Bowling Green State University Athletics
2026-27 Women's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 26
Carol Silva
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Escola Secundaria de Carcavelos
- Hometown:
- Gondomar, Portugal
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Bowling Green |
- A freshman on the 2026-27 Falcons
Prior to BGSU |
- Attended both Externato Santa Clara and Escola Secundario de Carcavelos
- Graduated in May of 2026
- Competed for Clube Propaganda da Natação
- Played for Quinta dos Lombos in Portuguese Liga Feminina in 2025-26
- Averaged 4.3 points and 2.9 rebounds in 15.0 minutes per game in 2025-26, as the team went 20-2 and won the regular-season title
- Quinta dos Lombos swept both Sporting Clube de Portugal Lisboa and GDESSA/BARREIRO in the best-of-three quarterfinal and semifinal rounds, respectively, and advanced to the finals against Sport Lisboa Benfica
- Has represented her home country in multiple competitions, including in the FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket Division B in 2024, when she averaged 20.3 points, 9.7 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game in seven contests
- Also played in the FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket that same season
- The year prior (2023), averaged a double-double in the FIBA U16 Women's European Championship, with 16.0 ppg and 10.0 rpg
- Played in that same tournament the previous year, and had 8.0 points and 5.3 boards per game
- Helped her teams advance to the national championship finals in 2023 (U16), '24 and '26 (U18 for the latter two), earning MVP accolades on all three occasions
Personal |
- Full name is Carolina Almeida Silva
- Born on April 26, 2008, in Porto, Portugal
- An exercise science major at BGSU
- Daughter of Albino Monteiro Silva and Carla Raquel Almeida
- Has an older sister, Beatriz Silva, and an older brother, Gustavo Silva
- Favorite athlete is Michael Jordan
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