Thais Oliveira

Photo by: Rob Goldberg

Height:
6-2
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Manaus Amazonas, Brazil
Prev School:
Central Florida College
Major:
Nutrition and Dietetics

2016-17: Appeared in 25 games averaging 10.3 minutes per game … scored a season-high eight points in her first appearance of the season against Marist (11/20) … matched her season-high with eight points and three rebounds against Charlotte (12/1) when she shot a season-best 4-for-6 from the free-throw line and grabbed nine rebounds … missed the first four games of the season recovering from injury … played a season-high 23 minutes at UCF (2/18) … Blocked a season-high two shots against UConn (1/24) and again against Temple (2/11) ... carried a perfect GPA throughout the academic year and was named the team’s Janay Davis Award recipient.

Central Florida College (2014-16): Ranked as the No. 10 junior college prospect …Recipient of the 2016 Sandy Miller Scholar-Athlete Award…Received the team’s MVP award while leading the Patriots to the 2015 Mid-Florida Conference title and its first state tournament appearance in four years during her freshman campaign … Earned First Team All-State and First Team All-FCSAA Tournament … Earned NJCAA Division I National Player-of-the-Week (12/10/14) … Named NJCAA Region 8/FCSAA Women's Basketball Player-of-the-Week two times … Started all 32 games and scored a team-high 575 points while averaging a double-double with18 points and 10.2 rebounds per game … Also compiled three blocks, 1.8 assists and 1.9 steals per game … Shot 236-415 (.569) from the field and 103-144 (.715) at the free throw line … Scored in double figures 31 times and poured in 20 or more points on 13 different occasions …Grabbed double-digit rebounds 18 times and blocked five or more shots in seven contests … Had a monster game against Indian River State College (11/5/14) with 22 points, 16 rebounds and six blocked shots … Fell just shy of a triple-double with 28 points, 12 rebounds and eight blocks against St. Petersburg College (11/15/14) … Scored a season-high 29 points on 14-for-20 shooting from the field to go with 12 rebounds, six blocks and four assists in a 67-57 win over Hillsborough Community College (1/7/14) … Posted 25 points, 14 boards and rejected six shot attempts in the 61-50 victory over Santa Fe College (1/10/14) … Grabbed a season-high 19 rebounds in a 50-42 win over Santa Fe (1/28/14).

Prep/Personal: Attended Colegio Brasileiro de Educacao in Brazil…Named First Team All-Country (U-17) for Brazil…Daughter of Marilda sue Gaia and Silvio Alves de Oliveira … Has two siblings, Amanda and Lucas…Majoring in nutrition.