USF Athletics

2009: Named an AVCA All-American ... An AVCA All-Northeast Region selection ... Garnered All-BIG EAST First Team honors...Named BIG EAST Player of the Week once and collected two BIG EAST weekly honors in the 2009 season....Tabbed BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year... Ranked second in conference play with 4.16 kills per set and third in points with 4.70...Moved up to second in USF's all-time career list in kills with 1,801, fourth in aces with 219,  and ninth in digs with 1,079...Ranked as high as No. 54 nationally in kills per set and 48th in points per set...Named MVP of the 2009 Hurricane Invitational and to the Best Western Invitational All-Tournament Team...Hit double-digit kills in every conference match and in 24 of 28 matches overall...Seven double-doubles on the year, three in conference play...Led team with 3.89 kills per set and total points with 444.5...Second on the team with 23 aces...8/29 - Posted first double-double showing of the year with 18 kills and 14 digs against Florida Gulf Coast...8/29 - Recorded 19 kills, five blocks and three aces against the University of Miami...9/11 - Notched a double-double with 15 kills and 11 digs against No. 4 University of Florida in the Tampa Twice Tournament...10/2 - Blocked a season high five balls against UConn...10/11 - Had a season-best 21 kills against Pittsburgh...10/24 - Set a new career high in BIG EAST matches with a .448 attack percentage...10/30 - Posted a season high 16 digs against Villanova...11/21 - In quarterfinal match against Pittsburgh, posted sixth double-double of the season with 18 kills and 11 digs...11/22 - One of two Bulls to reach double-digit kills in the BIG EAST tournament semifinal match against Cincinnati with 11.

2008: Named honorable mention All-America for the second consecutive year, the first player in USF history to earn the honor twice...Tabbed to the AVCA All-Northeast Region team... Also garnered first-team All-BIG EAST honors... Was twice named BIG EAST Player of the Week on Sept. 1 and Nov. 17...Named to the BIG EAST honor roll Sept. 15, Sept. 29 and Oct. 20...Named MVP of the USF Invitational ... Earned All-Tournament honors at the Portland Nike, Crimson Tide and the Best Western Invites...Led the BIG EAST and finished third in the nation in service aces with 0.65 per set...Totaled 73 aces, tied for the fifth-highest mark in season annals...Also led the league and finished 14th in the nation with 4.33 kills per set...Stood second on the team with 2.46 digs per set...Attacked at a .250 clip and contributed 0.28 blocks and 0.21 assists per set...One of four players to appear in all 114 sets...Began the year by reaching double-digit kills in 21 straight matches and 27 overall...Had 20 or more kills in 10 matches...Reached the 10-dig plateau on 16 occasions ... 8/29-8/30 - Began the 2008 campaign with a combined 36 kills and only four attack errors with 15 aces, 12 digs and two assists in three matches in the USF Invitational...9/6 - Posted 21 kills and 12 digs against Kansas State at the Portland Nike Invitational... 9/12 - Had a season-best 26 kills with seven digs versus Murray State at the Alabama Tournament...9/13 - Notched 24 kills, seven digs, a season-best three blocks and three aces against Samford in the Alabama Tournament...9/19 - Notched 21 kills, eight digs, a season-best four assists and one block against Georgia Southern in the USF Tournament, followed by 15 digs, 10 kills two assists and seven aces - tied for the ninth-highest total in team history -  against Harvard later in the day...9/28 - Had 20 kills, a season-high 16 digs and four aces against DePaul...10/12 - Posted 16 kills and a season-high 16 digs with three aces and two assists against Syracuse...11/14 - Posted 25 kills, 12 digs and six aces against Seton Hall...11/16 - Had her 15th double-double of the year with 20 kills and 12 digs against Villanova.

2007: One of three to start in all 29 matches and see action in all 108 sets ... 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 set (0.64) ... Cracked the USF record books with a total of 123 career aces ... Fourth in the BIG EAST with 4.34 kills per set ... Led the Bulls in kills, kills per set, attacks, aces, aces per set and total points ... Her 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 ... Totaled 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: Only one of two players to start in all 29 matches and play in all 104 sets ... 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 set average ranked 59th in the nation ... Average of 0.32 aces per set ranked 39th in the nation ... Ranked as high as seventh in the country in kills per set (Sept. 3) and aces per set (Sept. 10) ... Finished second in the BIG EAST in kills per set and first in aces per set ...Total 259 digs was 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 was 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 set and eighth with 0.43 aces per set ... 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 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.