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Leticia Silva Season 2015

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Leticia Silva Season 2015

PositionOUTSIDE HITTER
Height6-0
ClassJunior
HometownLavras, Brazil
Previous SchoolWestern Nebraska CC

Awards and Honors
2016 SEC Academic Honor Roll

2016: Played in five matches, starting vs. Pacific (8/27) ... Totaled four kills vs. Georgia Tech to open the season ... Had two digs and one block for Auburn.

2015: Played in 55 sets and 19 matches for Auburn, making eight starts ... Finished with 90 kills and a 1.64 kills/set average ... Totaled 32 blocks on the year ... Had three matches with double-digit kills ... Set a career-high with 13 kills at South Florida (9/19) and hit .360 in the match ... Posted 12 kills in the season-opener vs. Stephen F. Austin (8/28) ... Reached 10 kills on the road at Georgia Tech (9/6) ... Collected a career-best eight blocks along with seven kills against St. John's (9/19) ... Came off the bench in the team's come-from-behind win at Mississippi State (11/13), providing an offensive spark with 7 kills and a .333 hitting percentage ... Hit .385 with five kills on 13 attempts in the 3-0 win at Memphis (9/11).

Junior College/Prior to Auburn: Played at Western Nebraska Community College as a freshman and sophomore ... Named to the All-Regional IX Team in 2013 and 2014 ... Also named to the all-regional tournament team both years ... 2014 Player of the Year in Region IX ... 2014 NJCAA All-American ... Led team to regional titles in 2013 and 2014 ... As a sophomore, had 443 kills, 111 blocks and 113 digs ... Recorded 798 kills and 240 blocks in two seasons at WNCC.

Personal: Full name is Leticia Silva de Jesus ... Parents are Rejane Geralda de Silva and Eduardo Luiz de Jesus ... Has a sister, Marina Luz Silva de Melo ... Planning on earning her degree from the Raymond J. Harbert College of Business.

Silva's Career Highs
CategoryCareer HighOpponentDate
Kills13at South Florida9/19/15
Attempts 31 vs. Stephen F. Austin 8/28/15
Hitting Percentage.385at Memphis9/11/15
Assists1 (3x)last at Alabama11/15/15
Digs3vs. Syracuse9/4/15
Blocks8.0vs. St. John's9/19/15
Aces---
Points14.5at South Florida9/19/15