Felipe de Brito Ferreira
Middle Blocker #16
Ht
6'
9"
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



  • Six BYU men's volleyball players claimed 2020 All-MSPF Honors
    M Volleyball | Apr, 02

    Garcia Fernandez, Olmstead headline BYU’s eight MPSF honors

  • Felipe de Brito Ferreira blocks an attack for BYU men's volleyball against Penn State
    M Volleyball | Feb, 10

    De Brito Ferreira collects MPSF Defensive Player of the Week

  • M Volleyball | May, 09

    Fernandez and Ferreira named VolleyMob Freshman All-Americans

  • M Volleyball | May, 08

    2018 men’s volleyball season review

  • M Volleyball | May, 03

    Cougars fall 3-1 to Bruins in Final Four

  • M Volleyball | Apr, 21

    No. 4 BYU tops No. 2 UCLA for MPSF Championship

  • M Volleyball | Apr, 12

    Fernandez named Freshman of the Year; Five Cougars garner All-MPSF honors

  • M Volleyball | Apr, 07

    Cougars fall to Bruins in three in final regular-season match

  • M Volleyball | Apr, 05

    No. 2 BYU clinches MPSF title outright with sweep of No. 4 Pepperdine

  • M Volleyball | Mar, 31

    No. 2 BYU beats No. 13 Grand Canyon in straight sets on Senior Night

  • M Volleyball | Mar, 12

    Ferreira and Sander sweep weekly MPSF honors

  • M Volleyball | Mar, 10

    Fa’agata-Tufuga pushes No. 4 BYU past No. 2 Hawai’i 3-1

  • M Volleyball | Mar, 09

    No. 4 BYU beats No. 8 Lewis 3-1 behind balanced play

  • M Volleyball | Mar, 08

    Fernandez and Sander help No. 4 BYU past No. 11 Penn State in five

  • M Volleyball | Mar, 06

    Ferreira named AVCA Player of the Week

  • M Volleyball | Mar, 05

    Durkin and Ferreira sweep weekly MPSF honors

  • M Volleyball | Mar, 05

    Ferreira named Off the Block National Freshman of the Week

  • M Volleyball | Mar, 03

    No. 5 BYU sweeps rival No. 3 UCLA

  • M Volleyball | Mar, 01

    No. 5 BYU powers past No. 8 Pepperdine in five

  • M Volleyball | Feb, 24

    Fa'agata-Tufuga helps No. 6 BYU past Stanford in five