2013-14 (Senior Year): Earned first-team All-MEAC honors for the fourth straight season … Tabbed the MEAC Preseason Bowler of the Year … MVP of the Kutztown Invitational … In a field that included 14 ranked teams, topped all other bowlers with a 222.8 average in six games … Also named to the MEAC All-Tournament Team after posting a 204.8 average in five games, finishing second among individual bowlers in terms of average … MEAC co-Bowler of the Week on March 4 after averaging 196.8 in four games at the third and final Southern Divisional … Led NSU to its fourth-straight divisional title … Team MVP … Named to the MEAC All-Academic Team … Earned National Tenpin Coaches Association (NTCA) All-Academic honorable mention … One of six NSU honorees on the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) Academic All-State team … Averaged a team-best 200.4 in 45 games on the year, knocking down 9,019 pins in the process … Bowled 19 200 games on the year … Also competed in 58 Baker games … Had a season high of 259 in the Kutztown Invite … Averaged better than 200 in six tournament on the season … Posted a tournament-best 207.6 average in five games at the MEAC Southern Divisional on Nov. 9 … At the second divisional on Dec. 7, posted a 203.0 average in five games … Also topped 200 at the UMES Hawk Classic on Nov. 16 (200.4) and the Prairie View A&M Invitational (200.4).
2012-13 (Junior Year): Earned a spot on the All-MEAC First Team for the third straight year … Was named All-America honorable mention by the NTCA … Team MVP … Twice named MEAC Bowler of the Week, on Oct. 30 and then again on Dec. 4 … A preseason All-MEAC selection … The MVP of the Hampton Roads Invitational on Oct. 27 … Also earned a spot on the all-tournament team at the Prairie View A&M Invitational on Feb. 3 … Named third-team Academic All-NTCA … An Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar … Member of the MEAC All-Academic Team … Finished the year with a 201.7 average, the first time an NSU bowler has topped 200 in a season … Knocked down 8,673 pins in 43 games … Bowled in 54 Baker games on the year … Rolled 24 200 games, including a season-high 257 at the MEAC Southern Divisional on Dec. 1 … Averaged a career-best 240.8 in four games that weekend to earn the MEAC Bowler of the Week award … Topped 200 in four other tournaments as well … Posted a 209.6 average in five games at the Prairie View A&M Invitational on Feb. 2 … In the next tournament on Feb. 16, averaged 209.2 in five games at the James Brown Invitational … In six games at the Kutztown Invitational on Jan. 26, averaged 204.0 … Also topped 200 in the first tournament of the year, the Hampton Roads Invitational, to earn MEAC Bowler of the Week accolades … Ended that first weekend with a 202.4 average in five games.
2011-12 (Sophomore Year): An All-MEAC First Team honoree for the second straight year … Named the MEAC Championship’s Outstanding Performer after leading the Spartans to their first-ever MEAC title … Earned spots on the all-tournament teams at the Hampton Roads Invitational Oct. 21-23, the Lady Bulldog Classic Jan. 20-22 and the MEAC Championship March 16-18 … Was named the 2011-12 NSU Female Athlete of the Year for the second time in two years … Co-Team MVP along with senior Chelsea Krall … Tabbed the MEAC Bowler of the Week after leading NSU to the MEAC Southern Division title March 3-4 at the third and final divisional of the season … Also named an Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholar and to the MEAC All-Academic Team … An All-NTCA Academic honoree … Finished with the top average on the team for the second straight season at 193.1 … Averaged better than 200 in four of the last five tournaments of the season … Had her best tournament at the Prairie View A&M Invitational Feb. 4, averaging a season-high 209.0 in five games, including a season-high 256 game … Knocked down 9,656 pins on the year in 50 games … Rolled 21 200 games on the season … Also competed in 72 Baker games … Finished above 200 in the last three tournaments of the year, the Morgan State Invitational Feb. 18 (202.6), the MEAC Southern Divisional March 3 (201.0) and the MEAC Championship March 16 (201.5) … Inducted into the Tidewater Virginia United State Bowling Congress (USBC) Hall of Fame as a “Star of the Future” in November … Advanced to the double-elimination bracket on July 20 after finishing 16
th in the qualifying rounds at the North Pointe Junior Gold Championships in Indianapolis … Had a second-place finish at the Collegiate Masters July 11-13 in Wickliffe, Ohio.
2010-11 (Freshman Year): Named to the 2011 NTCA All-America Second Team … Became NSU’s first ever All-American … Was one of three freshman nationally to earn All-America accolades … Was also the 2011 MEAC Rookie of the Year … Earned All-MEAC First Team honors as well … Became the first NSU bowler to be named to the first team as well as rookie of the year … Tabbed to the NTCA All-Academic First Team … The 2010-11 NSU Female Athlete of the Year … A two-time MEAC Bowler of the Week … Led the team with a 197.5 average in 57 games … Named the Tournament MVP at the Kutztown Invitational on Jan. 30 and at the Bulldog Classic on Jan. 23 … Earned a spot on the Hampton Roads Invitational All-Tournament Team on Oct. 31 … Team MVP … Knocked down 11,260 total pins … Rolled 25 200 games on the season … Averaged above 200 in five tournaments, including four of five toward the end of the season … Had her best tournament at Kutztown, averaging a season-high 222.0 in six games, including a career-high 277 … Score ranked as the ninth best in the MEAC on the year … Averaged 213.7 in six games with a high of 249 at the Lady Bulldog Classic … Also averaged above 200 at the Capital Classic on Feb. 12 (212.2), the ECAC Championships Feb. 26 (204.7) and the Hampton Roads Invite Oct. 30 (202.2) … Also competed at the 2011 United States Bowling Congress Junior Olympic Gold (JOG) Championships, finishing 37
th with a 193 average.
High School: Finished sixth at the 2010 USBC Junior Olympic Gold Championships in Indianapolis in July 2010 … Held the lead of the Girls High School division for several days at the 14th annual Teen Masters in Reno, Nev., in late July 2010 … Was the top-seeded player at the start of match play … Totaled 3,696 pins – averaging 205 – to earn that top seed in Reno … Finished 10th at the Teen Masters in 2007 … Also won the side event Ebonite Bowl-to-Win Showdown at the 2010 Teen Masters … Won the Ebonite Showdown in 2007 after her freshman year as well … Won the gold medal for coming in first at the 2010 AAU Championships in Virginia Beach … Also finished first at numerous JOG Major/Mini tournaments all four years of high school … Along with three other Chesapeake bowlers, won the very first team championship at the 2008 Teen Masters … Finished 20th at the 2008 USBC JOG Championships, averaging 195 … Won numerous scholarship money throughout her high school career, including $2,000 from the Ebonite Showdown sophomore year.
Personal: Full name is Thea Herrera Aspiras … Was born on Feb. 14, 1992 … Daughter of Themna and Pio Aspiras Sr. … Has two older brothers, Phil and Theus, and one younger brother, Pio Jr. … Majoring in fine arts with a specialty in graphic design … Wants to eventually become a movie animator … Also an accomplished artist, earned honorable mention in the Mixed Media division at the Chesapeake Friends of the Arts (CFOTA) Spring 2010 Art Show … Enjoys drawing and cooking.
Aspiras' Career Statistics| YEAR | Pinfall | GP | Avg. | High |
| 2010-11 | 11,260 | 57 | 197.5 | 277 |
| 2011-12 | 9,656 | 50 | 193.1 | 256 |
| 2012-13 | 8,673 | 43 | 201.7 | 257 |
| 2013-14 | 9,019 | 45 | 200.4 | 259 |
| Totals | 38,608 | 195 | 198.0 | 277 |
