Pronunciation: "KEY-are-uh-LEASE PEAR-ez Cuh-Til-la "
CAREER HONORS
- 2023 WAC Libero of the Year (UTRGV)
- 2023 All-WAC First Team (UTRGV)
- Three-time WAC Libero of the Week (10/11/23, 10/25/23, 11/14/23, UTRGV)
SENIOR (2024)
- Appeared in all 31 matches (118 sets)
- Made 24 starts over the 2024 campaign
- Totaled 210 digs with 19 service aces and 18 assists
- Finished in double-figure digs in seven matches including three-straight from Nov. 15 through Nov. 24
- Recorded a season-best 19 digs at Mississippi State (11/24)
- Compiled 11 digs in her first career NCAA Tournament match against Texas State (Dec. 5)
- Had seven digs at SMU (Dec. 6) before wrapping her collegiate career with a personal-best matching three aces (sixth time) and eight digs against Kentucky (Dec. 12) in the NCAA Sweet 16
PRIOR TO MIZZOU (UTRGV / 2023)
- Crowned the 2023 Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Libero of the Year
- Made the 2023 All-WAC First Team
- Appeared in 30 matches, competing in 109 sets
- Accumulated 470 digs (4.83 digs per set) with 112 assists over her junior season
- Earned three WAC Libero of the Week honors
- Capped the year with 27 consecutive matches reaching double-digit digs
- Recorded a career-high 28 digs with seven assists at Houston Christian (Sept. 2, 2023)
- Totaled 19 digs and a career-high nine assists against California Baptist (Oct. 14, 2023)
PRIOR TO MIZZOU (MIAMI DADE COLLEGE / 2021-22)
- Registered 841 digs, 579 receptions, 130 assists and 67 aces over her two-year career at Miami Dade College
- Helped the Sharks reach the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I national tournament in both the 2021 and 2022 seasons, finishing as the national runner-up in 2022
- Named to the Division I Florida College System Activities Association (FCSAA) All-State and All-Tournament teams after helping Miami Dade win the FCSAA state championship
- Two-time All-Suncoast Conference Selection
HIGH SCHOOL (ACADEMIA SANTA TERESITA)
- Decorated player while representing the Puerto Rican Junior National Team
- Earned Best Libero and Best Digger honors at the U18 and U20 Pan-American Cups in 2019
- Dubbed the Best Receiver at the 2019 U18 Pan-American Cup
- Named the Best Libero at the U23 Pan American Games in 2021
- Attended Academia Santa Teresita High School
- Played for Mets Guaynabo Club team
PERSONAL
- Born on July 29, 2002
- Daughter of Ely Sandra Catala
- Studying Sociology at Missouri