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Luisa Melloni Season 2023

#20
PosS
Ht6-2
YearJunior
HometownBelo Horizonte, Brazil
Previous SchoolMiami Dade College

CAREER HONORS

  • 2023-24 SEC First-Year Honor Roll
  • 2021 First-Team All-Southern Conference (MDC)
  • 2021 Southern Conference All-Academic First Team (MDC)

JUNIOR (2023)

  • Competed in five sets and three matches during the 2023 campaign
  • Distributed seven assists for the Tigers this season
  • Made her debut for Missouri against South Dakota (9/2) with two assists
  • Added one assist in Mizzou’s win over Bellarmine (9/8)
  • Tallied a career-high (NCAA) four assists against Tennessee (9/20)

PRIOR TO MIZZOU (MIAMI DADE COLLEGE)

  • Spent two seasons at Miami Dade College in Miami, Florida
  • Named to the First-Team All-Southern Conference and Southern Conference All-Academic First Team in 2021
  • Earned NJCAA National Offensive Player of the Week
  • Named conference setter of the week multiple times
  • Helped the Sharks advance to the 2022 NJCAA National Championship Finals and secure a state title in 2021
  • Averaged 10.77 assists per set with MDC

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Member of Brazil's U-21 national team
  • Named the best setter at the U18 "Taca Parana 2018"
  • Competed for the Barueri Volleyball Club in São Paulo, Brazil
  • Helped her Brazilian U-21 club team capture a state championship
  • Attended Colegio Campo Salles

PERSONAL

  • Born on Nov. 26, 2001
  • Daughter of Anna Lucia Melloni and Francisco Vilaca
  • Has one sister, Mariana
  • Speaks Portuguese, English and a bit of Spanish
  • Majoring in Health Science at Mizzou