Roberta Rabelo Season 2022

--Roberta Rabelo: the Brazilian's destination bucket list (by Taylyn Hadley, GoPHX.com/Oct. 8, 2023)

2024 (Graduate Student) 

• Played in 72 sets as a right side hitter. She had 132 kills on the year, reaching double figures in three matches.
• Named to the 2024 Fall Academic All-Big 12 Team.
• In the NCAA Tournament win over New Hampshire, led the team in kills with 11. It was her second match in double figures this year, 19th of her career. She also added a pair of blocks and digs.
• Tallied seven kills and hit .417 in the sweep against UCF 
• Led the team in blocks with five in the victory over Colorado. She also had seven kills. 
• Had eight kills, five blocks, five digs and two aces in the sweep to beat Iowa State. 
• Had seven kills and four blocks in the win over West Virginia .
• Had a team-high 13 kills on a .345 clip in the win against Kansas State. Her kill total is a new season high, her first time this season in double figures. She also had four blocks.
• Matched her season-high kills with nine in the win against No. 8 Kansas. She also reached a career-high six blocks and an ace. 
• Came off the bench in the win over Arizona and tallied up eight kills. 
• With time in the later part of the match against Baylor, she earned a new season high with nine kills.

2023 (Senior):

• Had the most productive season of her career, third on the team in total kills with 247. She had eight matches with double-digit kills. 
• In the second-round sweep of BYU, she had eight kills and also had two blocks.
• Had eight kills in the sweep of UCLA. 
• In the win against No. 3 Stanford, she totaled nine kills on a .381 clip.
• Earned 10 kills in the win against Cal. 
• She had two blocks and 10 kills, hitting on a .333 clip in the win against Washington. 
• Rabelo hit .429 and led the team with 14 kills in the win against Memphis. 
• She also had a career-high three aces, as well as six digs and 10 kills in the win against NMSU. 
• In the win against USF, she notched 16 kills, hitting .364 for a new season high. 
• She tied her season high of 15 kills and hit a personal best of .542 in the win against UTEP. 
• Made her season debut in the win at FGCU.

2022 (Junior):

• Played in 29 matches, totaling 93 kills.
• Had 10 kills against Arizona, her third match in double figures this season.
• Against Stanford she had seven kills and seven digs.
• Beat her season-high from the night before, recording 12 kills. She also led all pin hitters with a .345 percentage against Stanford. 
• Had a new season-high in kills with 11 against Cal. 
• Had her best showing of the season against ORU. She had nine kills, hitting .304, as well as 10 digs and two blocks. All of those numbers are season highs with the dig total being a career high. She also had the match-winning ace.
• Made her season debut against CSUB. 

2021 (Sophomore):

• Played in 21 matches and 57 sets.
• Had 10 kills, her season high and the sixth time in her career reaching double figures in kills, against Washington State. Also added five digs and two aces to tie her career high. 
• Notched nine kills in the win against Cal. She also had two aces, a career best.
• Earned eight kills against Stanford. She added three blocks and four digs as well.
• Had eight kills in a win against UC Davis. She also had five digs and her first career ace.
• Notched her first kills of the season, earning four in the match against No. 4 Nebraska. 
• Made her first appearance against Georgia in the Ameritas Players Challenge. 

2020-21 (Freshman):

• Collected 119 kills, one of four to reach triple figures in that category.
• Reached double figures in kills three times.
• Registered 14 kills and three blocks against Colorado. 
• Tallied 15 kills and two solo blocks against Stanford. 
• Earned 11 kills against Cal. 
• Tallied 10 kills and two blocks in the second matchup against Arizona. 
• Notched seven kills on a .357 clip against rival Arizona. 
• Registered a career high nine kills against Washington. 
• Recorded her first collegiate kill against No. 8 Washington. 

Before ASU:

• Helped her team to earn the Champion of the State Cup.
• Took second place at the Brazilian National Cup, where she was named MVP.
• Also named as an all-state player and the best spiker of the Cup.
• She is the fourth Brazilian to play for Arizona State volleyball. 

Personal:
Her parents are Jorge and Simone. She hopes to pursue a career in social media communications that will allow her to work all around the world.