Hawai'i Hilo Vulcans Athletics

AT UHH 2009 PWC Player of the Year ... first-team all-PWC ... 2009 first-team all-PacWest Pre-season team ... PacWest Player of the Week (Aug. 31, Sept. 7, Sept. 14) ... all-Nanook Classic selection ... 2008 AVCA honorable mention all-American ... 2008 AVCA all-Region ... 2008 PacWest first-team ... 2008 second-team Daktronics West Region selection ... three-time PWC Player of the Week ... two-time PWC Honor Roll ... Montana State-Billings Invitational MVP ... collected 286 kills, 10 assists, 50 service aces, 90 digs and 132 blocks ... 2007 PacWest Player of the Year and first team honors ... AVCA Pacific Region honorable mention honor ... first-team Daktronics Pacific Regional Volleyball selection ... started 26 of 28 matches ... collected 311 kills, 14 assists, 55 service aces, 68 digs, 89 block assists and 24 solo blocks ... earned PacWest Player of the Week (Sept. 24-28) honorable-mention honor averaging 4.50 kills per game ... selected PacWest Player of the Week (Aug. 27-Sept. 2) accumulated 31 kills, 10 block assists and nine service aces in three matches of the Nanook Classic ... selected all-tournament at the Auto Services Co. Nanook Classic and the Hawaiian Style Classic. BEFORE UHH A transfer from Seminole State College (Okla.) ... lettered one year for coach Erin Pick ... a 2003 graduate of Guimaraes Junior (Brazil) PERSONAL Born on March 23, 1986 in Caxias do Sul, Brazil ... favorites include country music, Brazilian foods and the movie "Notebook" ... enjoys going to the movies ... parents are Mara and Valdcir Caxias do Sul, Brazil. "Hawaii Tribune-Herald Feature September 9, 2008":http://vulcans.uhh.hawaii.edu/story.php?id=1717 "Hawaii Tribune-Herald Feature September 9, 2009":http://vulcans.uhh.hawaii.edu/story.php?id=2047 [[i:1664:n:l]][[i:1777:n:l]][[i:1775:n:l]][[i:1772:n:l]][[i:1769:n:l]][[i:1768:n:l]][[i:1764:n:l]][[i:1726:n:l]][[i:1725:n:l]]