1/24) ... Match-leading scorer with 18 kills against the Boilermakers while also logging five blocks, 48 attempts, two aces, and eight digs at Purdue (2/20) ... Led the team in kills, putting 26 on the stat sheet and digging up 14 balls vs. the Hawkeyes (2/26) ... Put up big numbers in a win over Iowa with a team-high 16 kills, a tied team-high 13 digs, and a block (2/27) ... As of 3/1 held the second place spot in the Big Ten for kills with a total of 99 and an avg/s of 4.33. Also remained the Big Ten's second highest scoring player tallying 113.0 by March 1st and an avg/s of 4.91 (3/1) ... Led the team in kills with nine vs. the Golden Gophers while also tallying five digs and two blocks (3/26) ... Led the team once again in kills with 13 and in aces with two vs. Minnesota (3/27) ... Continued to lead both teams offensively with 20 kills and an ace at Maryland (4/2) ... Ended the season with 13 kills at a win over Maryland while also digging up 11 and blocking 2 balls (4/3) ... Closed out the shortened season with a team-high 154 kills, 76 digs, eight aces, and put up the second highest number for Wildcats' in terms of blocks with 19.
2019: Led all Wildcats in kills with 398 and earned second in the Big Ten with 3.95 kills per set ... Led Northwestern with 30 service aces ... Third among 'Cats in blocks with 57 and second in solo blocks with 19 ... Had a 19-game double digit kill streak starting with Texas Tech (9/6) and ending against Rutgers (10/27) ... Earned All-Tournament Team honors in all four pre-season tournaments, including Tournament MVP at the Chicago Cup ... Awarded Big Ten Freshman of the Week for the week of 9/9, tallying a career-high seven aces against Texas Tech (9/6), career-high six blocks against Austin Peay (9/6), and double-digit kills in all three match-ups ... Received Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors for a second week in a row on 9/16, after tallying career-high 32 kills and 12 digs in win over American (9/14) ... Earned her third Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor after recording a total of 32 kills, two aces, 13 digs, and five blocks on the weekend in matchups against Wisconsin (10/9) and Purdue (10/12) ... Awarded her fourth Big Ten Freshman of the Week of the season after recording 12 kills at Illinois (11/27) and 17 kills in win over Illinois (11/30) to close out the season.
2022 Season Highs:
Kills………………………….. 26, vs. Nebraska (11/6/22)
Attempts………………….…. 58, vs. Ohio St. (10/9/22)
Hitting Percentage…….…. .500, vs. Northeastern (8/27/22)
Service Aces……………..….. 1 (2x), last at Tennessee Tech (9/2/22)
Assists ………………………. 4, vs. UTEP (8/26/22)
Total Blocks…………….…….. 4 (2x), last vs. Evansville (9/2/22)
Digs ………………………….... 17, vs. Penn St. (11/23/22)
Career Highs:
Kills……………………..…….. 32, vs. American (9/14/19)
Attempts………………………... 67 (2x), last at New Mexico State (9/03/21)
Hitting Percentage………...… .500, vs. Northeastern (8/27/22)
Service Aces ……….........….. 8, at Colorado State (8/28/21)
Assists ……………….......…... 4, vs. UTEP (8/26/22)
Total Blocks………................. 7, vs. Rutgers (10/01/21)
Digs ……………....…............ 17, vs. Penn St. (11/23/22)
High School: Four-year letter winner … First Team Under Armour All-American in 2018 … Totaled 780 kills, 387 digs and 107 aces during her career at Marian Catholic High School … MaxPreps All-American in 2016 … Daily SouthTown All-Area First Team in 2016 and 2017 … Team MVP in 2016 and 2017 … Played for Michio Chicago Volleyball Academy … Was part of the 2018 USAV U17 National Championship team in the National Division … Secretary of the National Honor Society and was a member of the Spanish National Honor Society.
Personal: Born Temitayo Oluwatoyin Thomas-Ailara … Played with Northwestern recruit Charlotte Cronister in club … Played against current Wildcat Lexi Pitsas in high school and fellow signee Olivia Haskins during club … Anticipated major is biomedical engineering.