Texas Rio Grande Valley Athletics

2019 Season Highs		Category	Career Highs
24	9/4/19 at Corpus Christi	Kills	24	9/4/19 at Corpus Christi
53	9/20/19 vs. Washington State	Attacks	53	2x, Last 9/20/19 vs. WSU
1	10/5/19 at California Baptist	Assists	2	11/3/16 @ UTEP
0	N/A	Aces	4	2x, Last 9/29/18 vs. Seattle U
6	5x, Last 11/11/19 vs. CSUB	Digs	15	10/4/18 @ Chicago State
8	11/11/19 vs. CSUB	Blocks	9	2x, Last 10/27/16 vs. CSUB

Career: Finished second in program history in blocks (363) and block assists (340), third in sets played (464), fourth in hitting (.249), fifth in kills (1,242), sixth in blocks per set (0.78), eight in attacks (3,016) and 10^th in kills per set (2.68).

2019 (Senior): Hit .277, the fourth-highest single-season total in program history … Led team in kills 12 times and blocks twice … Reached double-figures in kills 21 times, including two matches of 20+ kills … Earned All-WAC Second Team honors (11/20) … Posted 11 kills on .455 hitting vs. Chicago State (11/16) … Recorded 11 kills with six digs and season-high eight blocks at CSU Bakersfield (11/11) … Posted season-high tying six blocks with 10 kills at Grand Canyon (11/7) … Recorded 16 kills with two digs and five blocks vs. Utah Valley (10/28) … Posted match-high 18 kills with season-high tying six blocks at California Baptist (10/26) … Recorded match-high tying 13 kills at Kansas City (10/19) … Posted 15 kills vs. CSU Bakersfield (10/12)… Recorded match-high 20 kills on .385 hitting at California Baptist (10/5) … Posted 12 kills and two errors on 33 attacks at New Mexico St (10/3) … Recorded team-high 14 kills at Utah Valley (9/28) … Hit .591 with 14 kills and one error on 22 attacks at Seattle U (9/26) … Earned All-UTRGV Tournament Team honors (9/21) … Recorded a season high six digs with 18 kills vs. Houston Baptist (9/21) … Posted team-high 19 kills vs. Washington State (9/20) … Recorded match-high 17 kills on .455 hitting vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (9/17) … Posted 11 kills on .214 hitting at Texas A&M (9/13)… Recorded 16 kills on a .333 hitting vs. Northwestern State (9/12)… Averaged team-high 3.36 kills per set at Texas A&M Invitational (9/12-13) … Earned WAC Offensive Player of the Week honors (9/9) … Earned UTSA Classic All-Tournament Team recognition (9/8) … Recorded 11 kills on .333 hitting vs. Houston (9/7) … Posted match-high 19 kills vs. Maryland (9/6) … Recorded career-high 24 kills on .488 hitting at Corpus Christi (9/4) … Posted 11 kills on .360 hitting at Houston Baptist (8/31) … Recorded 13 kills on .476 hitting vs. Bethune-Cookman (8/30) … Earned Preseason All-WAC honors (8/20) … Named team tri-captain. 


2018 (Junior): Led UTRGV in kill 10 times, digs once and blocks twice … Reached double-figures in kills 16 times, including two matches of 20+ … Reached double-figures in digs six times … Posted six double-doubles … Earned All-WAC Second Team honors by averaging 2.72 kills on .227 hitting, 1.33 digs and 0.60 blocks per set during WAC play(11/21) … Posted match-high 19 kills on .424 hitting vs. Kansas City (11/17) … Recorded 11 kills, nine digs and three blocks vs. Chicago State (11/15) … Recorded 17 kills with seven digs and four blocks vs. California Baptist (11/8) … Posted 11 kills at New Mexico State (10/27) … Recorded career-high 15 digs with 12 kills for double-double at Chicago State (10/4) … Posted double-double with 12 kills, career-high tying 14 digs and career-high tying four aces vs. Seattle U (9/29) … Recorded 12 kills, seven digs and two blocks vs. Texas Tech (9/14) … Posted match-high 14 kills on .321 hitting with eight digs and two blocks vs. Texas Southern (9/14) … Recorded career-high 21 kills, 12 digs and season-high six blocks at No. 15 Baylor (9/8) … Posted second double-double with 10 kills and 12 digs vs. Incarnate Word (9/4) … Earned All-Utah State Tournament Team honors (9/1) … Recorded season-high four blocks with 11 kills and nine digs at Utah State (8/31) … Posted first-career double-double with career-high tying 20 kills on .450 hitting and career-high 14 digs at Corpus Christi (8/28) … Recorded 13 kills at Houston Baptist (8/25) … Recorded match-high 16 kills on .414 hitting with three aces vs. Prairie View A&M (8/24) … Served up career-high four aces vs. Louisiana Tech (8/24) … Earned Preseason-All WAC honors. 

