PLAYER PROFILES
SOPHMORES
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TRISHA ADAMS - #1
Born: Gainesville,
Florida Graduated: Keystone Heights HS
Hometown: Melrose, Florida Position: Middle, Outside Hitter High School
Activities: Volleyball Four Years, Best Defensive Award, All Area several
times, Honorable Mention, All State, District All Tournament Team, Clay County Senior
All-Star Team, Soccer three years, Best Offense Award, 1st Team All Area 2 years, Gainesville
Sun's "Player to Watch" Most Goals 1999,2000,2001, Clay Today
"Player of the Week" Blaze Volleyball Club, Who's Who in Sports, Key
Club, Senior Girls, FCCLA.
St. Petersburg College:
All Tournament Team, 2002 PHCC Tournament, Suncoast Conference All-Freshman
Team, Presidents Honor List, 2002 Conference All-Academic Team, 2002 State
All-Academic Team.
Major: Education. |
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RACHEL HAUZA
- #4
Born: Fort Lauderdale,
Florida Graduated: Lyman H.S. Hometown: Orlando, Florida Position: Middle
High School Activities: Volleyball four years, Coach's Award, Most
Aggressive Player Award, Soccer one year, Wrestling two years
-Conference Champion, state Runner up, 7th in Nation, Track four years
(shot put and discus), All Conference two Years, District Finalist four
years, Regional Finalist three years, State qualifier three years, Most
Valuable Thrower award three years, most improved award, National Honor
Society, Science and Engineering Club, American Sign Language Club, Band
three years -Drum Line, Who's Who in Sports two years, Who's Who in
Academic three years, Orlando Volleyball Academy Club Team -Captain.
St. Petersburg
College: Collegiate
All-American, National Dean’s List,. Phi Theta Kappa, SPC Women’s
Volleyball Academic Achievement Award, SPC President’s Dean’s List, 2002
Conference All-Academic Team, 2002 State All-Academic Team. Major: Elementary Education. |
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CINTIA DEALENCAR - #6
Born: Brazil Graduated: St.
Petersburg High School Hometown: St. Petersburg, Florida Position: Outside
Hitter High School Activities: Volleyball four years, Civinettes Service Club one
year. Major: Nursing. |
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GINI BRUCE - #9
Born: Plantation,
Florida Graduated: Zion Lutheran H.S. Hometown: Boca Raton, Florida Position:
Right Side Hitter, Middle High School Activities: Volleyball Four years, Team
Captain, Most Improved Player Award, Leading Blocker two years, Honorable Mention
All-Broward two years, Class 1-A State Semifinalist, Class 1-A Regional Champion, Class
1-A District Champion two years, Club Volleyball Florida Power Leagues 18 and under Gold
Division, Silver Medalist, Palm Beach Community College All Camp -Team, Palm Beach
Atlantic College All-Camp Team, Florida Southern College Camp Best Blocker Award.
Basketball four years, Team Captain, Most Valuable Player Award, Leading Scorer, Leading
Rebounder two years, Assists Leader two years, South Atlantic Coast Conference All
Conference Team, Honorable Mention All-Broward County two years, Class 1-A Regional
Quarterfinalist, Track and Field two years, regional qualifier in Long Jump, fourth place
in long jump at District Meet, Ninth place in long jump at regional Meet. A Honor Roll,
International Foreign Language Award (French), United States Mathematical Award, United
States Achievement Academy, National Student Leadership Conference Invitation, Zion
Lutheran Computer I Award, Who's Who I Sports three years, Key Club vice-president two
years, Senior Class Secretary, Junior Class Historian, Prom Committee, Sophomore Class
Representative, Played two years with Club-4-U Juniors Volleyball Club and one year
Coconet Volleyball Club.
St.
Petersburg College:
President’s Award, 2002 Conference All-Academic Team, 2002 State
All-Academic Team.
Major: Undecided. |
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AMY WILSON
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#10
Born: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Graduated: Largo High School
Hometown: New Port Richey,
Florida Position: Outside Hitter
High School Activities:
Volleyball, Captain two years, MVP, All-Conference third team,
All-County second team, Senior All-Star Game, Gatorade "Will To Win"
Athlete, Coaches Pride Award, Keswick Invitational 2001-02
All-Tournament Team; Flag Football two years, MVP Defense; Drama Club,
SADD, Student of the Month April 2002.
St. Petersburg College:
President’s Award, Who’s Who Award, United States Marine Corps Most
Distinguished Athlete Award, 2002 Conference All-Academic Team, 2002
State All-Academic Team Major:
Nursing/Physical Therapy.
Major: Education. |
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BONNIE BENTON - #11
Born: St. Petersburg,
Florida Graduated: Northeast H.S. Hometown: St. Petersburg, Florida
Position: Outside Hitter, Defensive Specialist High School Activities:
IAMME Program, Junior Achievement, National Honor Society, Student Government Association,
Hi-Y, Future Educators of America, Future Business Leader of America, Place 2nd
in Who's Who in FBLA, District Parliamentarian or the South Region, Honor Student for four
years, PRIDE Awards in Biology and Chemistry, named to the Northeast High School Hall of
Fame. Athlete of the week several times, Gatorade "Will to Win" Athlete of the
month for volleyball and flag football, GTE Academic Athletic All-Star, Tampa Bay skating
Academy Parkside Club, 1st place in the World International Figure Skating
Championships. Four times MVP flag football, Captain two years, PCAC All
Conference Football South Division, MVP defense basketball, Volleyball
four years, Class 5-A District Champions, South County Champions,
Hillsborough Community College Tournament Champions, Florida Sunshine
State Games Champions, Gulf Coast Juniors Volleyball Club one year and
Tampa Volleyball Club one year. Honorable Mention for the South County
Volleyball Team for two years.
St. Petersburg
College: Co-Captain 2002,
Leadership Award in Volleyball, 2002 Conference All-Academic Team, 2002
State All-Academic Team. Major: Education or Child Development. |
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SHANNON HERNANDEZ
- #12
Born:
Miami, Florida
Graduated:
Miami-Sunset High School
Hometown:
Kendall, Florida Position:
Outside Hitter High School Activities:
Volleyball three years, All-County first team, All-State second team,
Copa Dorade Award as Outstanding Hispanic Female Volleyball Player,
Miami-Dade Volleyball Player of the Year; Softball four years, MVP,
All-State, All-County first team two years, MVP Port Charlotte
Tournament, named one of Florida's Top Softball Players in School Sports
May/June 2002 Issue, Best Defensive Player Port Charlotte Tournament;
Named school's Female Athlete of the Year, won school's Irene Garriga
Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Athletics, won Sports
Society Outstanding Athlete Award; finalist, Miami-Dade Female Athlete
of the Year.
St. Petersburg College:
Also on Softball team Major:
Undecided. |
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CRYSTAL BESSLER - #13
Born: Hill A.F.B., Utah Graduated: Cocoa Beach Jr./Sr. H.S. Hometown: Cocoa
Beach, Florida Position: Setter, Right Side Hitter High School Activities:
Four Years Volleyball, Four Years all Conference, All Tournament team Three Years, All
Europe Junior Year MVP Junior Year, Best Offense Player Senior year. Four Years
basketball, All Tournament Team two years, All Conference Team Two Years, Softball three
years, All Conference 2 years, All Tournament team two years, MVP Pitcher Sophomore Year,
Sophomore Vice President, Coached Club Volleyball one year for Space Coast Volleyball
Club, Gatorade "Will to Win" Athlete.
St. Petersburg College:
Coach’s Award, 2002. Major: Medical Field. |
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KATHRYN KERNER - #16
Born: Greenvellie,
Texas Graduated: Pinellas Park High School Hometown: Pinellas Park, Florida
Position: Middle, Right Side Hitter High School Activities: Volleyball Team
Four years, team Captain two years, MVP two years, Most improved player Freshman year, 1st
Team South Division- All conference two years, All Star Senior year and Most Kills, one
years Gulf Coast Volleyball Club, Two years YMCA Volleyball Club, three Years Pinellas
Heat Volleyball Club, Two years Soccer, Children of Liberty-Vocal Ensemble, Gatorade
"Will to Win" Athlete of the Month.
St. Petersburg College:
Team Captain 2002, Presidential Award, Conference All Freshman Team, All
Tournament Team, PHCC Tournament, 2002 Conference All-Academic Team,
2002 State All-Academic Team. Major: American Sign Language or
Medical Field. |
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SOPHIA LOPES-
#3
Born:
Clearwater, Florida Graduated:
New Roads
High School
Hometown:
Los Angles, California Position:
Middle Hitter High School
Activities:
Volleyball Four Years, Two
Years Captain, Two Years MVP, 2002 League Champions, Santa Monica Beach
Club, One Year, Gene’s Team, One Year, 2001 Qualified For Junior
Olympics; Basketball, Three Years, Harbor League Honorable Mention, 2003
League Champions, Coaches Award; Softball, Two Years, 2003 Sportsman
Award And League Champions, Honorable Mention; 2003 National Honor Roll,
2001-2003 Who’s Who Among America’s High School Students. Major:
Crime Scene Technology. |
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INGA JOHANSSON-
#5
Born:
Hamilton, Montana
Graduated:
Telluride High School
Hometown:
Telluride, Colorado
Position:
Setter
High School Activities:
Volleyball Four Years, Regional Champions And State Qualifier 2001,
Regional Qualifier 2002, All-State Honorable Mention 2001 And 2002,
All-Conference Three Years, Team Captain; Basketball Four Years,
All-Conference Two Years, Best Defensive Player, Team Captain; Soccer
One Year, Most Improved Player Award; National Honor Society, Student
Council Member, Academic All-Conference Four Years, Who’s Who In
Academic, Who’s Who In Sports. Major: Elementary Education. |
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MARISELA CARABALLO
SELLA
- #7
Born:
Burlington, New Jersey
Graduated:
Florida State University
School
Hometown:
Tallahassee, Florida
Position:
Outside Hitter, Defensive Specialist
High School Activities:
Volleyball, 6 Years, 2 Years Varsity Captain, All Tournament Team
(2002), Best Defensive Player (2001), Class 3A District And Regional
Champions (2002), Honorable Mention, All-Big Bend Team; Basketball, 5
Years, Leading 3-popinter, 3 years varsity; Softball, 4 Years, best
defensive player of the year (200), 3 years varsity
Major:
Nursing/Physical Therapy. |
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KRISTYN
KUFFERMANN - #8
Born:
St. Petersburg,
Florida
Graduated:
Cypress Creek
Hometown:
Orlando,
Florida
Position:
Position:
Middle
Hitter
High School Activities:
Volleyball
Major:
Undecided. |
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XIOMARA MALDANADO
- #15
Born:
Meridian, Mississippi
Graduated:
Deltona High School
Hometown:
Debary, Florida Position:
Outside Hitter, Middle Hitter
High School Activities:
Volleyball Three Years; Basketball Two Years; Soccer One Year, Most
Improved Player; Track, Three Years, Regional And State Qualifier, All
Events, 2002; Orlando Volleyball Academy, One Year; Honor Roll, Four
Years; Gatorade Will To Win, Two Years; Varsity Link Crew, One Year.
Major:
Undecided. |
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