Marcela Gurgel 2008 All-America Campaign

University of South Florida junior outside hitter Marcela Gurgel was named Honorable Mention All-America a year ago. This year, Gurgel is having another outstanding year for the Bulls as she strives to become USF's first ever two-time All-American.

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Marcela Gurgel | Junior | Outside Hitter

Awards

2008

BIG EAST Player of the Week, Sept. 1
BIG EAST Honor Roll, Sept. 15
BIG EAST Honor Roll, Sept. 29
BIG EAST Honor Roll, Oct. 20
MVP of the USF Invitational (Aug. 28-29)
All-Tournament Team at the Portland Nike Invitational (Sept. 5-6)
All-Tournament Team at the Crimson Tide Invitational (Sept. 12-13)
All-Tournament Team at the Best Western Invitational (Sept. 19-20)

2007

First Team All-BIG EAST / AVCA Northeast All-Region / Honorable Mention All-America

2006

First Team All-BIG EAST

2008 Overall Stats
Starts	Kills	Kills/Set	Attacks	Attack %	Aces	Aces/Set	Digs	Digs/Set	Assists	Blocks	Team %
21	362	4.58	855	.277	48	0.61	206	2.61	18	17	.249

2008 BIG EAST Stats
Starts	Kills	Kills/Set	Attacks	Attack %	Aces	Aces/Set	Digs	Digs/Set	Assists	Blocks	Team %
7	120	4.29	300	.230	16	0.57	88	3.14	6	8	.241

Gurgel Match-by-Match Statistics
Opponent	Kills	Kills/Set	Attacks	Attack %	Aces	Aces/Set	Digs	Digs/Set	Assists	Blocks	Team %
Grambling St.	10	3.33	22	.455	6	2.00	2	0.67	1	--	.321
E. Kentucky	11	3.67	20	.550	6	2.00	3	1.00	1	--	.554
Northeastern	15	3.75	35	.314	3	0.75	7	1.75	--	--	.264
Seattle	13	4.33	30	.200	0	--	13	4.33	--	1	.202
Arizona St.	20	4.00	47	.340	0	--	8	1.60	--	1	.279
Kansas St.	21	5.25	42	.357	0	--	12	3.00	1	--	.254
Portland	15	3.00	43	.186	4	0.80	6	1.20	1	1	.250
Murray State	26	8.67	48	.417	1	0.33	7	2.33	1	1	.277
Alabama	19	4.75	49	.184	2	0.50	10	2.50	--	--	.139
Samford	24	6.00	50	.320	3	0.75	7	1.75	--	3	.197
G. Southern	21	7.00	39	.436	0	--	8	2.67	4	1	.255
Harvard	10	3.33	35	.143	7	2.33	15	5.00	2	1	.235
Toledo	22	5.50	58	.276	0	--	10	2.50	1	--	.291
James Madison	15	5.00	37	.216	0	--	10	3.33	--	--	.172
Notre Dame	19	4.75	52	.212	0	--	11	2.75	--	1	.225
DePaul	20	5.00	36	.528	4	1.00	16	4.00	--	--	.339
Pittsburgh	22	4.40	62	.129	1	0.20	8	1.60	2	2	.232
West Virginia	14	2.80	45	.156	0	--	14	2.80	0	2	.253
Marquette	11	3.67	26	.192	6	2.00	12	4.00	2	--	.224
Syracuse	16	4.00	49	.082	3	0.75	16	4.00	2	--	.154
Georgetown	18	6.00	30	.500	2	0.67	11	3.67	--	3	.308
Florida A&M
Rutgers
Cincinnati
Louisville
St. John's
Connecticut
Seton Hall
Villanova
Florida Int.

BOLD indicates a season-high

Marcela Gurgel 2008 Season Notes

Gurgel is the only player in the NCAA Division I to be ranked in the top 10 of two different major categories. As of the national statistics through Oct. 12, Gurgel is eighth in kills per set (4.53) and fifth in aces per set (0.61).

Although just midway through her junior season, Gurgel already ranks seventh all-time in USF history in kills with 1280.

In the all-time school charts, Gurgel has moved up to fifth place with 171 career service aces.

Gurgel posted a season-high 16 digs in a double-double effort along with 20 kills against DePaul. Both of those statistics were match-highs.

Gurgel enjoyed an incredible weekend at the Crimson Tide Invitational where she tallied at least 19 kills in each of the three matches.

Against Murray State in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Gurgel matched a career-high with 26 kills in the match. The most impressive part of the feat was due to the match only going three sets. Gurgel posted eight kills in each of the first two sets and then 10 in the third and final set.

During the Seattle match, Gurgel hit the 50 mark for a career milestone. It was the 50th time she has connected on 10 or more kills in a match.

Gurgel led her team to a perfect 3-0 record at the USF Invitational with a three match total of 36 kills, 15 aces, 12 digs and a .416 hitting percentage. Gurgel's impressive numbers earned the junior outside hitter the MVP of the Invitational.

Marcela Gurgel Biography

Biography

Coach Lessinger on Gurgel
“Marcela is a special player - she committed to improving on her consistency and as a result led her team to its best finish since joining the Big East and was recognized for numerous post season awards. I admire Marcela for her perseverance and ability to face challenges head on. She is such a physical player and she continues to grow mentally and emotionally as well. She is ready to take on more leadership responsibilities but she is most comfortable just going out there and doing what she does best - play volleyball.”

