2023 Volleyball Roster

Kristella Cruz
Kristella Cruz
Kristella Cruz
Kristella Cruz
Kristella Cruz

7 Luisa Silva Dos Santos

7 Luisa Silva Dos Santos

  • Position:
    Middle Blocker
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    Minas Tennis Clube
  • Hometown:
    Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Summary

Biography

Stat              2023 Season High  Career High
Kills 14 - 9/10 vs. Tulane 17 - 3x, Last 12/2/22 vs. Houston Christian
Assists 2 - 4x, Last 11/2 at Utah Tech 3 - 2x, Last 10/23/21 vs. CSU
Aces 3 - 11/11 vs. Abilene Christian 6 - 11/5/22 @ Utah Valley
Digs 5 - 11/4 at Southern Utah 8 - 9/16/22 vs. Oral Roberts
Blocks 7 - 2x, Last 11/4 at Southern Utah 10 - 10/7/21 @ Abilene Christian 

2023 (Senior): Finished career with .301 hitting percentage, ranking second in program history; 269 block assists, ranking fourth in program history; 311 total blocks, ranking sixth in program history; 0.90 blocks per set, ranking fourth in program history... Finished season with .306 hitting percentage, third-best single-season mark in program history... Preseason All-WAC Team ... Had four kills on .333 hitting with four blocks against Grand Canyon in WAC Semifinals... Had nine kills on .389 hitting with three blocks against Tarleton State in WAC Quarterfinals ... Tallied nine kills on .571 hitting with five blocks and three aces against ACU ... Recorded five kills, season-high five digs and seven blocks at Southern Utah ... Had nine kills, six blocks, four digs, two assists and one ace at Utah Tech ... Tabbed eight kills and three blocks against UT Arlington ... Recorded five kills, two aces, four digs and three blocks against SFA ... Had six blocks and five kills at Tarleton State ... Tallied five blocks and four kills at Abilene Christian ... Had seven kills on .333 hitting with season high four digs and two blocks against California Baptist ... Recorded 10 kills on .333 hitting at Utah Valley ... Recorded five kills, season high tying three digs and three blocks against Grand Canyon ... Had six kills and three blocks at Seattle U ... Notched season-high seven blocks and six kills on .462 hitting against Utah Tech ... Tabbed seven kills and tied season highs with five blocks and three digs against Southern Utah ... Had six kills and four blocks at UT Arlington ... Had 11 kills on .400 hitting at San Francisco ... Recorded 10 kills on .450 hitting against Incarnate Word ... Made Islanders Classic All-Tournament Team after hitting .478 with 14 kills against Tulane (9/10) and tallying 12 kills with five blocks against Corpus Christi ... Notched season-high 13 kills on .812 hitting to lead UTRGV against #17 BYU. 

2022 (Junior): Shattered program record for hitting percentage while ranking third in the WAC and 86th in the NCAA (.340) … Also ranked second in the WAC and 167th in the NCAA in total blocks (110), and 24th in the WAC and 654th in the NCAA in kills per set (2.37) … Reached double-figures in kills 14 times … Led UTRGV in kills three times and blocks 18 times … Recorded career-high tying 17 kills on .500 hitting in NIVC opening round vs. Houston Christian (12/2) … Posted team-high 12 kills on .407 hitting with four blocks in WAC Tournament Quarterfinals vs. #8 Southern Utah (11/17) … Earned All-WAC Second Team honors (11/15) … Recorded 12 kills on .500 hitting with two aces vs. Abilene Christian (11/10) … Served up career-high six aces with season-high tying seven blocks and 10 kills on error-free .556 hitting at Utah Valley (11/5) … Recorded 10 kills on .438 hitting with three blocks at Seattle U (11/3) … Hit error-free .556 for five kills vs. UT Arlington (10/29) … Posted six kills on error-free .462 hitting at California Baptist (10/22) … Recorded 12 kills, four blocks and two aces at Grand Canyon (10/20) … Posted 11 kills and four blocks vs. New Mexico State (10/10) … Recorded 11 kills and two blocks at Sam Houston (10/6) … Posted 12 kills vs. Utah Tech (9/29) … Recorded career-high tying 17 kills on .394 hitting at Tarleton (9/24) … Hit error-free .636 for seven kills at UTEP (9/19) … Recorded 11 kills on .444 hitting with season-high three aces at Texas Tech (9/17) … Posted 11 kills on .435 hitting with career-high eight digs and four blocks vs. Oral Roberts (9/16) … Earned All-UTRGV Tournament Team honors (9/10) … Recorded 11 kills on error-free .611 hitting vs. Montana (9/10) … Recorded seven kills on error-free .583 hitting with two aces and two blocks at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (9/6) … Earned All-Tournament Team honors at Sawyer Camillo Memorial Classic (9/3) … Recorded nine kills on error-free .529 hitting with five blocks and six digs vs. North Dakota State (9/3) … Posted career-high 17 kills on .500 hitting with five digs and four blocks vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (8/30) … Recorded 11 kills on .391 hitting and six blocks at North Texas (8/27) … Posted seven blocks and seven kills vs. UNLV (8/26). 
 
2021 (Sophomore): Ranks eighth in single-season program history in blocks per set (0.96), eighth in block assists (85), and 10th in total blocks (100) … Led UTRGV in blocks 19 times and kills once … Posted five matches of 10+ kills … Recorded 10 kills and four blocks vs. Tarleton (11/11) … Posted seven blocks vs. Sam Houston (10/16) … Hit .407 en route to 14 kills at Tarleton (10/9) … Posted career-high 10 blocks, tied for the seventh-highest single-match total in program history, at Abilene Christian (10/7) … Recorded career-high eight blocks (three solo) while recording nine kills on an error-free .600 hitting at Lamar (10/2) … Posted career-high tying five blocks with seven kills and two aces vs. UTEP (9/21) … Recoded eight kills on .462 hitting with three blocks vs. Appalachian State (9/17) … Posted career-high five kills in back-to-back matches, vs. Louisiana (9/9) and Incarnate Word (9/10) … Recorded 15 kills with three assists, four digs and four blocks vs. UMBC (9/2) … Earned New Orleans Invitational MVP honors by averaging 2.57 kills on an error-free .621 hitting with nine aces, five blocks and four digs across seven sets (8/27). 

2020-21 (Sophomore, Odessa College): Earned WJCAC Most Valuable Player and All-WJCAC honors while leading team to the No. 2 overall seed in the NJCAA Tournament … For the season, averaged 2.25 kills on .392 hitting, 0.75 digs and 0.93 blocks in 89 sets across 28 matches.

2019 (Freshman, Odessa College): Earned Second Team NJCAA All-American and First Team All-WJCAC and All-Region honors by averaging 2.04 kills on .407 hitting, 0.24 aces, 0.78 digs, and 1.32 blocks in 122 sets across 36 matches … earned NJCAA All-Academic Third Team and WJCAC All-Academic First Team honors.

Prep Volleyball: Awarded best middle blocker in 2018 as part of the Sogipa tournament … Played with Minas Tennis Clube and Olympico club along with current teammate Luanna Emiliano.

Off the Court: Daughter of Suly and Wagner … Has one brother, Lucas … Majoring in business and marketing.
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Historical Player Information

  • 7

    2021Sophomore

    Middle Blocker
    6'0"
    7
  • 7

    2022Junior

    Middle Blocker
    6'0"
    7
  • 7

    2023Senior

    Middle Blocker
    6'0"
    7