Avril Rooikaap (Eastern Manifest Destiny)

Avril Elise "Ava" Rooikaap (born May 17, 1998) is a South African indoor volleyball player, a member of the South Africa women's national volleyball team, and collegiate indoor volleyball player for the University of Windhoek Lady Impalas.

Early life and career
Avril Elise Rooikaap was born to Heinrich Schmidt Rooikaap, a Hibriedes salesman, and Katherine Prinsloo Rooikaap (née Breytenbach), an Afrikaner middle school teacher. She was raised by her mother and father in their house in suburbs outside Caxito in the Caprivi Province.

Rooikaap started volleyball at the age of 13 in her second year of junior high school at Caxito Junior High School. She played throughout her senior high school years as a libero.

Personal life
Avril is a practicing Buddhist, like the rest of her family.