University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics

2018 Women's Volleyball Roster

Roster

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Julia Borges
Jersey Number 12

Julia Borges

  • Position:
    Right Side
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Prev School:
    Broward College
Honors and Awards:
2019 First-Team All-Big South
2019 Georgia Tech Invitational All-Tournament Team
2019 UNC Asheville Invitational All-Tournament Team
2018 Second-Team All-Big South

2019 (Senior): Earned First-Team All-Big South honors, finishing fifth in the conference averaging 2.99 kills per set … Led the team in kills (265), points (323.5), total blocks (66) and solo blocks (19) … Also finished third with 247 digs … Recorded 12 kills on a career-best .500 hitting percentage in a sweep of Charleston Southern (11/1) … Followed that up with career-bests in kills (23) and digs (19) in a five-set comeback victory against Presbyterian (11/2) to earn Big South Player of the Week recognition … Notched 20 kills on a .500 hitting percentage in the very next match against Gardner-Webb … Ended the year with five double-doubles, 13 matches with double-figure kills and 11 matches with double-digit digs … After combining for 31 digs and 14 total blocks (4 solo) against South Carolina State (9/10), Georgia Southern (9/13) and Southern Miss (9/14), earned nod as Big South Defensive Player of the Week, becoming the only player in 2019 to be named the league’s Player and Defensive Player of the Week … Blocked six total shots on three different occasions: against Eastern Kentucky (9/6), at Georgia Southern (9/13) and against Campbell (11/15).

2018 (Junior): Borges was named second-team All-Big South ... She was named first-team All-State by the North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association (NCCSIA) ...  Borges closed out her first season in a Bulldog uniform averaging 2.34 kills per set ... Borges collected four double-doubles during the 2018 season ... Borges finished the season with 11 double-digit kill performances ... She had a season-best 17 kills and 16 digs in UNC Asheville's thrilling Big South Tournament quarterfinal win over USC Upstate (11/16) at the Justice Center ... Borges was one of six Bulldogs to play in all 28 matches and all 100 sets ... Borges also averaged 1.29 digs per set ... She had a total of 234 kills and 129 digs.

Prior to UNC Asheville: Borges originally started her career at North Idaho College before transferring to Broward College in 2016 ... She missed all of the 2016 season due to a medical redshirt ... In 2017 with the Seahawks, Borges was named All-Southern Conference in the NJCAA ... In the NJCAA Region 8 statistics, Borges was 16th in digs per set (3.80), 17th in hitting percentage, 30th in kills per set (2.38) and 33rd in points per set (2.8).
Highlights || Volleyball || UNC Asheville vs Gardner-Webb
Monday, November 06
Highlights || Volleyball || UNC Asheville vs Winthrop
Monday, November 06
Highlights || Volleyball || UNC Asheville at Presbyterian
Monday, October 30
Highlights || Volleyball || UNC Asheville at Charleston Southern
Monday, October 30