Cynthia Barboza Outside Hi er * 6-0 Long Beach, Calif. College: Stanford Joined Team: July 2003 Last Club: LIU JO Modena MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: 2011 – Pan American Games (Bronze)...FIVB World Cup (Silver). 2010 – Montreux Volley Masters (Silver)…Pan American Cup (Bronze)…FIVB World Grand Prix (Gold)…Brazil Tour…FIVB World Championship (Fourth). 2009 – Pan American Cup (Fourth); FIVB World Championship Qualifica on Tournament – NORCECA Pool G (Gold)…FIVB World Grand Prix (Ninth)…Final Four Intercon nental Cup (Silver)…NORCECA Con nental Championship (Fourth). 2008 – Pan American Cup (Fi h Place)…U.S. Olympic Team Exhibi on for Volleyball Series versus Brazil…FIVB World Grand Prix (Fourth Place). 2007 – Pan American Cup (Fourth Place)…Pan American Game (Bronze Medal). 2003 – Pan American Games (Bronze Medal). 2002 – NORCECA Junior Girls Con nental Championships (Silver Medal)…NORCECA Youth Girls Con nental Championships (Gold Medal). INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: 2011 – Led U.S. Women to the bronze medal at the Pan American Games in her first compe on of the season a er suffering an injury in her club season…Averaged 4.25 points and 1.13 digs per set at the Pan American Games…Scored a team-high 23 points versus Dominican Republic in Pan American Games bronze-medal match on Oct. 20, one day a er recording 15 points against Cuba in the semifinal round…Played in 16 sets during FIVB World Cup, primarily as serving specialist…Started against Kenya with seven points and six digs. 2010 – Averaged 3.38 points and 1.81 digs per set in helping the U.S. to the Montreux Volley Masters silver medal…Contributed a team-high 20 points versus China in the Montreux gold-medal match, which included 17 kills on 33 a empts and just one error to go with two blocks and an ace…Averaged 2.31 points, 2.00 kills, 0.21 blocks and 2.00 digs per set at Pan American Cup…Tallied nine kills on 16 errorless a empts along with a block versus Trinidad & Tobago on June 20…Played in 36 sets during the FIVB World Grand Prix, helping the squad to the gold medal…Tallied 10 points versus Germany on Aug. 7 in a reserve role...Held role of serving specialist during FIVB World Championship, entering 17 sets and nine of the 11 matches. 2009 – Played in a team-high 94 sets during the 2009 season, ne ng a 2.49 scoring average with a .281 combined hi ng efficiency on 234 total points scored (second most on team)…Started three matches and played in 19 sets of the Pan American Cup…Averaged 1.05 points and 0.53 digs per set while mainly a serving specialist in the Pan American Cup…Named Most Valuable Player and Best Spiker of the FIVB World Championship Qualifica on Tournament – NORCECA Pool G a er leading the U.S. to the gold medal…Held a .510 a ack efficiency and converted 57.7 percent of a acks into kills during the qualifying event…Averaged 4.88 points, 4.25 kills, 0.38 blocks, 0.25 aces and 1.63 digs per set in the qualifica on tournament…Produced 18 points versus Costa Rica on July 8 in qualifica on tournament final match helping U.S. to earn 2010 FIVB World Championship berth…Played in 22 of 36 sets during the FIVB World Grand Prix with four match starts…Averaged 1.68 points and 0.86 digs per set at the World Grand Prix…Ranked second among all scorers during Final Four Intercon nental Cup in Peru a er averaging 3.30 points and 2.35 digs per set…Averaged 2.80 kills during the Final Four Cup in which USA lost to Brazil in gold-medal match…Scored in double-figures in all five matches of Final Four Cup, including 16 in a four-set win over Peru on Sept. 10 and 15 versus Dominican Republic in a three-set loss… Reached double-figure scoring in five of the six matches of the NORCECA Con nental Championship as she started all six contests…Averaged 2.88 points and 1.36 digs during the NORCECA event while hi ng .361. 2008 – Averaged 3.14 points per set with set averages of 2.72 kills and 0.34 blocks at the Pan American Cup…A acked at a .304 efficiency…Started final two matches of Pan American Cup at opposite, including a 17-point match versus Venezuela in the fi h-place contest…Averaged 2.07 points and 0.36 blocks per set in three matches against Brazil during 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Exhibi on for Volleyball series in Colorado Springs…Tallied 11 kills and two blocks versus Brazil on June 11 while star ng all five sets…Came off bench to spark USA to five-set win over Brazil on June 13