2017 (Sophomore): Led UTRGV in kills twice and blocks three times … Reached double-figures in kills 18 times and digs once … Posted season-high six blocks with 11 kills on .308 hitting in WAC Tournament Championship vs. CSU Bakersfield (11/18) … Recorded 11 kills in WAC Tournament Semifinals victory over Utah Valley (11/17) … Earned All-WAC Second Team honors after ranking ninth in the WAC in hitting (.265) and 10^th in kills (3.18) (11/15) … Recorded 11 kills on .556 hitting with season-high tying five blocks at Grand Canyon (11/11) … Posted match-high 18 kills with season-high five blocks at CSU Bakersfield (11/9) … Recorded match-high 17 kills while adding three block vs. Utah Valley (10/4) … Recorded 18 kills vs. Seattle U (11/2) … Hit .342 en route to 17 kills at UMKC (10/28) … Recorded season-high tying four blocks with 12 kills and six digs at New Mexico State (10/21) … Hit .407 en route to 13 kills and four blocks vs. CSU Bakersfield (10/14) … Recorded career-high 20 kills with career-high tying four blocks vs. Grand Canyon (10/12) … Recorded career-high 19 kills on .359 hitting at Utah Valley (10/5) … Recorded 10 kills with seven digs and season-high tying four blocks vs. New Mexico State (9/23) … Recorded 10 kills vs. Incarnate Word (9/15) … Earned All-Tournament Team honors at Oregon Classic after averaging 3.00 kills on .264 hitting and 2.50 digs in 10 sets (9/2) … Posted career-high 12 digs with eight kills vs. Loyola Marymount (9/2) … Recorded 12 kills with eight digs vs. Northern Illinois (9/1) … Posted 10 kills on .318 hitting at No. 14 Oregon (8/31) … Recorded 13 kills on .480 hitting vs. Saint Louis (8/26).

2016 (Freshman): Shattered NCAA DI program records for blocks per set (1.16), total blocks (156) and block asssts (143) while ranking 24^th in the NCAA and second in the WAC in total blocks and 84^th in the NCAA and third in the WAC in blocks per set … Played in 135 sets, ranking fourth in NCAA DI program history … Led team in blocks 19 times and kills once while reaching double-figures in kills eight times … Posted eight blocks in WAC Tournament Semifinals at New Mexico State (11/18) … Earned All-WAC Freshmen Team honors (11/16) … Posted career-high tying 16 kills at UMKC (11/10) … Recorded career-high tying nine blocks vs. CSU Bakersfield (10/27) … Narowly missed triple-double with eight kills, career-high nine digs and career-high nine blocks at Seattle U. All of the blocks were assisted, allowing Silva to break the single-season block assists record (previously 94) (10/20) … Posted six blocks to break freshman NCAA DI program record for total blocks (previously 94) with career-high six digs vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (10/11) … Recorded six blocks (four assisted) to break freshman NCAA DI program record for block assists (previously 80) at New Mexico State (10/8) … Came up with seven blocks and career-high two aces at CSU Bakersfield (10/1) … Recorded 10 kills on .444 hitting with six blocks at Grand Canyon (9/29) … Earned All-Tournament Team honors at Owls Classic after averaging 2.54 kills on .300 hitting and 1.00 blocks (9/17) … Posted career-high eight blocks with 12 kills on .346 hitting at Florida Atlantic (9/17) … Recorded career-high 16 kills on .414 hitting with four blocks vs. Abilene Christian (9/16) …Earned All-Tournament Team honors at Texas Tech Tournament after averaging 3.11 kills on .460 hitting with 2.00 blocks (9/10) … Posted 10 kills on .421 hitting with career-high tying eight blocks vs. Stephen F. Ausitn (9/10) … Recorded career-high 11 kills on .500 hitting at Texas Tech (9/10) … Hit .462 (7-1-13) with eight blocks vs. Abilene Christian (9/9) … Recorded 10 kills with six blocks vs. Sam Houston State (9/3) … Posted 10 kills on .348 hitting with five blocks vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (8/27) … Recorded seven kills without an error in 16 attacks (.438) and four blocks in debut at Baylor (8/26) … Second semester with the program after joining the team in the spring.

Off the Court: Daughter of Joao Alberto da Silva and Neudelia Maria de Sousa Castro ... Has one brother, Rubens de Castro Silva ... Majoring in kinesiology.