After winning the gold medal in the Mexican National Games (Olimpiada Nacional) in the 13–14-year-old category, Bricio won the silver in the NORCECA U-18 Championship and qualified for the 2009 U-18 World Championships.[9] She placed sixth with her national junior team in the 2008 NORCECA U-20 Championship,[10] winning the Rising Star award for her performance at such a young age.[11]
2009
Bricio played in the 2009 FIVB Girls Youth World Championship at Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand[12] as the team's youngest competitor, age 14.[13] Her team made the second round for the first time,[14] finishing ninth.[15] Bricio's performance attracted the interest of the Mexican Volleyball Federation for the 2011 Pan American Games and the 2012 Olympics.[16]
At the end of the year, Bricio and her brother Irving received an award from the Guadalajara city council.[17]
2010
She played in the Guadalajara Volleyball Festival as a junior before the National Games.[18] Bricio then played for Mexico's youth volleyball team, winning a silver medal as Most Valuable Player in the NORCECA Youth Championship and qualifying for the 2011 Girls Youth World Championship.[19] During her first international games with the senior team at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, she won the Best Scorer and Best Server awards as Mexico finished fifth.[20] At age 15, Bricio was the youngest player ever on the Mexico national team.[21] She later won the Private High Schools National Championship with Preparatoria de Universidad del Valle de Atemajac de Guadalajara.[3] Bricio received the Medal of Sporting Merit from the Guadalajara city council for her achievements in the NORCECA Continental Championship and the Central American and Caribbean Games,[22] and won an athletic scholarship.
2011
In March, Bricio helped Jalisco (her regional team) to qualify for the National Games.[23] Playing again with Mexico's junior team in the first Junior Pan-American Cup, she contributed to the team's fourth-place finish[24] and received the Best Scorer award.[25] Bricio later played in the first Girls' Youth Pan-American Cup, winning a silver medal[26] and the Best Scorer award.[27] She played in the High Performance championship in Tucson, Arizona, and was scouted by several colleges[28] before deciding to attend the University of Southern California.[29]
In September Bricio played in the senior continental championship, guiding her team to a fifth-place finish.[33] She later represented Mexico at the 2011 Pan American Games, where her team finished eighth after a 3–1 loss to Canada.[34] Bricio said she felt excited, but pressured, about playing at home.[35] She won a one-year athletic scholarship and her second Medal of Sporting Merit[36] from the Guadalajara city council.[37]
2012
Bricio helped Preparatoria de Universidad del Valle de Atemajac de Guadalajara win the Private High Schools National Championship, and was selected for the All-Star team.[38] She received a full athletic scholarship to the University of Southern California after receiving 12 offers,[39] leading the Trojans in August to a Texas A&M Invitational win and receiving the Most Valuable Player and Pac-12's Freshman of the Week awards.[40][41] The Mexican Volleyball Federation used a machine translation of Bricio's performance during the Invitational,[42] leading to several mistranslations.[43]
After her first college season, Bricio was Volleyball Magazine's NCAA Freshman of the Year and made the All-America third team.[21] The American Volleyball Coaches Association gave her an All-America honorable mention.[21] Bricio was named to the Pac-12 All-Conference Team, the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team and the All-Pacific Region Team; she was named the AVCA Pacific Region and Pac-12 Freshman of the Year,[44] and received the team's Best Scorer and Best Server awards.[45] She represented Jalisco at the Mexican National Games (Olimpiada Nacional),[46] winning the 17–18-year-old junior silver medal.[47][48]
While at USC, she won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's best collegiate female volleyball player in 2016.[53][54]
Bricio played with the American Premier Volleyball League club Chesapeake Rising Tide from Chesapeake Bay[55] at the 2016 league tournament held along the Open National Championships.[56] She helped her team to win the bronze medal after they lost to Team Iowa Ice but defeated Great Lakes Lightning to achieve the third place.[57]
She signed with the Italian league champion club Imoco Volley Conegliano for two years,[58] starting in the 2016/17 season.[59] She made the All-Star game selection[60] and later won the Italian Supercup defeating 3–1 to Foppapedretti Bergamo, where she became Most Valuable Player after leading her team with 24 points.[61][62]
2017
In the 2016–17 CEV Champions League, Bricio helped her team in the pool play against[63] and Chemik Police,[64] another victories in the Italian Cup[65] and helping to retake the domestic league first place.[66] After that, she was sidelined from playing in February when she got a virus,[67][68] even though, her team won the Italian Cup.[69]
She suffered a sprain during the second domestic league quarterfinals match,[70] being unable to play the CEV Champions League Final Four[71] hosted by her club,[72] who claimed the silver medal.[73]
^Gutiérrez, Moisés (2009-07-19). "Habrá corazón y garra". El Imparcial (in Spanish). Mexicali, Baja California. Archived from the original on 2009-07-27. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
