2006 (Redshirt Senior): Led the team in assists with 860 ... Tied for third on the team for digs per game with 2.39 ... Had a team high eight digs vs. No. 5 Florida on 8/25 ... Ended the season with a team-high 11.47 assists per game ... Tallied sixteen aces on the season with a .934 serving percentage.
2005 (Senior)
Took a red-shirt season due to an injury ... Only played in one match ... Named a BIG EAST Academic All-Star (3.0 GPA or better) ... 9/25/05 vs. Syracuse - Played in her first match of the year in the libero position ... Finished second on the team in digs, posting nine.
2004 (Junior)
Played in all 29 USF matches, starting all but one ... Led the team in assists with 11.72 per game ... That average placed her seventh in the conference in assists per game ... Notched 34 assists while tallying five kills with no errors vs. Chattanooga (9/4) ... Had a season-high 48 assists vs. SE Missouri State (9/10) along with 12 digs for first career double-double ... Set a career high in points vs. Northern Illinois (9/17) with three kills, four aces and two block assists ... Hit an impressive .667 against UAB (10/22) with four kills and no errors in six attempts ... Tied her career high in total blocks with three vs. Florida A&M (10/23), one of which was her first-ever block solo ... Had a double-double vs. Memphis (11/6) with a career high in both assists with 63 and digs with 15 ... Set a new career high in assists vs. Saint Louis in the C-USA Tournament (11/19) with 69, a 13.8 per game average ... Added eight digs, five kills and two block assists to that effort ... Was the only Bull to tally a double-double in USF’s season-ending loss to Miami (11/24) with 21 assists and 12 digs.
Club Team
Played club ball for both the Clube Regatas do Flamengo and the Tijuca Tenis Club.
Junior College (SMSU-West Plains)
Led team to Region 16 Championship in 2002 and 2003 ... NJCAA Division I Volleyball National Championship runners-up both seasons ... Team finished 2002 season ranked sixth nationally and 2003 season ranked fifth ... Was named first team all-region both seasons ... Set a new school record in single season assists in both 2002 (1,883) and 2003 (1,979) ... Now holds the SMSU-West Plains career assist record with 3,862 ... Averaged 11.34 assists per game in 2002 and 11.24 in 2003 ... Led team in service aces with 39 in 2003 ... Received the Grizzly Newcomer award her freshman season and the Grizzly Leadership (captain) award her sophomore year ... Named to the All-Academic All-American team both seasons ... Was on the Dean’s list both years.
Personal
Full name is Juliana Bittar Ripper Nogueira ... Born Sept. 13, 1983, in Rio de Janeiro ... Daughter of Marco and Viviane Ripper ... Her father was a two-time Brazilian champion in the triathlon ... Her mother won three Brazilian championships with the federation of volleyball in Brazil ... Has a brother, Marco, 20 ... Majoring in communications at USF with a minor in business.
