Ilana de Assis

Position:
Outside Hitter
Height:
5-10
Class:
Graduate Student
High School:
Colégio Martin Luther/UTRGV
Hometown:
Chapadão do Céu, Brazil

Honors
NJCAA All-American honorable mention (2022)
All-Region XVI First Team (2021,2022)
All-Tournament Team (2021,2022)
Back-to-Back third place finishes at the NJCAA Division I Women’s National Volleyball Championship Tournament (2021, 2022)
SLC Offensive Player of the Week (2024)
Southland All-Conference First Team (2024)

2024 (UTRGV)
Opened the season leading UTRGV with 12 kills and eight digs against Charlotte (8/30)... Tabbed first double-double of the season with 15 kills, 12 digs, four aces at Furman (8/30)… Notched second consecutive double-double with 10 kills, 10 digs and career-high five aces against Charleston Southern (8/31)… Led UTRGV with 19 kills on .361 hitting, one ace and five digs against Wyoming (9/6)… Led UTRGV with 21 kills and had 19 digs in third double-double at Cleveland State (9/6)... Led UTRGV with 23 kills on .380 hitting and had eight digs and two blocks at Akron (9/7)... Named SLC Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 9... Had fourth double-double against Texas Tech with 17 kills and 20 digs (9/12)... Led UTRGV in kills with 12 and had nine digs vs. San Francisco (9/13)... Led UTRGV with 17 kills and had nine digs in SLC opener vs. SFA (9/28)... Led UTRGV with 21 kills and had 13 digs for fifth double-double at UIW (10/3)... Tabbed sixth double-double with 22 kills, 14 digs, career-high four blocks and two aces vs. Corpus (10/8)... Tabbed seventh double-double with 11 kills on .364 hitting and 17 digs vs. McNeese (10/24)... Had eighth double-double with 20 kills, 13 digs at Corpus (10/31)... Had career-high 21 digs with 16 kills for ninth double-double at Southeastern (11/9)... Had 10th double-double with 11 kills, 12 digs vs. UIW (11/14)... Hit career-high 24 kills with 15 digs for 11th double-double in SLC tournament first round vs. UIW (11/22)... Had 16 digs and 10 kills in NIVC first round vs. Arkansas State (12/5)...

2023 (UTRGV)
Had four kills on .333 hitting against Grand Canyon in WAC Semifinals... Led UTRGV with 10 kills against UT Arlington ... Paced UTRGV with 11 kills, had seven digs and career high tying two assists at Utah Valley ... Led UTRGV with 14 kills on .382 hitting with nine digs at Seattle U ... Tabbed career-high two blocks with five kills and seven digs against Utah Tech ... Had season-high 11 digs and eight kills against Southern Utah ... Tabbed eight kills, season-high two assists, and seven digs at UT Arlington ... Had 11 kills and career-high tying nine digs with three aces against San Jose State ... Led UTRGV with 11 kills on .450 hitting against Incarnate Word ... Led UTRGV with 20 kills and had nine digs at Houston Christian ... Had 10 kills and seven digs against BYU ... Served career-high four aces and had nine kills in UTRGV debut at Montana.

2022 (Missouri State University-West Plains/MSU-WP)
She led MSU-WP with 571 kills (second most in NJCAA Division I) while averaging 4.68 kills per set with a .310 hitting percentage that season, adding 324 digs, 26 aces and 22 blocks... Recorded 11 matches with 20+ kills including a career-high 29 kill match against Central Wyoming College (9/9)...

2021 (Missouri State University-West Plains/MSU-WP)
Finished the season with 344 kills, 28 aces, 374 digs, and 22 blocks... She averaged 2.94 kills per set and 3.20 digs per set... Recorded three matches with 20+ kills...

Personal
Daughter of Luiz Antônio Alves de Assis and Irene Nunes da Silva Assis... Has one sister...