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Bulls Land All-Mountain West Standout Tereza Vitulova

April 20, 2020

TAMPA (April 20, 2020) – University of South Florida head women's basketball coach Jose Fernandez announced on Monday the signing of Tereza Vitulova (Domasov, Czech Republic) to a grant-in-aid scholarship.
 
Vitulova comes to USF after playing the past two seasons at the University of Wyoming, earning All-Mountain West Conference honors following the 2019-20 campaign. Vitulova will have to sit out the 2020-21 season due to NCAA transfer rules.
 
"Tereza brings a wealth of experience internationally," said Fernandez. "She had a very good sophomore season at Wyoming and addresses a need for us on the interior." 
 
Vitulova, a 6-foot-2 junior post player, led the Cowgirls in both scoring and rebounding this season, averaging 14.2 points and 5.6 rebounds, while shooting 54.8 percent (176-for-321) from the field, 44.2 percent (19-of-43) from three-point range and 85.1 percent (40-of-47) from the free throw line. She started in all 29 games for Wyoming, averaging 25.1 minutes per game. Vitulova finished the year ranking first in the MWC in field goal percentage, 10^th in scoring and 13^th in rebounding.
 
A teammate with current Bulls standout Kristyna Brabencova (Brno, Czech Republic) on the Czech Republic U20 National Team, Vitulova scored in double-figures in 22 of Wyoming's 29 games, including six games of 20-plus points. She scored a career-high 30 points against San Diego State in Laramie, with her next-best scoring game being 28 points against San Diego State on the road. She had her only career double-double on the road against Air Force with 16 points and 11 rebounds.
 
Internationally, Vitulova has played for the Czech Republic's U18 and U20 national teams, along with Brabencova. During the summer of 2019, she averaged 9.0 points per game and 4.3 rebounds per outing in the FIBA U20 European Championships. While with the U18 team, she averaged 10.4 points, 4.9 rebounds while helping the team to a fourth-place finish at the U18 FIBA European Championships.
 
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USF notched its ninth consecutive 19-win season and was poised for its ninth straight postseason appearance in 2019-20 before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the end of the college basketball season. The Bulls celebrated two all-conference honorees in Elena Tsineke and Elisa Pinzan. Tsineke was named the American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year, in addition to The American All-Freshman Team and Third Team All-Conference; while Pinzan was named a Third Team All-Conference selection.
 
USF has made 15 postseason tournament appearances and had six NCAA Tournament berths in head coach Jose Fernandez's 20 seasons. The all-time winningest coach in program history, Fernandez has guided USF to nine 20-win seasons, two WNIT final four appearances, the 2009 WNIT championship and won more than 350 games.