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Class
Senior
Hometown
Maringa,
Brazil
Last School
Colegio Regina Mundi
Roster Years
2018-2021
Personal:
- Parents are Roberto Ferreira and Silvia de Brito Ferreira
- Has one brother
- Major: Latin American Studies with minors in Business & Portuguese
- Can speak Portuguese and basic Spanish
High School:
- Played at the Division 1 high school level
- Named Parana State Champions
- Placed second in the Brazilian National High School Championship
- Helped his team to a 16-2 record as a senior
Club:
- Played for Minas Tenis Clube at the Elite level
- Helped his team to a 25-4 record as a senior
- Led his team to a Minos State Championship
- Recruited to the Brazilian National Team (U19) for the World Championships
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
2018
- Contributed a block vs. LU (1/6)
- Collected two kills vs. UCI (1/27)
- Added a dig vs. UCSD (2/8)
- Had six blocks and two kills vs. STAN (2/24)
- Contributed a career-high 10 blocks and six kills vs. PEP (3/1)
- Collected six blocks and four kills vs. UCLA (3/3)
- Added seven blocks vs. PSU (3/8)
- Had seven kills on a .778 clip and six blocks vs. LU (3/9)
- Contributed seven kills on a .875 clip vs. UH (3/10)
- Collected six blocks and five kills vs. PEP (4/5)
- Added six blocks and four kills vs. UCLA (4/21)
- Named All-MPSF Honorable Mention
- Named to the All-MPSF Freshman Team
- Named MPSF Defensive Player of the Week twice (3/5 & 3/12)
- Named AVCA Player of the Week (3/6)
- Named Off the Block National Freshman of the Week (3/5)
- Named VolleyMob Freshman All-America Honorable Mention
Sophmore Year
2019
- 2019 All-MPSF honorable mention
- Played in all 25 matches, starting 24 (92 total sets)
- Recorded 14 kills on a 0.62 clip and four total blocks vs. Stanford (4/13)
- Had 12 kills with on a 0.86 clip, two solo blocks and assisted blocks
- Added 13 total blocks vs. No. 6 Pepperdine (3/16) and 10 assisted blocks vs. Princeton (3/21)
- Led the team with 10 solo blocks
- Second on the team in total blocks (93)
- Had the third-most kills on the team with 128
Junior Year
2020
General Notes
(2020 season canceled 18 matches into the season due to COVID-19)
- 2020 All-MPSF First Team
- Started all 12 matches that he participated in while missing six matches due to injury or rest purposes (39 sets)
- MPSF Defensive Player of the Week (2/10)
- Led the team with 1.28 blocks per set
- Fourth on the team with 62 kills
- Had 10 kills on a .833 clip in a four-set win over No. 5 UC Irvine
- Ended the season with a .426 hitting percentage, the best on the team (min. 100 attempts)
Senior Year
2021
- Played in 70 of 81 sets across 22 matches
- Started all 22 matches played in
- Recorded 104 kills on 177 attempts for a .458 hitting percentage
- Team-high 83 block assists and 89 block total
- Team leader in solo blocks, six
- Ranks fourth nationally and first in MPSF in blocks per set (1.27)
- All- America Honorable Mention
- All- MPSF Second Team
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
Medical Redshirt Year
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M Volleyball | Apr, 02
Garcia Fernandez, Olmstead headline BYU’s eight MPSF honors
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ImageM Volleyball | Feb, 10
De Brito Ferreira collects MPSF Defensive Player of the Week
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ImageM Volleyball | May, 09
Fernandez and Ferreira named VolleyMob Freshman All-Americans
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ImageM Volleyball | May, 08
2018 men’s volleyball season review
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ImageM Volleyball | May, 03
Cougars fall 3-1 to Bruins in Final Four
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ImageM Volleyball | Apr, 21
No. 4 BYU tops No. 2 UCLA for MPSF Championship
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ImageM Volleyball | Apr, 12
Fernandez named Freshman of the Year; Five Cougars garner All-MPSF honors
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ImageM Volleyball | Apr, 07
Cougars fall to Bruins in three in final regular-season match
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ImageM Volleyball | Apr, 05
No. 2 BYU clinches MPSF title outright with sweep of No. 4 Pepperdine
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ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 31
No. 2 BYU beats No. 13 Grand Canyon in straight sets on Senior Night
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ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 12
Ferreira and Sander sweep weekly MPSF honors
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ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 10
Fa’agata-Tufuga pushes No. 4 BYU past No. 2 Hawai’i 3-1
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ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 09
No. 4 BYU beats No. 8 Lewis 3-1 behind balanced play
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ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 08
Fernandez and Sander help No. 4 BYU past No. 11 Penn State in five
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ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 06
Ferreira named AVCA Player of the Week
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ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 05
Durkin and Ferreira sweep weekly MPSF honors
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ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 05
Ferreira named Off the Block National Freshman of the Week
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ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 03
No. 5 BYU sweeps rival No. 3 UCLA
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ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 01
No. 5 BYU powers past No. 8 Pepperdine in five
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ImageM Volleyball | Feb, 24
Fa'agata-Tufuga helps No. 6 BYU past Stanford in five