University of South Alabama Athletics

JUNIOR SEASON (2009): Started all 30 matches for South Alabama during her junior campaign and saw action in all but one set…Led the club offensively with 312 kills and a 3.03 kills per set average…Was second on the team with 240 digs for a 2.33 digs per set average…Her 28 service aces also ranked second on the squad…Recorded team-high 11 double-doubles, bringing her career tally in that category to 18…Also had four block solos – second on the team – and 50 block assists…Finished in double figures in kills 18 times, including a career-high 21 versus Denver (10/24)…Also hit .386 and had 12 digs against the Pioneers…Posted the first 20 kill performance of her collegiate career against Nicholls State (9/12)…Set a new career-high in digs with 19 versus Tennessee-Martin (8/29) at the Lady Techster Tournament…Named to the Georgia Dawg all-tournament team.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2008): Played in all 26 matches for USA as a sophomore, while starting all but two…Led the team in both kills and kills per set, with 237 and 2.47, respectively…Also ranked second on the club in digs (176) and digs per set (1.83)...Finished the season with 31 assists, 17 aces and 40 total blocks…Posted double-figure kill tallies in 12 matches, including a season-high 16 against UALR (10/5)…Also posted six double-doubles on the season…Tallied a career-high 16 digs in a five-set match at Louisiana on Oct. 10…Hit a season-best .522 (14 kills, two errors, 23 attempts) at Louisiana-Monroe (10/12)…Registered three aces against both Southeastern Louisiana (9/20) and Troy (10/6).

FRESHMAN SEASON (2007): Played in 28 of South Alabama’s 29 matches, starting 23 as a true freshman...Ranked second on the club in kills (297) and kills per game (3.16)...Recorded double-digit kill tallies in 14 matches...Also carded three 20-plus kill matches, including a season-best 23 against Florida Atlantic (11/9)...Notched her first career double-double (17 kills and 12 digs) in a 3-1 victory over Sun Belt Conference foe Louisiana-Lafayette (10/6)...She also posted her best hitting performance of the season in a 3-0 victory at Southern (11/6) when she finished the match at .500 with 17 kills on 26 attempts, while committing just four attack errors...Had career-high five service aces against Louisiana-Monroe (10/5).

MONTEIRO LOBATO HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Monteiro Lobato High School in San Jose Dos Campos, Brazil...Played club ball for two teams; Tenis Club and FADENP...With FADENP, she helped lead the team to back-to-back Sao Paulo Junior State Championships in 2005 and 2006...In 2006, she was also an All-State Open Tournament runner-up...Helped FADENP advance to the Youth Tournament Championships each of the past four seasons...Named the best hitter in her region 2002-2004...Guided Tenis Club to the Livovali Championship on five occasions (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2007), while also leading FADENP to the regional league championship in 2005 and 2006.

PERSONAL: Juliana Pallamin de Almeida...Nicknamed “Jools”...Has one younger brother...Favorite movies are “The Sound of Music”, “Grease” and “The Notebook”...Favorite books are Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code and Bernardinho’s Transformando sour em ouro...Favorite sports team is the Brazilian national volleyball team...Favorite athlete is Fernanda Venturini, a Brazilian setter...Favorite musical artists are Alanis Morissette, the Beatles, Oasis, KT Tunstall and the Cranberries...Favorite foods are Stroganoff and Lasagna...Favorite classes are Math and Physics...Enjoys playing guitar...Celebrities that she would most like to meet are Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts and the band Oasis...Majoring in Marketing.