Diana Silva

Class:
Senior
Height:
5-9
Hometown:
Niteroi, Brazil
High School:
Freed-Hardeman

Career at Tulsa: A three-year letterwinnner ... played in 103 matches and 358 sets ... totaled 936 kills (2.61 k/s), a .173 hitting percentage, 1,193 digs (3.33 dig/s), 62 service aces (0.17 sa/s), 82 blocks (0.23 blk/s) and 1044.5.0 total points (2.92 pts/s) during her career.

Senior (2012):Started all 36 matches and played in 131 sets ... tallied 289 kills (2.21 k/s) and 438 digs (3.34 dig/s), hitting .141, and added 14 aces (0.11 sa/s), 40 assists (0.31 a/s), 37 total blocks (0.28 blk/s) and 322.5 total points (2.46 pts/s)... ranked third on the team in kills and digs ... tallied 11 double-doubles of kills and digs, and put up double-digit kills in 12 matches and double-digit digs in 26 matches ... ranked 14th in C-USA in digs per set (3.14)... averaged at least 3.00 kills per set seven times, and 3.00 digs per set 20 times ... tallied 14 kills and 15 digs at Oklahoma (8/25)... hit a career-high .480 with 15 kills and 12 digs vs. Arkansas State (8/31)... tallied 13 kills and 17 digs against Oral Roberts (9/4)... collected a season-high 16 kills and 15 digs vs. SMU (9/19)... tied a career high with 24 digs at Rice (9/30)... recorded 15 kills and 13 digs at UTEP (11/4).

Junior (2011): First-Team All-Conference USA ... Conference USA All-Academic Team ... played in 33 matches and 113 sets ... tallied 348 kills (3.08 k/s) and 393 digs (3.48 dig/s), hitting .183, and added 26 aces (0.23 sa/s), 29 assists (0.26 a/s), 20 total blocks (0.18 blk/s) and 385.5 total points (3.41 pts/s) ... named C-USA Offensive Player of the Week on Nov. 14 ... named to the Tar Heel Classic All-Tournament Team ... ranked second on the team in kills and third in digs ... tallied 13 double-doubles of kills and digs, and put up double-digit kills in 19 matches ... ranked 11th in C-USA in kills per set (3.17), 14th in digs per set (3.39) and 14th in points per set (3.49) ... averaged at least 3.00 kills per set 19 times, and 4.00 kills per set 10 times ... recorded 19 digs at No. 1 USC in the NCAA Tournament (12/3).

Sophomore (2010):Conference USA Second Team selection ... played in all 34 matches and 114 sets ... totaled 299 kills (2.62 k/s) and 362 digs (3.18 dig/s), and added 25 blocks, 22 service aces, 15 assists, and totaled 336.5 points (2.95 pts/s) ... recorded double-digit kills 17 times and double-digit digs 17 times, including 11 double-doubles ... recorded 20 kills and 11 digs, hitting .320 vs. Milwaukee (8/28) ... posted 24 digs with 11 kills at SMU (10/6) ... hit .450 with 10 kills and five digs at East Carolina (10/17) ... picked up 15 kills and 10 digs at Houston (10/22) ... had 12 kills and 17 digs at Rice (10/24) ... recorded 13 kills and eight digs vs. Houston (11/21) ... posted a double-double of 16 kills and 16 digs vs. SMU (11/27) ... tallied 11 digs and nine kills in the NCAA First Round vs. No. 13 LSU (12/3) ... totaled 10 kills and 13 digs in the NCAA Second Round at Oklahoma (12/4).

Prior to Tulsa:Lettered one year at Freed-Hardeman University in Nashville, Tenn. ... led her team to the TranSouth Athletic Conference regular season and tournament championships, and an appearance at the NAIA National Volleyball Championship ... was named to the all-conference first team, the all-tournament team, and was the Most Valuable Player of the conference tournament ... totaled 476 kills (4.00 kills per set), hit .339, served 45 aces, had 346 digs, and totaled 48 blocks ... led the team in kills, kills per set, attack percentage, and digs and digs per set.

High School:In her native Brazil, she was a member of the national Junior World Cup team that finished third in 2009, and a member of the national team that won the championship of the Junior Olympic South America Games in 2008 ... played on the Rio de Janeiro State Championship teams from 2006-2009, and her teams won Brazilian National Championships in 2005 and 2006.

Personal:Born Diana Bellas de Romariz Silva on September 12, 1990 in Niteroi, Brazil ... daughter of Roberto and Simone Silva ... has one brother and one sister ... mother played volleyball for the club team, Fluminense ... favorite professional volleyball players are Giba and Sheilla ... favorite movie is Remember the Titans ... favorite TV shows are "Video Show" and "Fantastico", Brazilian TV shows ... in her spare time, enjoys watching movies and going to the beach ... major is management information systems.

			ATTACK						SET			SERVE
YEAR	SP	MP - MS	K	K/SET	E	TA	PCT	A	A/SET	TA	PCT	SA	SA/SET	SE	TA	PCT
2010	114	34 - 34	299	2.62	115	918	.200	15	0.13	--	--	22	0.19	48	--	--
2011	113	33 - 31	348	3.08	153	1067	.183	29	0.26	--	--	26	0.23	55	--	--
TOTAL	227	67 - 65	647	2.85	268	1985	.191	44	0.19	--	--	48	0.21	103	--	--

		RECEPT			DIG		BLOCKING						POINTS
YEAR	SP	RE	TA	PCT	DIG	DIG/SET	BS	BA	TOTAL	BLK/SET	BE	BHE	POINTS	PTS/SET
2010	114	21	631	.967	362	3.18	6	19	25	0.22	3	0	336.5	2.95
2011	113	17	594	.971	393	3.48	3	17	20	0.18	4	0	385.5	3.41
TOTAL	227	38	1225	.969	755	3.33	9	36	45	0.20	7	0	722.0	3.18

Silva's Career Highs Kills = 20 vs. Milwaukee (8/28/10) Total Attempts = 50 vs. Milwaukee (8/28/10) Hitting Pct. = .450 (10-1-20) at East Carolina (10/17/10) Digs = 24 at SMU (10/6/10) Assists = 2 vs. UAB (10/10/10) Aces = 3 vs. Milwaukee (8/28/10) Blocks = 2.0, four times - latest at Rice (10/24/10) Points = 23.0 vs. Milwaukee (8/28/10)