2008: Missed most of the season with a fractured leg… Played in 12 games for the Dream, including eight starts… Averaged career-highs in points (9.3), rebounds (6.6), assists (0.7), steals (1.4) and blocks (1.8)… Tied for third leading scorer on the team… Averaged team-highs in rebounding, field goal percentage, steals and blocked shots… Shot career-high 58.5% from the field… Recorded a career-high 18 rebounds against Detroit on May 23... Set the team record for single-game rebounds (18)… Recorded first double-double in Dream history in her debut on May 23 (10 points and 18 rebounds).

2007: Appeared in 32 games for the Sun, including two starts… Averaged 4.3 points and 3.0 rebounds in 12.2 minutes per game… Finished second on the team in blocked shots (29)… Scored a career-high 16 points three different games… Recorded a career high five blocked shots against Detroit on July 24... In the Playoffs: Appeared in one game, seeing action for seven minutes against Indiana on August 25.

2002: Played in 11 games for the Sparks… Averaged 1.1 points and 1.3 rebounds per game.

Other Professional Experience: A member of the Brazilian National Team…Played for FIBA’s Ros Casares in Spain during the 2006/07 and 2007/08 off seasons….Averaged 5.7 points and 3.8 rebounds in six games during the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Brazil… Missed the first three games at Championships due to injury… Played three seasons for Universitat Barcelona in the Spanish League… Was named MVP of Spanish League after leading her team to the finals during the 2005/06 season… Also named Spanish League’s Foreigner of the Year and Center of the Year… Participated in the 2004 Olympics in Athens… Played for FIBA’s Mizo-Pecs in Hungary during the 2002/03 season… Was a part of the Brazil team that lost to Australia in the Semifinals… Won the silver medal for Brazil in the 2003 FIBA World Championship for Young Women… Named to the 2003 All-FIBA World Championship for Young Women Team along with Seimone Augustus and Alana Beard.

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil… As a child favored volleyball and handball to basketball but was convinced to pursue basketball due to her height… Hobbies include movies, swimming and going to the beach… Favorite book is the Bible… Lists favorite movie as Shrek and favorite television show as American Idol… Would like to study psychology and start a foundation in Rio de Janeiro once her basketball career is over.

Signed by the Los Angeles Sparks as a free agent on April 27, 2001… Acquired by the Connecticut Sun on February 21, 2007 from the Los Angeles Sparks in a trade (Connecticut trades Taj McWilliams-Franklin to Los Angeles for rights to De Souza and Sparks’ first pick in 2007 draft)… Acquired by the Atlanta Dream from the Connecticut Sun in the 2008 expansion draft.