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#9 Bruna Silva
Position: DS/L
Height: 5'8"
Year: Junior
Hometown: Niteroi, Brazil
High School: Colegio Salesiano Santa Rosa
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JUNIOR (2012)
- Southland Conference Libero of the Year
- 1st Team All-Southland Conference selection
- Southland Conference All-Tounament Team selection
- Preseason 1st Team All-Southland Conference selection
- UB Invitational All-Tournament Team selection
- 1st Team Southland Conference All-Academic Team selection
- Southland Conference Commissioner's Fall Academic Honor Roll selection
- Southland Conference Defensive Player of the Week (9/3 & 11/12)

Wore the libero's shirt for all 120 digs as a junior... Became the second player in ORU history to win multiple conference defensive player of the year trophies... Led the Southland Conference with 627 digs, averaging 5.22 digs per set... Finished 39th in NCAA Division I in digs per set... Her 627-dig total was the 5th-highest single-season mark in ORU history... Ended the season with 1,564 digs, 3rd-highest on ORU's career list heading into her final season... Led ORU in digs in 30 of the team's 32 matches... Racked up 26 digs in the season-opening victory over San Jose State (8/24) en route to earning All-Tournament honors at the UB Invitational... Collected rare kills in back-to-back matches against UALR (8/31) and Austin Peay (9/1)... Became the first ORU student-athlete to win an SLC weekly award when she was named Defensive Player of the Week on 9/3... Collected 27 digs, including 13 in the first set, against Tulsa (9/4)... Had four service aces against Hofstra (9/7)... Collected 29 digs and matched a career high with six assists against Eastern Michigan (9/8)... Set a season-high with 32 digs against Southeastern Louisiana (9/22)... Had 24 digs against Northwestern State (9/29)... Had her first-ever two-kill match along with 22 digs against Central Arkansas (10/13)... Matched a season-high with 32 digs against Sam Houston State (10/25)... Set a career high with nine assists in a win over Stephen F. Austin (11/8)... Came up with 23 digs in the regular season finale against Northwestern State (11/10), clinching the SLC's digs title with the performance... Tallied 19 digs each in SLC Tournament victories over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (11/16) and Sam Houston State (11/17)... Ended the season with 27 digs in the SLC Chanmpionship Match against Central Arkansas (11/18).

SOPHOMORE (2011)
- Summit League Defensive Player of the Year
- 1st Team All-Summit League selection
- Summit League Championship All-Tournament Team selection
- Owls Invitational MVP
- Two-time Summit League Defensive Player of the Week (9/26 & 10/10)
- Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence honoree
- Summit League All-Academic Team selection
- Summit League Distinguished Scholar

Became the third player in ORU history to win Summit League Defensive Player of the Year honors and the first to do so since 2006... Finished with 673 digs, the 3rd-highest single-season mark in program history... Averaged 5.66 digs per game, the 2nd-best mark in program history and the third-highest mark in the Summit League... Finished the year ranked 13th in the nation in digs per set... Tallied 6.53 digs per set in conference matches, tops in the League... Led ORU in digs in 29 of the team’s 30 matches... Tallied 14 straight matches with at least 20 digs from 9/24 to 11/12... Set a career-high with 38 digs in a win over South Dakota State (10/7) and topped it one day later with 41 in a victory over North Dakota State... Set a four-set career high with 35 digs in the second match against South Dakota State (11/5)... Also aided in ORU’s setting efforts, finishing second on the club with 77 set assists... Set a career-high with six assists against SMU (8/27) and IUPUI (10/22)... Set a career high with four service aces in a win over UL-Monroe (9/10).

FRESHMAN (2010)
- Summit League All-Freshman Team selection
- Summit League Defensive Player of the Week (10/25)

Notched a team-best 329 digs, 8th-best in the Summit League, and a 3.50 digs per set average as a freshman... Competed in 94 sets for the Golden Eagles, while dishing out 32 assists and logging 11 service aces... Came on strong late in the year for ORU, posting double-digit digs in the final 10 matches... Finished the year with 14 double-digit dig matches, including 31 digs against IPFW (10/24) and a 35-dig outburst at South Dakota State (11/11)... Also tallied season highs of five assists and two service aces against SDSU.

PERSONAL
Full name is Bruna Bellas Romariz Silva... Native of Niteroi, Brazil... Computer Information & Technology major at ORU... Sister, Diana, played volleyball for Tulsa.

CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 2 vs. Central Arkansas, 10/13/12
Assists: 9 vs. Stephen F. Austin, 11/8/12
Service Aces: 4 (2x), last vs. Hofstra, 9/7/12
Digs: 41 vs. North Dakota State, 10/8/11
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