LISBON, Portugal-This past weekend, incoming Utah Valley women’s basketball freshman Maria Carvalho helped guide AD Vagos to a runner-up finish at the Portuguese Basketball Federation U-19 National Championships.

A point guard out of Lisbon, Carvalho ended the four-team final round with a top-5 ranking among all players, having amassed 12.3 points, 9.1 rebounds and a team-high 3 assists per game.

Additionally, Carvalho ended up being tied for a tournament-best 2.7 steals per contest en route to finishing fourth in the MVP race at Portugal’s U-19 national tournament.

The 5’8″ Carvalho is part of a five-member incoming recruiting class for the Wolverines which is ranked 165th in the nation on asgrbasketball.com, the highest ranking a recruiting class has ever received in UVU women’s basketball history.

Carvalho is one of three point guards in the class, the others being 5’5″ Kamaile Kandiah and 5’3″ Sophia Jacobsson.