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Camila Gómez
5′2″3 Year ProCali, Colombia
Camila Gómez
Player Stats
2024 View Stats

 

Professional Experience

  • Played in 21 matches (12 starts) and 71 sets for the Grand Rapids Rise in the inaugural 2024 Pro Volleyball Federation season, recording 187 digs and 38 assists… Picked up double-digit digs in 11 out of the 12 matches she started… Notched a season-high 20 digs on three separate occasions against Atlanta (4/16), Vegas (4/20), and Omaha (4/26)… Dished out a season-high six assists in a 3-0 sweep of San Diego (5/5)
  • Member of the Colombian National Team and has collected 11 medals with national team
  • In 2022, claimed a silver medal at Pan-American Cup (Colombia), gold at Copa Sao Paulo (EC Pinheiros) and silver a Paulista Championship (EC Pinheiros)
  • Earned four medals during the 2021 campaign, which included one for Colombia and three with Sesc-RJ/Flamengo in Brazil
  • Named the 2021 Carioca Championship Best Digger and Libero
  • Named 2019 Pan-American Games Best Libero and 2019 Pan-American Cup Best Digger
  • Collected a bronze medal with Colombia at the 2019 Pan-American Cup and a silver at the Pan-American Games
  • Made pro debut with Sesc-RJ/Flamengo in Brazil during the 2020-21 campaign
Year Team Country
2024 Grand Rapids Rise United States
2022-23 EC Pinheiros  Brazil
2020-21 Sesc-RJ/Flamengo  Brazil

College Experience

  • Totaled 470 digs during the 2019 campaign with Texas A&M, which ranked fifth for a single season at A&M
  • Earned 2019 AVCA South All-Region Team honors
  • Won back-to-back NJCAA Division I national titles and state championships with Miami Dade College from 2016-17

High School / Club Experience

  • Played for Vallecaucana in hometown of Cali, Colombia from 2014-16
  • Played for CSU Medicina Targu Mures in Targu Mures, Romania from 2013-14
  • Competed in the 2013 Pan-American Cup ending up in ninth place
  • Elected the Most Valuable Player, Best Libero, Best Digger and Best Receiver in the 2013 Copa Latina, earning with her team the competitions’ gold medal
  • In the 2013 Junior Pan-American Cup she won the bronze medal and the Best Receiver award

Personal Information

  • Began playing volleyball when she was 5 years old as a setter
  • Has two older sisters
  • Greatest influence on her volleyball career was former Texas A&M assistant volleyball coach Wendel Camargo, who showed he cared about her and wasn’t afraid to tell her about things that she had to improve on
  • Fluent in three languages: English, Spanish, and Portuguese
  • Enjoys listening to music, dancing, hiking, and art
  • Majored in international studies with a minor in economics