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2024 Women's Water Polo Roster

Leroy Yau
Trevor Camello

14 Bia Mantellato Dias

14 Bia Mantellato Dias

  • Position:
    Center
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    São Paulo, Brazil
  • High School:
    Newport Harbor HS

Summary

Biography

2024 (Sophomore):
  • Named to the ACWPC All-America first team.
  • UH's 13th first-team All-American and first since 2021. 
  • Hawai‘i’s first finalist for the Cutino Award, the most prestigious honor in collegiate water polo.
  • Named Big West Player of the Year for the second straight year.
  • Second Rainbow Wahine to earn back-to-back Big West Player of the Year awards, first since Irene Gonzalez (2018, ’19).
  • All-Big West first-team selection for the second straight year.
  • Women's National Collegiate Water Polo Championship All-Tournament First-Team selection.
  • Named Big West Player of the Week (Jan. 24) for the fourth time in her career after scoring six goals in two games in the season-opening Fresno State Polo-Palooza.
  • Led UH with 64 goals and scored in 25 of 27 games.
  • Recorded hat tricks in 10 games, including three games with four goals and three five-goal performances.
  • Scored a season-high five goals against San Diego State (Feb. 2), UC Davis (Feb. 3) and UC San Diego (March 29).
  • Tied for the team lead with 114 shots and scored on a team-high 56.1% of her attempts.
  • Drew a team-high 60 exclusions.
  • Named to the College Sports Communicators Academic At-Large All-District team.
2023 (Freshman):
  • Named to the ACWPC All-America second team.
  • Selected as the Big West Player of the Year.
  • Also named Big West Freshman of the Year and to the All-Big West first team.
  • Named Big West Player of the Week three times during the season.
  • Led the team and among the nation’s leaders with 82 goals scored.
  • Also led the team in shots (151), shooting percentage (.543) and exclusions drawn (37).
  • Tallied 15 hat tricks in 27 matches played.
  • Recorded five or more goals in a half dozen contests.
  • Scored at least one goal in 25 of 27 matches played.
  • Scored a season-high seven goals in a win at UC San Diego.
  • The seven goals marked the highest single-match output in 10 years and was tied for the third most ever in a match.
  • Netted five goals and accounted for six points in just her second-ever collegiate match versus Loyola Marymount.
  • Had a four-match stretch in which converted a goal on each of her 11 attempts, including a six-goal performance against Fresno State.
  • Named to the Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll.

Prep:
  • A 2022 graduate of Newport Harbor High School in Newport Beach, California.
  • Named to All-CIF First Team.
  • Competed for Club Painerias and Esporte Clube Pinheiros for 11 years
Personal:
  • Hometown is São Paulo, Brazil.
  • Majoring in Exploratory Business.
  • Has two siblings.
  • Older sister Gabriela Mantellato Dias previously competed for UH Water Polo.
  • Parents are Ana Cristina Dias and Nislon Junior of São Paulo, Brazil.

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2023Freshman

    Center
    5'9"
    14
  • 14

    2024Sophomore

    Center
    5'9"
    14