Camila Gomez

Southeastern Louisiana

Sep 18 (Thu)

6:00 PM

Photo by: Craig Bisacre/Texas A&M Athletics

Photo by: Craig Bisacre/Texas A&M Athletics

Position:
Libero/Defensive Specialist
Height:
5-2
Class:
Senior
High School:
Ciudad De Cali
Hometown:
Cali, Colombia

HONORS

2019

Texas A&M Invitational All-Tournament Team
Texas A&M Invitational MVP
AVCA South All-Region Team
Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll

2018

First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

CAREER HIGHS (at Texas A&M)

Category	Career High
Kills	1 (three times)
Attempts	1 (seven times)
Hit% (min. 10 k)	n/a
Assists	9 at LSU (11/10/19); vs. Ole Miss (11/24/19)
Aces	3 at No. 22 Mizzou (10/6/19)
Digs	32 at No. 15 Florida (11/30/19)
Solo Blocks	0
Assisted Blocks	0
Total Blocks	0
Points	3.0 at No. 22 Mizzou (10/6/19)

TEXAS A&M RECORDS
2019 SEASON RECORDS
-5^th in Digs (470)
-11^th in Digs per set (3.92)

25-POINT RALLY SCORING ERA SEASON RECORDS (2008-PRESENT)
-2^nd in Digs (470)
-4^th in Digs per set (3.92)
-24^th in Service Aces (19)

25-POINT RALLY SCORING ERA CAREER RECORDS (2008-PRESENT)
-2^nd in Digs per set (3.92)

AT TEXAS A&M
2019 (SENIOR)
Played and started in all 31 matches as the Aggies' libero...Led the team in digs (470) and digs per set (1.80)...Finished fourth on the team in service aces (19)...Led the Aggies in digs 22 times...Finished with double-digit digs 21 times and had five 20-plus dig performances...Finished fourth in the SEC in total digs...Named the Texas A&M Invitational Tournament MVP after finishing the weekend with double digit kills in every match (Sept. 12-13)… Recorded 31 digs with a dominating performance against Tennessee (Sept. 29)…Registered a career-high three services aces at No. 22 Mizzou (Oct. 6)...Recorded 18 digs, tying her season-high in a three match set while also adding seven assists against South Carolina (Oct. 11)…Delivered a stellar performance against No. 14 Florida (Oct. 13) while tallying an ace and leading the team in digs (15)...Logged 15 digs and three assists at Mississippi State (Oct. 18)…Led the team with 19 digs at Ole Miss (Oct. 20)...Led the Aggies in digs with 11 vs. Georgia (Oct. 27)...Finished with 13 digs and four assists at No. 15 Kentucky (Nov. 1)...Had seven digs and five assists vs. No. 24 Mizzou (Nov. 3) and vs. Arkansas (Nov. 8)...Logged 12 digs and a career-high nine assists at LSU (Nov. 10)...Finished with eight kills and four assists vs. Auburn (Nov. 13)...Dished out eight assist, while collecting seven digs vs. Mississippi State (Nov. 22)...Was just shy of a double-double after finishing with nine assists and 19 digs vs. Ole Miss (Nov. 24)...Registered seven assists and 14 digs at South Carolina (Nov. 27)...Recorded a career-high 32 digs at No. 15 Florida (Nov. 30)...Logged five digs and three assists vs. St. John's (Dec. 5)...Tallied 27 digs and five assists vs. Rice (Dec. 6).

2018 (JUNIOR)
Sat out the 2018 season after transferring from Miami Dade College.

AT MIAMI DADE COLLEGE (2016-17)
Played two seasons at Miami Dade College, leading the Lady Sharks to back-to-back National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) national championships in 2016 and 2017…Earned NJCAA Volleyball National All-Tournament team honors as a sophomore…Miami Dade also won the state championship in each of Gomez’s two years with the Lady Sharks.

PREVIOUS ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE
Competed for a Colombia National Team each of the last eight years…Most recently competed in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, helping Colombia to its first ever Pan Ams final, earning silver...Gomez was named the best libero at the Pan Am Games and the best defender at the Pan American Cup...Helped lead Colombia to a gold medal at the 2018 South American Games after having won a silver medal at the 2017 competition in which she was named best libero…Also won a silver medal with the team in the 2015 tournament…First collected best libero laurels at the 2010 Junior South American Championship…Also received the honor at both the 2014 and 2016 U22 South American Championship and was awarded Best Receiver at the 2013 Junior Pan-American Cup…At the 2013 Copa Latina, nearly swept the tournament honors as she was awarded Most Valuable Player, Best Libero, Best Digger and Best Receiver…At the 2014 U23 Pan-American Cup, she captured all three defensive awards as she was named Best Libero, Best Digger and Best Receiver after leading Colombia to a silver medal.

PERSONAL
Began playing volleyball when she was 5 years old…Most memorable moments in athletics are the times she was competing at the 2013 World Championship in Czech Republic and the 2015 World Championship in Turkey…Chose to attend to Texas A&M because “I would like to get in a school that takes care of their people, and after having been here for a few days I knew I made the best decision.”…Hobby is listening to music…Is majoring in economics…Career ambition is to run her own business.

GOMEZ UP CLOSE

Favorites:
Favorite class subject: English
Favorite volleyball player of all time: Sheila Castro
Favorite athlete (any sport): Usain Bolt
Favorite social media site: Instagram
Favorite type of music: Salsa
Favorite food: Sushi
Favorite movie: Lilo & Stitch
Favorite animal: Dog
Favorite part about the sport of volleyball: Making friends
Favorite sport to play other than volleyball: Gymnastics
Favorite thing about A&M: Traditions
Favorite place to vacation: Asia

Miscellaneous:
My nickname is: Cami
One word to describe me when I’m on the court: Leader
One word to describe me away from the court: Supportive
The person who has had the greatest impact on my athletic career: Mauro Marasciulo
The Aggie volleyball player I most idolized while growing up: Stacy Sykora
Languages (other than English) that I speak fluently are: Spanish
When I was little, I dreamed of being a: Gymnast
Early bird or night owl: Night owl
Few people know that I: I have four names
If I had a million dollars, I would: Invest it
Something on my bucket list is: Travel to China or any Asian country for vacation
After I graduate, I plan to: Run my own business
My dream job is: Running my own business while I’m playing volleyball
I am most thankful for: My family and the opportunities I have gotten so far