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School: University of Nebraska Omaha
Year: 2015
Major: Finance

Felipe da Silva, whose hometown is Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has been making the most of his time at the University of Nebraska Omaha. A senior business finance and investment major, da Silva is also a three year letter winner for the Mavericks, and has been named twice to the Summit League Academic All-League team. He has made both the Dean’s and the Chancellor’s Lists, and consistently volunteers for youth soccer clinics and elementary school mentoring programs.