8  Maina Heming Class: Senior Hometown: Sao Leopoldo, Brazil Last College: Independence Community College Height: 6-0 Position: OH

As a Junior (2005): Started 26 matches and appeared in 99 games... averaged 3.20 kills per game... totaled 237 digs, good for third on the team... second on the Golden Knights with nine double-doubles... posted 14 kills at Jacksonville (Aug. 31)... recorded her first career double-double versus North Dakota State at the Diet Coke Classic with 12 kills and 12 digs (Sept. 3)... had 12 kills and 16 digs at Bethune-Cookman (Sept. 9)... versus Southern Miss, tallied 15 kills and 16 digs for a double-double (Sept. 27)... had 17 kills and 11 digs against UAB (Sept. 30)... totaled 15 kills at home against Memphis (Oct. 2)... at SMU, had 15 kills and 12 digs (Oct. 4)... versus Rice, had 14 kills (Oct. 14)...at Tulane, recorded a season-high 22 kills (Oct. 23)... 17 kills and 12 digs at Southern Miss (Nov. 11)... tallied 14 kills and 11 digs at home against Florida Atlantic (Nov. 13)... recorded double-doubles in both of UCF's Conference USA Championship matches... in the opening round versus Memphis, had 12 kills and 18 digs (Nov. 17)... tallied 19 kills and 16 digs against top-seeded Marshall in the quarterfinals (Nov. 18).

Prior to UCF: Spent two years at Independence Community College in Kansas... played for coach Erin Brown... as a sophomore, earned NJCAA Division II All-America First Team honors after leading the Pirates to a 40-9 record... also named to the NJCAA All-Tournament Team... two-time Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Player of the Year... two-time all-league and all-region first-team pick... in 2004, earned national player of the week recognition... named the KJCCC Freshman of the Year in 2003... before moving to the United States, attended Benedito Ferreira Da Costa in Brazil... played with the Jundiai Club team.

Personal: Born in Sao Leopoldo, Brazil... daughter of Loive Lea Schunk and Elio Heming... majoring in liberal studies.