Before Holy Cross: Member of the varsity softball team at Apponequet Regional H.S. ... team captain senior year ... received the 2010 National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association Scholar Athlete award ... team won the 2008 Division II South Coast Conference championship ... 2008 MIAA Division II South Sectional runner-up ... also a member of the varsity soccer, basketball, indoor track and field and cross country teams ... played for the Bay State Thunder club team ... named to the 2010 South Coast Conference Academic All-Star team ... received the 2010 President Award for Educational Excellence ... named a 2010 AP Scholar ... member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Daughter of Armando and Karen Carvalho ... has one brother (Nathan) ... brother was a member of the tennis team at Connecticut ... majoring in Biology.