AS A SENIOR IN 2018: Named to Peach Belt All-Academic team … Played in all 32 matches for a total 110 sets for the Jaguars … Sixth in the conference for service aces with 26 … Was third on the team in digs with 312 for 2.84 digs per set … Had a match high of four aces against Albany State and Winston-Salem … Helped the team win the PBC Tournament Championship for the first time in school history … Team was ranked as high No. 2 in the NCAA Southeast Region and reached the NCAA Tournament for the second time ever.
AS A JUNIOR IN 2017: Started all 33 matches for Augusta, playing in a total of 128 sets … Was ranked fifth on the team in terms of kills with 179, helping the Jags reach the semifinals of the PBC Tournament in the process … Ranked third on the team for service aces with 29 … Had a game high of six aces vs. Erskine on Sept. 25 … Earned the team a total of 219.0 points for average of 1.71 points per set.
AT BARTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Attended Barton Community College in Great Bend, Kans., from 2015-2017 and graduated in 2017 … Lettered for three years of volleyball under Brandon Stephenson … Earned third best hitter in the league, Player of the Week (offensively and defensively), and Player of the Tournament at Wranglers Classic in Odessa, Texas … Team won The Wranglers Classic Tournament and earned fourth in regionals for the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference … Also a member of Phi Theta Kappa and The Society of Collegiate Leadership and Achievements.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Colegio pH in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in 2014 … Played club ball for Fluminense Futebol Club under coah Guilherme Schmitz … Earned Player of the Year, Player of the Tournament and Hitter of the Year during her tenure with Fluminense Futebol Club
PERSONAL: Born in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil on Jan. 1, 1997 … Daughter of Jose Eduardo Tavares and Elaine Maria Guimaraes Gouveia … Plans to major in political science and business management.
