Xavier University of Louisiana Athletics

Honors
•  XULA Female Athlete of the Year (all sports) for 2016-17
•  XULA Athletic Director's Honor Roll in 2016
•  First-team All-Gulf Coast Athletic Conference in 2016
•  GCAC Newcomer of the Year in 2016
•  MVP of 2016 GCAC Tournament
•  Second-team All-Louisiana in 2016
•  2-time GCAC Attacker of the Week
•  All-tournament at 2016 Hotel Indigo at the Alamo Saints Classic in San Antonio, Texas

Briefly
•  Second year at XULA
•  1-year letterwinner
•  Wore No. 8 during 2016 season but switched jersey numbers with Taylor Ducros for 2017
•  Transferred to XULA from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College, a two-year school in Miami, Okla.

2017 (Senior)
•  Named preseason All-GCAC

2016 (Junior)
•  Led XULA with 345 kills, 27 aces, 17 matches with 10-or-more kills and 14 double-doubles
•  Set XULA season record with 9.16 attacks per set
•  Second on her team with .242 hitting percentage and 391 digs
•  Recorded school-record 25 kills vs. NAIA No. 20 Evangel at San Antonio, Texas, on second day of regular season . . . also had 28 digs in that match
•  Produced five fifth-set kills, including the match winner, in GCAC Tournament final against Talladega
•  Helped XULA win GCAC regular-season championship and qualify for NAIA National Championship

Prior to XULA
•  Produced 667 kills, 659 digs, 64 aces and 60 blocks in her first two collegiate seasons — 2015 at NEO, 2014 at NAIA member Langston University in Langston, Okla.
•  Honorable-mention AVCA All-NAIA Mid-South Region in 2014
•  Second-team NJCAA Division II All-America and NJCAA all-tournament in 2015 after leading the Lady Norse to a 10th-place finish at nationals
•  In her native Brazil she played for high school teams that finished third in the 2010 world championships and won national championships in 2009 and 2008

In Her Own Words
•  How I became interested in my sport:  When I was five years old my aunt, who is a volleyball coach in Brazil, introduced me to the sport
•  Three words that describe me:  Fearless and calm
•  My goals for the 2017-18 academic year — academic, athletic, personal:  Find a job
•  The most creative thing I do, or something creative I'd like to be able to do:  Learn how to play guitar
•  The tastiest thing I can cook:  I can't cook
•  Favorite ice cream flavor:  Chocolate
•  Special routine or superstition before I compete:  Drink coffee
•  My definition of success:  Doing what you love and being surrounded by your loved ones for the rest of your life
•  A movie title that would describe my life:  Eat Pray Love
•  The best advice I was ever given:  Do more than you are expected to do