Fernando Pessoa Season 2001

Personal

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...parents are Francisco de Paula Gusmao and Therezinha Fittipaldi Pessoa of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...one of three children...goes by Nando...started playing volleyball after Brazil won the 1992 Olympics...teaches at volleyball camps during the summer...majoring in exercise science...married to the former Megan Shupe, a BYU gymnast, in October 2002.

Before BYU

Played for Fluminese state championship team in 2000...led team to two state titles with the Tijuca Tenis Club (1995-'97)...a three-time state beach volleyball champion (1996, '97, '98)...was selected six different times to the Rio de Janeiro team...while playing for Rio de Janeiro, won the Brazilian Championships in 1998...finished second in Brazilian Championships in 1997, '99, '00)...selected to the Brazil National Youth Team in 1998...named best passer and best outside hitter in state championship (2000).

Summary

Pessoa was a very versatile player for the Cougars, starting three years at libero and then his senior year as an outside hitter ... started for both the 2001 and 2004 national championship teams ... played in 376 games during his career, more than any other Cougar in team history ... second all-time for the Cougars with 629 career digs ... as an outside hitter in 2004, received AVCA First-Team All-America honors and named to the NCAA and MPSF All-Tournament teams ... as a libero, Pessoa received All-MPSF honors in 2001 and 2003 ... led the team in kills as a senior.

Stats

 Career Match Highs
Kills: 26 at UCLA, 4/9/04
Attempts: 45 at Long Beach State, 1/30/04
Hitting Percentage: .700 (16-2-20) vs. Stanford, 2/20/04
Digs: 16 at UCLA, 2/23/02
Block Assists: 5 vs. Pepperdine, 3/12/04
Block Solos: 2 (three times)
Total Blocks: 5 (twice) vs. Pepperdine, 3/12/04; vs. Long Beach State, 5/1/03
Service Aces: 3 at UC Irvine, 2/28/04
Assists: 5 at UCLA, 2/23/02