2007 (Sophomore)
One of three to start in all 29 matches and see action in all 108 games ... Named First Team All-BIG EAST for second consecutive season ... Member of the AVCA All-Region team ... Also a part of the honorable mention All-America team ... Earned the MVP of the Wright State Raider Challenge ... Named to BIG EAST honor roll at the beginning of September ... Awarded the BIG EAST Player of the Week in mid-October ... Ranked first in the conference in aces per game (0.64) ... Cracked the USF record books with a total of 123 career aces ... Fourth in the BIG EAST with 4.34 kills per game ... Led the Bulls in kills, kills per game, attacks, aces, aces per game and total points ... 298 digs placed third on the roster ... Recorded double digit kills in 27 of 29 matches ... Had a multi-ace contest 17 times ... Racked up double digit digs on 15 occasions ... 14 double-doubles on the season ... Led the team in kills in 20 matches and digs in eight ... 9/1-9/7 - Opened season with four straight double-doubles against Buffalo (17 kills, 15 digs), Niagara (16 kills, 11 digs), Fordham (21 kills, 16 digs) and Liberty (17 kills, 17 digs) ... 9/7 ? In the Liberty match, hit a career-best .615 ... 9/8 ? Put up a match-high 22 kills and five aces along with 16 digs versus Wright State ... 9/23 ? Totaled a season-high five block assists and added a solo block against Cincinnati ... 10/12 ? Had a career-high seven aces in the 3-1 win over WVU and added in 15 kills and 12 digs ... 10/14 ? Second best kill performance of the season (24) against Pittsburgh ... 10/17 ? 19 dig effort in match with FGCU was a season high and also hit the 20 kill plateau ... 10/23 ? Tied a career-best and had a season-best four assists in 3-0 sweep over North Florida ... 10/28 ? Put up season highs in kills (26), attacks (66) and points (29.0) against Seton Hall ... 11/16 ? Hit at a .483 percentage with 16 kills on 29 attempts in the first round conference tournament win over Villanova ... 11/17 ? Recorded a double-double (14 kills, 11 digs) against St. John's in BIG EAST semifinals .

2006 (Redshirt Freshman)
Only one of two players to start in all 29 matches and play in all 104 games ... Named First Team All-BIG EAST ... Three all-tournament honors ... Posted 11 double-doubles and had 24 matches with double-digit kills, all team bests ...Put together a streak of 21-straight matches with 10-or-more kills ... Led the team with 449 kills, 1,282 attacks, 523.5 points and 54 aces ... 4.32 kills per game average ranked 59th in the nation ... Average of 0.32 aces per game 39th in the nation ... Ranked as high as seventh in the country kills per game (Sept. 3) and aces per game (Sept. 10) ... Finished second in the BIG EAST in kills per game and first in aces per game ... 259 digs second highest on team ... Fourth with 41 block assists and total blocks ... Tied for ninth in the record books with seven aces in a match ... 1,282 attacks 10th most in the season record books ... Started in all 14 BIG EAST matches ... First with 201 kills, 577 attacks and 21 aces ... Second with 138 digs and fourth with 26 blocks ... In BIG EAST contests only, sixth among the league with 4.10 kills per game and eigth with 0.43 aces per game ... Named BIG EAST Academic All-Star for maintaining a 3.0 GPA for the year ... 8/25 vs. No. 5 Florida - Got her first-collegiate start as a Bull ... Had eight kills, for the team high ... Also had two aces ... 8/26 vs. Arkansas State - Registered her first double-digit kill match of her career, while also setting a new personal best with 24 kills ... Led the team in kills ... Added 12 digs for the double-double ... Named to the Aquafina Invitational All-Tournament Team ... 9/1 vs. Illinois-Chicago - Set a new personal best with 25 kills, 27.5 points and a hitting percentage of .523 ... Added 11 digs to post a double-double ... Led the team in kills and hitting percentage ... 9/2 vs. Towson - Tied her personal best with 25 kills and 27.5 points ... Named to the Best Western Invitational All-Tournament Team ... 9/9 vs. Wright State - Set a new career mark in aces with seven ... Tied for ninth in individual match records ... Named to the Smoothie King Invite All-Tournament Team ... 9/15 vs. Stetson - Tied career mark in kills with 25 ... 9/24 vs. Seton Hall - Registered a team-best 21 kills and .409 hitting percentage ... 12th straight double-digit-kill match ... Set a new personal best with seven block assists and 7.0 total blocks ... 9/29 vs. Syracuse - Led team and tied career high with 25 kills ... Chipped in 10 digs for a double-double ... Set a new personal best with 29.0 points ... 10/7 vs. West Virginia - Collected a team-high and career-high 21 digs ... 10/11 vs. North Florida - Led the team in kills with 24 and added 11 digs for the double-double ... Set a new career high with 30.5 points ... 11/11 vs. Louisville - Was the lone Bull to register double-digit kills, netting 10 ... 11/12 vs. Cincinnati - Recorded the only USF double-double with a 11-kill, 10-dig match ... 11/17 vs. St. John's (BIG EAST Tournament) - Led the team with 14 digs.

Club Team
Played for BNB Club in Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil, from 2001-05... Five-time most valuable player ... Led team to the national championship in 2003 and to a third-place finish in 2002 and 2004 ... Played for Brazil Junior National Team in 2003 ... Helped lead 2004 team to a second-place finish in Liga Nordeste (Northeast League).

Personal
Full name is Marcela Magalhaes Gurgel de Oliveira ... Born on May 31, 1987, in Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil ... Daughter of Maria Magalhaes G. de Oliveira and Rodrigo Macedo ... Majoring in physical education at USF.

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