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Jersey Number 5
Bia Mantellato
- Position:
- Center
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Newport Harbor HS
- Hometown:
- São Paulo, Brazil
- Previous School:
- Hawai'i
Bio
• Cutino Award Finalist (2024)
• 2-time ACWPC All-American (First Team 2024; Second Team 2023)
• NCAA All-Tournament Team (First Team 2024)
• 2-time Big West Player of the Year (2023, 2024)
• 2-time All-Big West (First Team 2023, 2024)
• Big West Freshman of the Year (2023)
• 4-time Big West Player of the Week (Feb. 8, 2023; Mar. 29, 2023; Apr. 5, 2023; Jan. 24, 2024)
• 2-time ACWPC All-Academic (Superior 2023, 2024)
• College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic At-Large All-District Team (2024)
• Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll (2023)
2024 (HAWAI'I)
Played in all 27 games … led the team in goals with 64 and finished fifth on the team in scoring with 70 points (six assists) … also drew a team-high 60 exclusions, had 20 steals (fifth on the team) and four field blocks … was UH's 13th First-Team All-American and first since 2021 … was also Hawai'i's first ever finalist for the Cutino Award … was the second Rainbow Wahine to earn back-to-back Big West Player of the Year awards, first since Irene Gonzalez (2018-19) … scored a season-high five goals in wins vs. San Diego State (Feb. 2), UC Davis (Feb. 3), and UC San Diego (Mar. 29) … scored at least one goal in 25-of-27 games played … had 20 multiple-goal games, including 10 hat tricks, three four-goal games, and three five-goal games … scored at least one goal in a career-best 16 consecutive games from Feb. 4 to Apr. 27 … tied for the team lead with 114 shots and scored on a team-high 56.1 percent of her attempts.
2023 (HAWAI'I)
Played in all 27 games … led the team in goals with 82 and in scoring with 92 points (10 assists) … also drew a team-high 37 exclusions, had 17 steals (fifth on the team) and three field blocks … also led the team in shots (151) and in shooting percentage (.543) … scored a season-high and career-high seven goals in a win at UC San Diego (Mar. 31) … the seven goals marked the highest single-match output since 2013 (10 years) and was tied for the third-most ever in a match … scored at least one goal in 25-of-27 games played … had 21 multiple-goal games, including 15 hat tricks, six four-goal games, six five-goal games, and one six-goal game … scored at least one goal in a season-best 11 consecutive games from Jan. 14 to Feb. 25 (to open her collegiate career) … tied for the team lead with 114 shots and scored on a team-high 56.1 percent of her attempts … netted five goals and accounted for six points in just her second-ever collegiate match versus Loyola Marymount … had a four-match stretch in which she scored on every shot she took (11 attempts), including a six-goal performance against Fresno State (Feb. 4).
HIGH SCHOOL
Earned a varsity letter at Newport Harbor High School as a center … named First-Team All-CIF and First-Team All-Sunset League in 2022 when she played her only year at Newport Harbor HS … competed for Club Painerias and Esporte Clube Pinheiros for 11 years … was a member of the Brazilian National Team from 2017-22 … earned the Brazil Olympic Award as the team's best player in 2021.
PERSONAL
Full name: Ana Beatriz Mantellato Dias, prefers Bia Mantellato … born in São Paulo, Brazil … parents are Ana Cristina Dias and Nilson Junior … has two older sisters, Gabriela and Mariana … her sister, Gabriela Mantellato was on the 2016 Olympic water polo team for Brazil and also played at Hawai'i while her sister, Mariana Mantellato is a member of the Brazilian volleyball National Team … says she chose UCLA because, "It's been a dream to have the combination of top water polo and academics while being surrounded by amazing people in an amazing place." … lists her greatest athletic thrill as, "when she forced overtime with less than a second on the clock, with a half court skip shot against California at Hawai'i, and then winning with a goalie scoring a buzzer beater in sudden death." … lists Pelé, the late Kobe Bryant, and Maggie Steffens as the athletes she most admires … enjoys reading and going to the beach as things she likes to do in her spare time … is fluent in four languages … major is International Development Studies.
| BIA MANTELLATO'S CAREER STATISTICS | ||||||||
| Year | GAMES | GOALS | SHOTS | PCT | AST | STL | BLK | EE |
| 2023 (UH) | 27 | 82 | 151 | .543 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 37 |
| 2024 (UH) | 27 | 64 | 114 | .561 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 60 |
| Totals | 54 | 146 | 265 | .551 | 16 | 37 | 7 | 97 |
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