Personal
Born in San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela ... parents are Joel Silva Orozco and Maria Elena Pantoja ... has one brother and three sisters ... brother, Freddys played professional indoor soccer in Venezuela ... enjoys reading and the Star Wars movies ... majoring in electrical engineering ... started playing volleyball after watching Gustavo Valderrama of the Venezuelan national team play in the 1998 American Cup.
Before BYU
Played at El Pinar secondary school for Miguel Cambero ... also played for he Lara club team and the Venezuela men's national team ... was a member of the Venezuelan National Champions with the Lara club team ... also played basketball and baseball.
Stats
Career Match Highs
Kills: 1 (three times)
Attempts: 1 (four times times)
Digs: 21 at Hawaii, 4/3/08
Block Assists: N/A
Block Solos: N/A
Total Blocks: N/A
Service Aces: N/A
Assists: 4 vs. Hawaii, 1/22/09
| Year | MP | GP | K | K/G | E | TA | PCT | A | SA | SE | RE | D | BS | BA | TB | B/G | BE | BHE |
| 2007 | 28 | 95 | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 2 | .000 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 208 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 28 | 105 | 1 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 249 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 116 | 1 | .01 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 249 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 92 | 2 | .02 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 223 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |