Amanda Aguilera Class: Sophomore Hometown: Pearland, Texas High School: Pearland Height: 5-10 Position: OH Experience: 1L

2009 (Sophomore)
Played in 95 sets with 22 starts, including 15 at outside hitter, six at libero and one at right-side hitter... named preseason All-Southland Conference first team... ranked fourth on the team in kills (146), kills per set (1.54), attempts (434), service aces (12) and digs (227)... .423 hitting percentage (14-3-26) against Sam Houston State was third best on the team... posted five of the Mavericks' top-10 single-match hitting percentages... notched season-high 16 kills in five sets against Nicholls, which tied for the third most kills in a match by a Maverick and equaled the most by a UTA player in a five-set match... second on the team during SLC play with 133 kills and 2.46 kills per set... had four double-doubles, all coming in SLC play... led team in kills six times, team leader in digs four times and led team in service aces five times... recorded double-double with 11 kills and 12 digs with a season-high three service aces against Sam Houston State (10/3)... had season-high five blocks in four sets against Central Arkansas (10/17)... collected double-figure kills seven times, all coming in SLC play... had at least 10 digs in 11 matches... member of the Capital One/Southland Conference 2009 Commissioner's Fall Academic Honor Roll... named to the UT Arlington Fall 2009 Athletic Director's Academic Honor Roll.

2008 (Freshman)
Played in 110 sets on the season with 26 starts, including 21 as an outside hitter and five as a right-side hitter... first team All-Southland Conference... one of only three freshmen in the conference to be named to the first team... becomes the sixth UT Arlington freshman to earn first team all-conference honors and the first since 1990 (Colleen Farrell, Valerie Whitfield)... ranked in three all-time UT Arlington freshman top-10 record books, including attacks (939, 5th), kills (314, 8th) and digs (303, 10th)... led team in kills (314), kills per set (2.85), attacks (939) and service aces (32)... ranked second in digs (303), digs per set (2.75) and was third in total blocks (48)... ninth in the SLC in kills per set (2.85) and had second highest total among conference freshmen... was ninth in the conference with 10 double-doubles... season-high 24 kills against Lamar (11/8) tied for the most in a single-match among SLC players... season-high 74 attacks against Lamar (11/8) was the most in the SLC for a single-match... recorded the most attempts in the SLC for a three-set match (48 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 9/27), four-set match (61 vs. McNeese State, 10/31) and five-set match (74 at Lamar)... led SLC in kills per set (3.68) during SLC play... led SLC in double-doubles during SLC competition (10)... tallied five aces against Sam Houston State (10/4) for second most in a single-match among SLC players... posted 14 matches with double figure kills, including 12 during SLC play... notched 13 double-figure digs totals with 11 coming during SLC competition... recorded five double-doubles during a six match period (9/27-10/17)... led team in kills during 17 matches - which was a team-high... led team in kills during final 13 matches... team-leader in digs in seven matches... tallied seven of the top 10 single-match kills totals for the Mavericks... recorded top four kill totals during five-set matches for UT Arlington... recorded two of the top five digs totals for the team... season-high 23 digs against McNeese State (10/31)... averaged 14.5 kills and 13 digs per match during SLC play.

High School
A four-year starter and letterwinner at Pearland High School for coach John Turner... team captain as a senior... Most Valuable Player of Spring Branch Tournament... named one of the Top 5 Players in District 24-5A... selected Katy ISD All-Tournament Team... broke school record with 32 kills in a single-match during junior season... named Houston Chronicle Player of the Week in 2006... picked first team all-district... named team Most Valuable Player by teammates following junior season... one of the Top 25 "Players to Watch" in the Houston area... tabbed honorable mention all-district as a sophomore and Second Team All-District as a freshman... competed in the Junior Olympics in 2004 and 2008.

Personal
Daughter of Johnny and Beatrice Aguilera... born May 24, 1990... a speech major at UT Arlington.