2010
Aquino was named to the All-Pacific-10 Conference Freshman honorable mention team after finishing second on the club with 0.85 blocks per set and a .302 hitting percentage ... added 1.16 kills per set and 1.67 points per set ... produced nine matches with at least four blocks ... had a career-high 10 roofs on three solos and seven assists, to go with six kills and 12.5 points, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against American on Dec. 3 ... posted seven kills and four blocks in the second round at Texas the following evening ... had five kills and one error in seven attempts for a .571 hitting percentage to go with seven blocks at Oregon State on Nov. 21 ... notched at least five kills and a .500+ hitting percentage on four occasions ... had a season-best eight kills with no errors in 12 swings for a .667 percentage against Washington (Oct. 29) ... tallied seven kills and no errors in 14 attacks (.500) with five roofs against Oregon State on Oct. 22 ... had five or more kills in 10 matches ... produced five kills and four blocks at San Jose State (Sept. 2) and five kills and six blocks against UC Riverside (Sept. 4) ... added seven kills at California on Nov. 6 and five twice against Washington State (Oct. 1 and 31) ... had a season-best four digs with four blocks against Arizona State on Nov. 12 ... added four roofs versus Penn (Sept. 17) and USC (Sept. 24) ... posted aces at Stanford (Nov. 5), California (Nov. 6) and Arizona (Nov. 13).
PITAGORAS CIDADE JARDIM/CLUB VOLLEYBALL
Aquino attended Pitagoras Cidade Jardim in Belo Horizonte, Brazil ... was selected to the 2006 and 2008 National Brazilian Junior Team ... finished second at the 2008 Brazilian National League School Championship ... placed fifth at the '07 and '08 Brazilian National Junior Team Championships and third in 2006 ... was third at the '07 National Youth Championship ... played club with Minas Tenis (2008-09), Positivo (2007), Circulo Militar/Dom Bosco (2006) and Parana (2004-05) ... helped Minas to first place at the '08 Local Junior Team Championship ... won Best Blocker Award at the 2006 Minas Tenis Club Championship ... finished first at the '05 Minas Tenis Championship, as well as the '04 and '05 Parana Cup.
PERSONAL
Born Mariana Thomaz de Aquino on May 2, 1991 in Curitiba, Brazil ... parents are Ana Maria and Paulo ... has a younger brother, Henrique ... chose UCLA so she can study and play volleyball and because Los Angeles is a great city ... biggest athletic thrill was playing for the Brazilian National Team ... favorites include the TV show "American Idol", actor Matthew McConaughey and singers Celine Dion, Christina Aguilera, Shania Twain and Demi Lovato ... thing she likes the most about volleyball is blocking and the No. 1 reason she chose to play volleyball was because it's a very competitive and intelligent sport ... enjoys singing, playing guitar, shopping, listening to music and going to the beach ... majoring in business.
Mariana Aquino's Career Statistics
YR
SP
MP-MS
K
K/S
E
TA
PCT
A
A/S
SA
SA/S
SE
D
D/S
BS
BA
TOT
B/S
BE
BH
PTS
P/S
'10
81
27-20
94
1.16
30
212
.302
5
.06
3
0.04
6
25
.31
8
61
69
0.85
8
0
135.5
1.67
Mariana Aquino's Match Highs
KILLS
8, vs. Washington (10/29/10)
TOTAL ATTACKS
15, at California (11/6/10)
SERVICE ACES
1, at Stanford (11/5/10) 1, at California (11/6/10) 1, vs. Arizona (11/13/10)
