JUNIOR COLLEGE: Named the Region 18 Player of the Year after an outstanding season, which included helping North Idaho College to a fourth-place finish at nationals...earned first-team National Junior College Athletic Association All-American honors last year and was a first-team all-Region 18 selection both years…played in 142 games last year and totaled 450 kills, 74 service aces, 82 blocks, and 455 digs…she was third in assists and aces per game in the Scenic West Athletic Conference, fifth in hitting percentage, and sixth in kills…played in 83 games as a freshman and had 278 kills, 20 assists, 36 service aces, 39 blocks, and 298 digs.  

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Sagrada Famlia High School in Brazil where she played volleyball. She graduated in 1998. 

PERSONAL: Born Sept. 1, 1980 in Irati, Brazil…her mother is Vera Lucia Alessi, and her stepfather is Jose Bento Mores…has one brother, Luiz Fernando…Cintia coached a club team in Mt. Vernon, Wash., before playing at NIC…she played on three club teams in Curitiba…she is majoring in Kinesiology.