2017: NE10 Commissioner's Honor Roll...NCAA Division II East Region All-Championship Team…AVCA All-East Region…Northeast-10 All-Conference First Team…Started all 34 matches, playing in all 124 sets…Leads the team with career-high 392 kills, averaging 3.16 per set, seventh most in the NE10…Also led the team with 33 aces, while finishing fourth with 307 digs and added 26 total blocks…Closed out 21 matches with double figure kills, including 13 of the final 14 matches…Has recorded double figure digs in 15 total matches, combining for 10 double doubles…Set a career-high in kills with 25 against Southern Connecticut (9/26), part of three matches total with 20-plus…Led the Chargers in the NCAA East Region Championship match with 17 kills and a .571 attack percentage…Set a career-high with 19 digs as part of a double double against Southern New Hampshire (11/4)…Set a career-high with four aces twice, most recently against Pace (10/31)…Also set a career-high with five blocks, all block assists, against American International (9/23).
2016: Dean’s Lists and Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll in the spring semester…Played in 78 sets over 25 total matches…Closed out her first season with the Blue and Gold third on the team with 220 kills and second among the Chargers with an average of 2.82 kills per set…Also added 61 digs and 20 total blocks…Finished 14 matches with double figure kills including a career-high 18 in the Northeast-10 Championship semifinals against American International (11/18)…Had a season-long streak of seven straight matches in double figures and closed out her junior campaign with double figures in the final five match, three in the NE10 tournament and in both matches at the NCAA Division II East Regionals…Completed one double double on the season when she finished with a career-best 10 digs to go along with 15 kills against Le Moyne (10/16)…Saw her best single-match hitting come against Southern New Hampshire when she combined for 14 kills and just two errors in 24 total attempts for a .500 average…Set a career-high with three blocks on two occasions; against Le Moyne and American International (11/1).
Before New Haven: Transferred to New haven from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, while also playing one year at Langston (Oklahoma)….Helped lead NEO to an appearance in the NJCAA national tournament in 2015…Finished second on the team with 275 kills and third with a .329 hitting percentage…Also among the leading blockers with 49 total blocks, fourth most on the team…At Langston in 2014, finished 69 sets with 118 kills while adding 21 assists and 49 digs.
Personal: Daughter of Catia Silene and Mario Martins…Majoring in business management in the College of Business.