 2004 Match-by-Match Statistics |-------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |-------BLOCK------| GEN Date Opponent GP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE  Jan 10, 2004 at Pepperdine.......... 3 5 5 13 .000 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 Jan 09, 2004 at Pepperdine.......... 2 2 5 9 -.333 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 Jan 16, 2004 NO. 5 CS NORTHRIDGE.... 3 11 4 21 .333 3 0 5 0 8 0 4 1 4.0 0 Jan 17, 2004 NO. 5 CS NORTHRIDGE.... 5 18 4 28 .500 4 0 3 2 10 0 4 0 4.0 0 Jan 23, 2004 at No. 12 Ohio State... 3 19 4 33 .455 2 0 4 0 1 0 2 0 2.0 0 Jan 24, 2004 at No. 12 Ohio State... 3 15 3 26 .462 0 1 2 0 3 1 2 0 3.0 0 Jan 28, 2004 at No. 2 Long Beach St. 5 20 8 39 .308 1 2 7 2 9 2 2 0 4.0 0 Jan 30, 2004 at No. 2 Long Beach St. 5 22 8 45 .311 1 0 4 0 8 0 3 0 3.0 0 Feb 06, 2004 NO. 12 PACIFIC......... 3 12 5 20 .350 1 2 3 1 5 0 2 0 2.0 0 Feb 07, 2004 NO. 12 PACIFIC......... 3 8 4 13 .308 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 2 0.0 0 Feb 20, 2004 NO. 11 STANFORD........ 3 16 2 20 .700 2 1 3 0 7 0 3 1 3.0 0 Feb 21, 2004 NO. 11 STANFORD........ 3 20 2 27 .667 1 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 0.0 0 Feb 26, 2004 at No. 9 UC Irvine..... 4 19 12 37 .189 1 0 2 0 4 0 3 3 3.0 0 Feb 28, 2004 at No. 9 UC Irvine..... 4 11 4 27 .259 0 3 5 0 1 0 1 0 1.0 0 Mar 05, 2004 NO. 6 SANTA BARBARA.... 3 12 6 23 .261 1 0 2 2 5 0 4 1 4.0 0 Mar 06, 2004 NO. 6 SANTA BARBARA.... 3 14 6 24 .333 1 0 3 1 6 0 2 2 2.0 0 Mar 12, 2004 NO. 5 PEPPERDINE....... 4 16 6 29 .345 1 0 3 1 6 0 5 0 5.0 0 Mar 13, 2004 NO. 5 PEPPERDINE....... 4 24 7 37 .459 1 0 4 0 12 0 1 0 1.0 0 Mar 18, 2004 at No. 5 Hawai`i....... 4 18 4 25 .560 2 0 3 0 9 0 1 1 1.0 0 Mar 20, 2004 at No. 5 Hawai`i....... 5 17 9 31 .258 3 0 4 0 6 0 2 1 2.0 0 Mar 26, 2004 LEWIS.................. 4 21 7 34 .412 1 0 8 0 6 0 2 0 2.0 0 Mar 27, 2004 GEORGE MASON........... 2 6 3 10 .300 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 Apr 02, 2004 at UC San Diego........ 4 11 4 19 .368 0 0 4 1 8 1 3 0 4.0 0 Apr 03, 2004 at UC San Diego........ 3 14 3 24 .458 1 1 4 1 6 0 2 0 2.0 0 Apr 08, 2004 at No. 3 UCLA.......... 4 20 8 40 .300 1 0 4 2 3 0 3 0 3.0 0 Apr 09, 2004 at No. 3 UCLA.......... 5 26 7 42 .452 1 0 3 3 9 0 1 0 1.0 0 Apr 15, 2004 USC.................... 3 8 4 17 .235 1 0 4 0 5 2 2 0 4.0 0 Apr 17, 2004 USC.................... 5 20 10 36 .278 1 0 7 0 2 0 2 1 2.0 0 Apr 24, 2004 NO. 8 UC IRVINE........ 3 8 3 19 .263 1 0 3 0 3 0 4 1 4.0 0 Apr 29, 2004 NO. 4 PEPPERDINE....... 5 20 4 35 .457 1 0 3 1 9 0 0 0 0.0 0 May 01, 2004 NO. 2 LONG BEACH ST.... 4 14 4 25 .400 1 0 2 0 12 0 5 2 5.0 0 May 06, 2004 vs No. 4 Lewis......... 3 12 3 19 .474 0 1 2 0 4 0 3 0 3.0 0 May 08, 2004 vs No. 2 Long Beach St. 5 13 8 31 .161 1 0 4 1 9 2 1 1 3.0 0 Totals..............................122 492 176 878 .360 36 14 115 19 195 8 69 17 77.0 0 Games played: 122Kills per game: 4.03Assists per game: 0.30Service aces per game: 0.11Digs per game: 1.60Blocks per game: 0.632003 Match-by-Match Statistics |-------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |-------BLOCK------| GEN Date Opponent GP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE  Jan 17, 2003 at No. 12 Stanford..... 5 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 2 10 0 0 0 0.0 0 Jan 18, 2003 at No. 12 Stanford..... 5 0 0 0 .000 4 0 0 2 13 0 0 0 0.0 0 Jan 20, 2003 at No. 15 Pacific...... 5 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 0.0 0 Feb 07, 2003 UC SAN DIEGO........... 1 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0Feb 14, 2003 at No 13 UCSB.......... 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 Feb 15, 2003 at No. 13 UCSB......... 2 1 0 1 1.000 2 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0.0 0Feb 28, 2003 at USC................. 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 Mar 01, 2003 at USC................. 3 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0.0 0 Mar 07, 2003 NO. 10 PENN STATE...... 3 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 Mar 08, 2003 NO. 10 PENN STATE...... 5 0 0 0 .000 4 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 0.0 0 Mar 14, 2003 NO. 7 UC IRVINE........ 4 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 1 10 0 0 0 0.0 0 Mar 15, 2003 NO. 7 UC IRVINE........ 