2008: Finished fourth on the team in both kills with 76, averaging 1.85 kills per set, and fifth in attack attempts with 252, averaging 6.17 attack attempts per set during the season … Registerd a season-high nine kills, 28 attack attempts and nine points at Southern Indiana (9/12) … Twice registered a career-high in attack percentage with .600 (3k-0e-5a) on the season.
2007: Played in 34 matches and 113 games as an outside hitter…Recorded 424 kills, 469.5 points, 1,227 attack attempts and an attack percentage of .185 (424k-191e-1,257a), finishing first on the team in all four categories…Registered season and career-highs at Kentucky Wesleyan on 9/29/07 in kills (26), service aces (3) and attack percentage (.392, 26k-6e-51a)…Finished with 1,257 attack attempts and 3.75 kills per game average, which placed tenth and fifth in the Great Lakes Valley Conference respectively…Notched double-digit kill totals in 25 matches, as well as nine double-double totals in kills and digs on the season…Earned the Top Offensive Player Award….Awarded the Missouri-Rolla/Missouri S&T Scholar Athlete Award by the UMR/S&T M-Club.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Was a first-team all-conference selection following the 2006 season at Dunlap High School…also earned second-team all-conference honors after her junior year when she finished third in the conference in kills and honorable mention all-area honors from Peoria Star-Journal…played on the Eastside Volleyball Club for eight years…was a two-time selection to the all-tournament team at her school and also earned two most valuable player awards at the Dee-Mack Tournament…has also competed at the AAU Junior Nationals.
PERSONAL: Born Nov. 9, 1988 in Sao Paulo, Brazil…daughter of Luiz and Enia Pelae…majoring in mechanical engineering…older sister, Raisa, played collegiate volleyball at Illinois Tech…chose S&T because it was close to home, the engineering program and the chance to play volleyball.
PELAE'S CAREER HIGHS
KILLS 26 at Kentucky Wesleyan (9.29.07)
ATTACKS 65 vs. Belhaven (8.25.07)
ATTACK% (min. 5 att.) .600 (3k-0e-5a) (twice) last at Missouri-St. Louis (11.4.08)
ASSISTS 4 at Lewis (10.13.07)
ACES 3 at Kentucky Wesleyan (9.29.07)
DIGS 18 at Quincy (9.22.07)
BLOCKS 4.0 at Wisconsin-Parkside (10.12.07)
POINTS 26.0 vs. Belhaven (8.25.07)
