MSU Denver Athletics

• 2023 D2ADA Academic Achievement Award
• 2023 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
• 2022-23 CSC Academic All-District
• 2022-23 Academic All-RMAC honor roll
• 2022 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
• 2022 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester

2022-23: Played in 19 games, starting seven, averaging 4.7 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. ... Returned from a 10-game absence and played 12 key second-half minutes in a 72-58 win at South Dakota Mines on Feb. 3, scoring six points. ... Stuffed stat sheet with eight points, six rebounds and career-high tying three steals in 54-52 win at Colorado Mesa on Dec. 3. ... Dished out a career-high eight assists while adding seven points and five rebounds in a 56-48 win over Texas-Permian Basin on Nov. 25. ... Contributed 10 points and six rebounds in a 67-61 win at Colorado Christian on Nov. 22. ... Made her second career start and posted a career high for the second straight day, scoring 14 points while adding two steals in a career-high 38 minutes in a 97-93 double-overtime loss to Northwest Nazarene (Idaho) on Nov. 19. ... Scored a career-high 12 points, making 6 of 9 from the field, in a 95-76 loss to Central Washington on Nov. 18.

2021-22: Solid in debut season, appearing in 30 games, starting one, playing 388 minutes and averaging 2.4 points per game. ... Fifth on the team with 40 assists. ... Shot 35.1 percent from the field (27 of 77) and connected on 10 of 33 from 3-point range (30.3 percent). ... Scored a career-high nine points in the 74-58 win over Colorado Mesa in the RMAC Tournament semifinals on March 4. ... Had a season-best five rebounds in 66-54 setback at Black Hills State on Feb. 26. ... Knocked down clutch 3-pointer with the shot clock running out with 1:35 left at Chadron State on Feb. 25, boosting MSU Denver’s lead to 66-57 in an eventual 69-59 win. Finished with five points and five assists. ... Matched career best with seven points and three assists in 88-51 win over New Mexico Highlands on Feb. 18. ... Scored a career-high seven points and matched a career best with three steals in a 75-56 win at New Mexico Highlands on Jan. 22. ... Matched career best with six points in 76-62 win at No. --/22 Colorado Mesa on Jan. 14. ... Made her first career start and played a career-high 30 minutes and handed out four assists for the short-handed Roadrunners in a 75-69 win over Fort Lewis on Jan. 7. ... Dished out a career-high six assists and grabbed a career-best four rebounds while playing a career-high 22 minutes in an 80-52 win over South Dakota Mines on Dec. 18. ... Scored five big points off the bench in 56-50 win over No. 13 Colorado Mesa on Dec. 5 with a long first-half 3-pointer and a nifty fourth-quarter reverse layup that put MSU Denver ahead 50-47 with 6:21 to go. ... Made her MSU Denver debut in the 65-47 win over Angelo State (Texas) on Nov. 12, and had six points and three rounds in just nine minutes of action. 

Before MSU Denver: In 2020-21, played for GDESSA in the top Portugese women's league, finishing fifth in the 12-team league to reach the playoffs. ...Selected for observation stage for Portugese National Team. ... Selected for observation stage for German National Team. ... In 2019-20, Played for Carnide in the top Portugese women's league. ... All-tournament team in U19 international tournament in Oporto. ... In 2018-19, Made debut in top Portugese women's league for Carnide at age 15. ... MVP at the "Campus Amaya Valdemoro" in Spain. ... In 2017-18: Played on runner-up U19 National Cup team. ... Has also played soccer and handball and has run cross country.

Personal: Born Mariana Matthes da Silva Pereira. ... Birthday is Sept. 18. ... Daughter of Joao Carlos Castro e Quadros da Silva Pereira and Irene Maria Kirschstein Matthes. ... Has a brother, Carlos. ... Father played professionally in Mozambique and Brazil. ... Majoring in sport management.