Emmanuel Jurineack

Photo by: Rachel Von Art

Photo by: John Nagel

Position:
Middle Blocker
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Clarendon Hills, Ill.
High School:
Hinsdale Central

• Purdue Fort Wayne Top 50 Student (2025)
• 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 MIVA Academic All-Conference
• MIVA Defensive Player of the Week (1/10/2023)

2025: Played in seven matches, started in two during his redshirt sophomore season ... ... Recorded seven kills and four total blocks ... Tallied two kills and two total blocks at Lewis (April 3).

2024: Played in three matches ... Registered five kills against Maryville (Jan. 19).

2023: Started in all five contests before falling to a season-ending injury ... Named MIVA Defensive Player of the Week after recording six blocks against King (Jan. 6) and four against NJIT (Jan. 7) ... Notched a season-high seven kills against Carthage (Jan. 13) ... Hit .586 for the season with no matches under .500.

High School: Played in 44 sets in a shortened 2020-21 season at Hinsdale Central High School ... Responsible for 0.61 blocks per set and 0.522 kills per set from the middle ... Led his team to a fourth-place finish in the West Suburban Conference in 2021 ... Played club for 630 Volleyball Club ... Named the Most Coachable Athlete on his U-17 team ... Named the Best Middle Blocker for the U-18 group ... Named All-Tournament Team ... Led his squad to first at the City Showdown Boys 18 Open in 20222, second at the Palos Points Boys 18 Open in 2022, and third at the Dennis Lafata Boys Bid Classic ... Took third at the AAU Windy City Boys Grand Prix in 2022 ... Also competed for the indoor track and field team, recording PRs of 10.16 in the 55m hurdles and 29.67 in the 200m ... Earned honor roll distinction as a sophomore and the Dean's List in his junior year.

Personal: Son of Margaret Jurineak and Elliott Terrell Jurineak III ... Has one sister, Paris ... Father played football at Missouri (1998-99), then played in the NFLE in 2001-02 and the CFL in 2003-07 ... Uncle A.J. Ofodile played football at Missouri as well, then went on to play for the Buffalo Bills (1994), Pittsburg Steelers (1995) and Baltimore Ravens (1997-99) ... Was pursuing an acting career prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and was cast as an extra in various television shows and motion pictures ... Majoring in business marketing.