5 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0.0 0 Mar 21, 2003 at No. 10 CS Northridge 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 Mar 22, 2003 at No. 10 CS Northridge 4 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 1 15 0 0 0 0.0 0 Mar 28, 2003 NO.4 LONG BEACH ST..... 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0.0 0Mar 29, 2003 NO.4 LONG BEACH ST..... 3 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0.0 0Apr 11, 2003 at No. 1 Pepperdine.... 4 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 Apr 12, 2003 at No. 1 Pepperdine.... 3 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 0.0 0 Apr 19, 2003 NO. 10 CS NORTHRIDGE... 4 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 0 1 12 0 0 0 0.0 0Apr 24, 2003 vs No. 2 Hawaii........ 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 11 0 0 0 0.0 0 Apr 26, 2003 at No. 1 Pepperdine.... 5 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 0.0 0 May 01, 2003 NO. 10 PENN STATE...... 4 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 0.0 0May 03, 2003 vs Lewis University.... 5 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1 12 0 0 0 0.0 0 Totals.............................. 80 1 1 2 .000 33 1 1 21 176 0 0 0 0.0 0 Games played: 80Kills per game: 0.01Assists per game: 0.41Service aces per game: 0.01Digs per game: 2.20Blocks per game: 0.002002 Match-by-Match Statistics |-------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |-------BLOCK------| GEN Date Opponent GP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHEJan 11, 2002 #4 STANFORD............ 4 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 3 6 0 0 0 0.0 0 Jan 12, 2002 #4 STANFORD............ 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 Jan 18, 2002 #15 PACIFIC............ 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 Jan 19, 2002 #15 PACIFIC............ 4 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.0 0 Jan 25, 2002 #12 USC................ 3 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 Jan 26, 2002 #12 USC................ 3 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0.0 1 Feb 01, 2002 #12 OHIO STATE......... 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 0Feb 02, 2002 #12 OHIO STATE......... 4 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0.0 0Feb 06, 2002 at # 14 Long Beach St.. 1 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0Feb 08, 2002 at # 14 Long Beach St.. 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 Feb 09, 2002 at # 14 Long Beach St.. 4 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0Feb 20, 2002 at #8 UC Irvine........ 4 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0.0 1 Feb 21, 2002 at #1 UCLA............. 4 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 0.0 0 Feb 23, 2002 at #1 UCLA............. 4 0 0 0 .000 5 0 0 2 16 0 0 0 0.0 0 Mar 01, 2002 PEPPERDINE............. 3 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0.0 0Mar 02, 2002 PEPPERDINE............. 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0Mar 08, 2002 CONCORDIA.............. 1 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 0Mar 09, 2002 #9 LEWIS............... 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 Mar 15, 2002 #9 BALL STATE.......... 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0.0 0Mar 16, 2002 #9 BALL STATE.......... 4 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 Mar 21, 2002 #9 CS NORTHRIDGE....... 2 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 Mar 22, 2002 #9 CS NORTHRIDGE....... 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 Mar 28, 2002 #5 UC SANTA BARBARA.... 3 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 Mar 29, 2002 #5 UC SANTA BARBARA.... 3 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 0Apr 09, 2002 at UC San Diego........ 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0.0 1 Apr 10, 2002 at UC San Diego........ 2 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0.0 0Apr 12, 2002 at No. 2 Hawai'i....... 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 Apr 13, 2002 at No. 2 Hawai'i....... 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0.0 0Apr 20, 2002 #4 STANFORD............ 5 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0.0 0 Apr 25, 2002 at Pepperdine.......... 4 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 2 9 0 0 0 0.0 0Totals.............................. 89 1 0 5 .200 20 0 0 34 111 0 0 0 0.0 3 Games played: 89Kills per game: 0.01Assists per game: 0.22Digs per game: 1.25Blocks per game: 0.00