CAREER HONORS
Heartland Conference Defensive Player of the Week (11/6/2018)
Heartland Conference Tournament MVP (2017)

2018 (SENIOR)
Earned Heartland Conference Defensive Player of the Week ... Recorded her 1000th career dig in her two-year career for the Rattlers ... Finished the regular season ranked fourth in the Heartland Conference in digs per set (4.75) ... Appeared in 27 matches and played in 91 sets ... Logged 17 points and three kills ... Led the team with 433 digs, averaging 4.76 digs per set ... Added 14 service aces. 

2017 (JUNIOR)
Earned Heartland Conference Championship Tournament MVP honors en route to leading the Rattlers to their first Heartland title since 2010 ... Appeared in 31 matches and played in 116 sets ... Logged 50 points and four kills ... Led the team with 612 digs, averaging 5.28 digs per set ... Added 46 service aces.

PREVIOUS SCHOOL
Division I transfer from Southeastern Louisiana University ... Led the team to the Southland Conference tournament ... Second on the team in digs (340) ... Third on the team with 63 assists and was named to the Southland Conference Commissioners Honor Roll.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Played one year of junior varsity and two years of varsity at Churchill H.S. ... Earned Second-Team All-District honors and Academic All-District honors.
 
CLUB
Played three years for Maverick Volleyball and Magic Volleyball for two years ... Qualified for the Junior Olympics three times and also placed ninth at the AAU Volleyball Championships twice.
 
PERSONAL
Parents  are Ricardo and Anna ... Has two sisters and one brother, Anna, Bianca, and Ricky ... Majoring in mathematics.

GETTING TO KNOW MONICA

• Favorite sports team is the Houston Texans 
• Favorite movie is "How to Train Your Dragon"
• Favorite athlete is J.J. Watt 
• Favorite quote is, "Success isn't owned - it's leased. And rent is due every day. Every single day, someone's coming for your job. Someone's coming for your greatness. If you're the greatest, someone wants to be the greatest, and so if you're not constantly improving your game, somebody else is." - J.J. Watt
• Chose St. Mary’s “the Community is like family"
• Favorite food is pasta