Cynthia Barboza
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Cynthia Jane Barboza (born February 7, 1987) is an American volleyball player. She currently plays at Stanford University, is on the USA Women's Volleyball National Training Team and has also participated for the USA National Team.
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[edit] High School
Barboza was born in Bellflower, California, and was raised in Long Beach, California where she graduated from Wilson Classical High School and was considered the top high school recruit for the class of 2005. She was the Gatorade National Player of the Year in volleyball 2 years in a row in 2003-04 and 04-05 and was also the overall girl's Gatorade Athlete of the Year in 2005. In 2002, she was on the USA Girl's Youth National Team that won a gold medal at the NORCECA championships in Salt Lake City, Utah, and she was named "best serve-receiver" for the tournament.
In her freshman season in 2001, she already turned heads by being named the National Freshman of the Year by Student Sports Magazine. She was named the 2002 National Sophomore of the Year by the same publication. In 2004, she hit .537 for the season, compiling 14 matches with an attack efficiency greater than .650 and four matches in which she hit better than .800. Her best effort of the season (.840) came against State Champion Mira Costa High School. In 2004, she averaged 18.3 kills, 1.57 blocks and 2.0 aces per match for the Bruins, who were 25-7 and reached the CIF Southern Section Division I-AA semifinal. She finished her high school career with 2,145 career kills, 349 blocks and 152 aces. She was named 2004 High School Player of the Year by Volleyball Magazine.
[edit] Career at Stanford
[edit] 2005 Freshman Season
Started all 21 matches prior to injury and led the Pac-10 in kills (297) and kills per game (4.50) up until she tore her ACL near the end of the season and sat out the last 11 matches. The Cardinal reached the second round of the NCAA tournament, falling to Santa Clara, who went on to eventually reach their first final four in school history.
[edit] 2006 Sophomore Season
Barboza recovered from her injury and was named an AVCA and Volleyball Magazine first team All-American. She led the team with 463 kills and 4.21 kills per game. She also led the team with 48 services aces (0.44 per game), was third on the team with 329 digs, and fourth with 76 total blocks. She collected double-digit kills in 29 of Stanford's 34 matches.
She helped her team reach the 2006 NCAA title match against Nebraska, but the Cardinal fell, 3-1, with the scores 30-27, 26-30, 28-30, 27-30. Barboza was named to the final four All-Tournament team for her efforts, as she collected 12 kills and 7 digs.
[edit] 2007 Junior Season
Barboza was once again named an AVCA and Volleyball Magazine first team All-American. She accumulated 467 kills (3.99 kpg) for the season and led the team with 32 service aces. She was second on the team with 3.25 digs per game, hit .281% on the year and tallied 44 blocks. She led the team with a career-best 20 double-doubles on the year. She recorded double-figure kills in 29 matches, and double-figure digs in 20 of those. She was named the AVCA National Player of the Week on October 8, 2007.
She once again helped her team the the 2007 NCAA title match against Penn State, but the Cardinal fell, 3-2 with the scores of 25-30, 26-30, 30-23, 30-19, 8-15. Barboza had 16 kills and 12 digs in the match, for her 20th double-double of the season. Their appearance with Penn State tied an NCAA record for meetings between two teams in the NCAA national championship with three. Penn State leads the series, 2-1.
[edit] Stanford Record Books
Barboza ranks in the top 10 in 7 categories for Stanford's history.
CAREER
7. Total Attacks - 3,112
SINGLE SEASON
5. Service Aces (2006) - 48
5. Service Aces Per Game (2006) - 0.44
7. Attacks Per Game (2006) - 11.10
8. Total Attacks (2006) - 1,221
9. Total Attacks (2007) - 1,196
9. Attacks Per Game (2005) - 10.53
[edit] International career
In 2003, she was the youngest member on the USA women's national training team that earned a bronze medal at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. In 2004, just a high school senior, she was one of 6 alternatives on the USA National Team for the 2004 Olympics.
In 2007, she contributed 2.59 points per set during the Pan American Cup, highlighted by four double-figure point contests. She added 2.50 digs per set during the Pan American Games, and recorded 15 points against Argentina with 13 kills and two aces on June 21. She provided four aces as part of 10-point match against Costa Rica on June 22, and averaged 3.06 points during the Pan American Games, including 2.69 kills and 0.25 blocks per set. She turned in three double-figure point matches at Pan American Games, topped by a 12-point performance against Puerto Rico on July 15.
As of February 2008, she is training with the U.S. National Team with other Olympic hopefuls to try to get a spot on the 12 player indoor team for the 2008 Olympics. In June 2008, she helped team USA to a fifth place finish at the Pan American Cup, attacking at a .302 clip and notching 17 points against Venezuela.
[edit] Collegiate Awards & Honors
- Two time AVCA first team All-American (2006, 2007)
- Two time Volleyball Magazine first team All-American (2006, 2007)
- Two time AVCA All-Pacific region team (2006, 2007)
- Two time All-Pac 10 team (2006, 2007)
- 2007 Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention
- 2007 ESPN The Magazine Second Team Academic All-American
- 2007 Pac-10 Player of the Week (Oct. 8)
- 2007 AVCA National Player of the Week (Oct. 8)
- 2006 Final Four All-Tournament Team
- 2006 Pac-10 Player of the Week (Sept. 10)
- 2006 Waikiki Beach Marriott Challenge MVP
[edit] High School Awards & Honors
- 2005 Gatorade Female Athlete of the Year
- 2004-05 Gatorade National Player of the Year for volleyball
- 2005 Gatorade California Player of the Year for volleyball
- 2005 Prepvolleyball.com class of 2005 top "Senior Ace" (high school recruit)
- 2004 Volleyball Magazine High School Player of the Year
- Four time first team All-CIF (2001-04)
- Three time prepvolleyball.com High School All-American (2002-04)
- 2003-04 Gatorade National Player of the Year for volleyball
- 2004 Gatorade California Player of the Year for volleyball
- 2004 Los Angeles Times Girl's volleyball All-Star team
- 2002 Los Angeles Times Player of the Year
- 2002 CIF I-AA MVP
- 2002 Student Sports Magazine National Sophomore of the Year
- 2001 Student Sports Magazine National Freshman of the Year