with eight points…Played in 23 sets during the FIVB World Grand Prix with two set starts…Totaled 18 points (14 kills, four blocks) at the World Grand Prix. 2007 – Contributed 2.59 points per set during the Pan American Cup, highlighted by four double-figure point contests…Added 2.50 digs per set during the Pan American Games…Recorded 15 points against Argen na with 13 kills and two aces on June 21…Hit .421 with nine kills, three aces and a block for 13 points against Mexico on June 25…Averaged 3.06 points during the Pan American Games, including 2.69 kills and 0.25 blocks per set…Turned in three double-figure point matches at Pan American Games, topped by a 12-point performance against Puerto Rico on July 15. 2004 – Was one of six alternates for the 2004 USA Women’s Olympic Volleyball Team. 2003 – Earned a bronze medal as the youngest member of the USA women’s na onal training team at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic…Scored 11 points on nine kills and two blocks in the bronze-medal match as the USA defeated Brazil 3-1 to finish the tournament with a record of 4-2…Ranked fi h on the team in scoring with 43 total points (35 kills, six blocks, two aces), a number that ranked her 29th among all players in the tournament. OTHER USA HIGHLIGHTS: 2002 – Earned a gold medal as a member of the USA Girl’s Youth Na onal Team at the 2002 NORCECA Youth Girls Con nental Championships in Salt Lake City, Utah…The team earned an automa c berth to the 2003 FIVB Girl’s Under-18 World Championships… Named Best Serve-Receiver at the NORCECA tournament…Also earned a silver medal as a member of the USA Women’s Junior Na onal Team at the 2002 NORCECA Junior Women’s Con nental Championships in Puerto Rico. COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS: Three- me American Volleyball Coaches Associaon (AVCA) All-American…Finished career at Stanford ranked ninth in career kills (1,639), sixth in digs (1,241) and ninth in service aces (115). 2008 – Selected a 2008 AVCA All-America First-Team pick a er assis ng Stanford to the NCAA Division I Championship tle match…Earned ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-American…Appeared in all 118 sets for Stanford while finishing second on the team with 412 kills (3.49 per set)…Finished among Pac-10 leaders in kills (7th) and points (8th)… Led team in aces (24) and finished second in digs with 358 (3.03 per set)… Named to NCAA Championship AllTournament Team. 2007 – Selected AVCA All-America First Team a er leading Stanford to a NCAA Division I runner-up finish…Ended the year with a career-best 20 doubledoubles and was one of the team’s top hi ers with 3.99 kills per game… Named the program’s first ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American since 2004…Joined Stanford’s elite 1,000-kill club as just a junior. 2006 - Finished second with partner Bryn Kehoe at the Powerade Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship in April 2007…Concluded sophomore Courtesy NORCECA season at Stanford in 2006-2007… Selected AVCA All-America FirstTeam selec on in 2006 a er leading the Cardinal with 463 total kills and 4.21 kills per game. 2005 - Missed the final 11 matches of her 2005 freshman season a er suffering a season-ending anterior cruciate ligament injury… Had started all 21 matches prior to injury and led the Pac-10 in kills (297) and kills per game (4.50) up un l the injury. HIGH SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS: Capped her amazing high school career by being named the Gatorade Na onal High School Volleyball Player of the Year for the second-straight year…In winning the award for a second consecu ve season, Barboza joins Marion Jones (1991-93), LeBron James (2002-03) and Candace Parker (2003-04) as one of only four high school athletes in any sport to win Gatorade Na onal Player of the Year honors in back-to-back seasons. She is the first volleyball player to achieve the feat. PERSONAL: Born Cynthia Jane Barboza on Feb. 7, 1987, in Bellflower, Calif. …Parents are Robert and Jane Barboza…Also has a brother, David (18)… At age 18 Cynthia was the youngest member of the USA women’s na onal volleyball training team in 2004 while pursuing a spot on the Olympic roster…While English is her first spoken language, Spanish was her first written language.
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