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Lynn University

2018 Women's Volleyball

12 Rafaela Fonseca

  • Height 6-1
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Belo Horizonte, Brazil
  • Position OH

Biography

Senior (2018): Appeared and started in all 30 matches...was one of five players to appear in all 109 sets on the season...named to the All-Tournament Team at the 11th Annual NSU Shark Invitational...finished the season with 377 kills, 42 assists, 37 service aces, 380 digs and 34 total blocks...ranked second on the team in both kills and digs...ranked second on the team with 16 double-doubles on the year...logged a career-best .545 attack clip vs. Babson (9/1), knocking down 14 kills on 22 swings...matched her career-best in the digs column with a match-high 27 vs. Barry (9/8)...put away a season-high 19 kills with 17 digs in a big 3-2 win at Florida Southern (9/14)...recorded 18 kills at a .471 hitting clip with only two attack errors in 34 attempts vs. Rollins (9/29), adding 12 digs and three block assists on the defensive side...tied the program record for service aces in a match with eight in a sweep at Rollins (11/2)...finishes her career with the 10th-most kills (677), seventh-highest kills per set rate (3.35) and seventh-best digs per set average (3.62) in program history.

Junior (2017):
Missed the first eight matches of the year before becoming an integral part of Lynn's full rotation...played and started in 23 matches, appearing in 93 sets...totaled 300 kills, 19 aces, 352 digs and 23 blocks on the season...ranked ninth in the Sunshine State Conference and led the team at 3.23 kills per set...her 3.23 kills per set is the 18th-highest mark in single-season program history...ranked eighth in the league and second on the team at 3.78 digs per set...registered 14 double-doubles on the season, second-most on the team...posted double-digit digs in 19 matches and hit 20+ six times...had 20+ digs in five of seven matches during a late-season stretch...reached double figures in the kills column in 15 matches...made her Lynn debut at Florida Southern (9/22), logging nine kills and six digs with a .233 hitting percentage...tallied a season-high 27 digs in both five-set matches vs. Florida Tech (11/28) and at Nova Southeastern (10/31)...had a massive outing in a 3-2 win at Florida Tech (11/4) with 26 kills at a season-high .254 attack clip and 21 digs. Her 26 kills rank 16th all-time in the Lynn record books and are the most kills from a Fighting Knight in a match since 2008.

Sophomore (2016)
 Led the College of Central Florida Lady Patriots to their sixth-straight conference title and a No. 1 state ranking for five consecutive weeks...appeared in 34 matches, recording 322 kills, 332 digs and 61 total blocks...wrapped up the awards season as an NJCAA First Team All-American, an AVCA First Team All-American, the Mid-Florida Conference Player of the Year and the FCSAA Player of the Year...the first team all-state and all-conference selection finished the season ranked inside the top 10 in total kills (322), recording eight double-doubles along the way.

Freshman (2015): Appeared in 29 matches as a freshman at the College of Central Florida...Mid-Florida Conference First Team All-Conference selection...named to MFC and FCSAA All-Academic teams...tallied 312 total kills on the season...recorded 10 or more kills in 15 games...season-high 22 kills in conference play vs. Santa Fe (Oct. 6)..notched 10 or more digs in 17 games...season-high 27 digs vs. Indian River State College (Nov. 8) in the FCSAA State Tournament. 

High School: Attended Professora Yolanda Ascencio.

Personal: Born April 8, 1996...daughter of Rogeria Emiliana da Paixao and Daniel Yossel da Fonseca...has four siblings; Iago, Tiago, Joao Vitor and Higor...majoring in sports management...enjoys cycling and traveling.

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2017Junior

    OH
    6'2"
    12
  • 12

    2018Senior

    OH
    6'1"
    12