SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Notre Dame volleyball program has added a pair of transfers, as Stella Adeyemi and Chloe Hooker will join the program for the 2026-27 season, head coach Salima Rockwell announced.
An outside hitter from Papillion, Nebraska, Adeyemi heads to South Bend following three years at Hawaii, where she totaled 358 kills and 378 points over 46 matches played, including 250 during her sophomore season in 2024.
She started the first 10 matches of the season last year for the Rainbow Warriors before suffering a season ending injury, but still recorded double-figure kills in five matches and notched three double-doubles in that time. Against Utah Valley on September 5, 2025, Adeyemi logged career-highs of 17 kills and 19.5 points and was named to the OUTRIGGER Invitational All-Tournament Team.
During her sophomore season in 2024, Adeyemi played in all 31 games for Hawaii and ranked third on the team with 2.08 kills per set and fourth on the team with 250 kills. She posted a season-high 13 kills three times throughout the year (Pepperdine, CSUN, Cal State Fullerton) and registered 11 kills on a season-high .500 hitting percentage at Texas on September 20, 2024. She earned the team’s Most Improved award while also posting 21 kills in the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic and was named to the All-Tournament team. Off the court, Adeyemi was an Academic All-Big West performer, a CSC Academic All-District honoree and was named to the Big West Commissioners Honor Roll.
Adeyemi was a three-time state champion and a Max Prep All-American during her time at Papillion-Lavista South High School, earning all-state, all-tournament and was named the Offensive Player of the Year during her time with the Titans.
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Welcome to Notre Dame, Stella!✍️#GoIrish☘️ pic.twitter.com/rcUspgzncv
— Notre Dame Volleyball (@NDvolleyball) June 16, 2026
Hooker will make the transition from the sand to the court this upcoming season, as the former beach All-American for Loyola Marymount treks to South Bend to spend her final year of eligibility inside Purcell Pavilion.
Hooker earned back-to-back West Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Year honors the last two seasons while also garnering all-conference recognition in four-straight seasons, three of those coming on the first team. The San Diego, California native is also the program’s leading wins holder at the West Coast Conference Beach Volleyball Tournament.
This past spring, Hooker went 29-8 primarily playing on the second and third courts. She helped LMU knock off No. 3 USC and No. 11 Grand Canyon twice to end the regular season. Hooker helped lead the Lions to a conference championship and a run to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament.
As a junior in 2025, Hooker was 30-10 on the season, 28 of those wins coming from court two. On top of being an All-American, she was also named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team.
She posted 27 wins in both her sophomore and freshman seasons and was named the WCC Freshman of the Year back in 2023.
Hooker also has experience internationally, taking part of the USAV Beach NTDP team from 2018-2022. She finished third at the 2023 USAV 23 National Team Trials.
A high school All-American honorable mention at Francis Parker High School, Hooker was named to multiple watch lists, including the Ultra Ankle® JVA Watch List and PrepVolleyball.com Class of 2022 watch list. She was also part of the California Scholarship Federation and National Honor Society.
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Welcome to Notre Dame, Chloe!✍️#GoIrish☘️ pic.twitter.com/VvVhv5wAKT
— Notre Dame Volleyball (@NDvolleyball) June 16, 2026