5 FAMOUS VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS IN THE PHILIPPINES

1. ALYSSA VALDEZ

Alyssa Caymo Valdez is a Filipino volleyball player who currently plays for Creamline Cool
Smashers. She was a member of the collegiate varsity volleyball team of Ateneo de Manila
University in both indoor and beach volleyball. She is a current member of Philippines national
team.

Alyssa’s Awards

INDIVIDUALS
● 2007 UAAP Season 70 “Most Valuable Player”
● 2008 Shakey’s Girls Volleyball League (NCR) “Best Attacker”
● 2008 UAAP Season 71 “Most Valuable Player”‘
● 2008 UAAP Season 71 “Athlete of the Year”‘
● 2009 Shakey’s Girls Volleyball League (NCR) “Most Valuable Player”‘
● 2009 Shakey’s Girls Volleyball League (NCR) “Best Attacker”‘
● 2009 Shakey’s Girls Volleyball League (National) “Best Attacker”
● 2009 UAAP Season 72 “Most Valuable Player”
● 2009 UAAP Season 72 “Best Attacker”
● 2010 Shakey’s Girls Volleyball League (NCR) “Best Attacker”
● 2010 Shakey’s Girls Volleyball League (National) “Best Attacker”
● 2012 Shakey’s V-League Season 9 1st Conference “Finals Most Valuable Player”
● 2013 UAAP Season 75 “Best Scorer”
● 2013 Shakey’s V-League Season 10 1st Conference “Best Server”
● 2014 UAAP Season 76 “Finals Most Valuable Player”
● 2014 UAAP Season 76 “Season’s Most Valuable Player”
● 2014 UAAP Season 76 “Best Scorer”
● 2014 UAAP Season 76 “Best Server”
● 2014 Shakey’s V-League Season 11 Open Conference “Best Scorer”
● 2015 UAAP Season 77 “Season’s Most Valuable Player”
● 2015 UAAP Season 77 “Best Scorer”
● 2015 UAAP Season 77 “Best Server”
● 2015 Shakey’s V-League Season 12 Open Conference “Conference Most Valuable
Player”
● 2015 Shakey’s V-League Season 12 Open Conference “1st Best Outside Spiker”
● 2015 Shakey’s V-League Season 12 Collegiate Conference “Conference Most Valuable
Player”
● 2015 Shakey’s V-League Season 12 Collegiate Conference “1st Best Outside Spiker”
● 2015 Shakey’s V-League Season 12 Reinforced Conference “Finals Most Valuable
Player”
● 2016 UAAP Season 78 “Athlete of the Year”
● 2016 UAAP Season 78 “Season’s Most Valuable Player”
 ● 2016 UAAP Season 78 “Best Scorer”
● 2016 UAAP Season 78 “Best Server”
● 2016 Shakey’s V-League Season 13 Open Conference “1st Best Outside Spiker”
● 2016 Shakey’s V-League Season 13 Reinforced Conference “1st Best Outside Spiker”
● 2016 Shakey’s V-League Season 13 Reinforced Conference “Conference Most Valuable
Player”
● 2017 Premier Volleyball League 1st Season Reinforced Open Conference “Conference
MVP”
● 2017 Premier Volleyball League 1st Season Reinforced Open Conference “1st Best
Outside Spiker”

CLUBS
● 2013 Shakey’s V-League 10th Season Open Conference – Med 2.png Silver medal, with
Smart-Maynilad
● 2015 Shakey’s V-League 12th Season Open Conference – Med 1.png Champions, with
PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters
● 2015 Shakey’s V-League 12th Season Reinforced Open Conference – Med 1.png
Champions, with PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters
● 2016 Shakey’s V-League 13th Season Open Conference – Med 3.png Bronze medal,
with BaliPure Purest Water Defenders
● 2016 Shakey’s V-League 13th Season Reinforced Open Conference – Med 2.png Silver
medal, with Bureau of Customs Transformers
● 2017 Thai-Denmark Super League – Med 3.png Bronze medal, with 3BB Nakornnont
● 2017 Premier Volleyball League 1st Season Reinforced Open Conference – Med
3.pngBronze medal, with Creamline Cool Smashers
● 2017 Premier Volleyball League 1st Season Open Conference – Med 3.png Bronze
medal, with Creamline Cool Smashers

SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS
● Most Popular Sports Personality (Push Awards 2016)
● Fittest Player of the Conference
● Fudgee Barr O-Barr Sa Galing Player of the Season
● Ten Sports Heroes of 2015: Sportsmen Who Changed The Game (Spin.ph)
● Miss Volleyball 2015 (Philippine Sportswriters Association)
● Lifestyle’s 29 Bright and Beautiful (Philippine Star)
● Miss Volleyball 2014 (Philippine Sportswriters Association)
● Female Athlete of the Year (Best of 2014 PExers Choice Awards)
● Woman of Style and Substance (People Asia 2014)
● Volleywood World Female Idol 2013 1st Runner Up (Volleywood.net)
● Miss Volleyball 2013 (Philippine Sportswriters Association)
● Best Pinoy Athlete (Rappler Social Media Awards: Best Of 2013)
● BioFit Tea Fittest Player of the Conference (Shakey’s V-League 10th Season Open
Conference)
2. DENNISE MICHELLE LAZARO

Dennise Michelle “Denden” Garcia Lazaro (born 21 January 1992) is a Filipina volleyball player.
Lazaro is a member of Philippines national team.She was born on 21 January 1992 in Metro
Manila and she is a high school graduate of Colegio San Agustin – Makati and belongs to the
Ateneo de Manila University class 2015 after finishing a BS Biology course. After graduation,
Lazaro entered medical school at the Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health.However, by
the end of 2016, it was reported that Lazaro filed a leave of absence from her schooling to focus
on her volleyball career.

Denden’s Awards

INDIVIDUALS
● 2011 Shakey’s V-League Southeast Asian Club Invitational “Best Digger”
● 2011 Shakey’s V-League Season 8 Open Conference “Best Digger”
● 2011 Shakey’s V-League Season 8 1st Conference “Best Receiver”
● 2012 Shakey’s V-League 9th Season 1st Conference “Best Receiver”
● 2014 ASEAN University Games “Best Receiver”
● 2015 South East Asian Games “Best Libero”
● 2013–14 UAAP Season 76 “Best Digger”
● 2013–14 UAAP Season 76 “Best Receiver”
● 2014–15 UAAP Season 77 “Best Receiver”
● 2016 Shakey’s V-League Season 13 Reinforced Conference “Best Libero”

CLUBS
● 2012 UAAP Season 74 volleyball tournaments – Med 2.png Silver medal, with Ateneo
De Manila University Lady Eagles
● 2013 UAAP Season 75 volleyball tournaments – Med 2.png Silver medal, with Ateneo
De Manila University Lady Eagles
● 2014 UAAP Season 76 volleyball tournaments – Med 1.png Champions, with Ateneo De
Manila University Lady Eagles
● 2014 2014 ASEAN University Games – Med 3.png Bronze medal, with Ateneo De
Manila University Lady Eagles
● 2015 UAAP Season 77 volleyball tournaments – Med 1.png Champions, with Ateneo De
Manila University Lady Eagles
● 2015 Shakey’s V-League 12th Season Open Conference – Med 1.png Champions, with
PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters
● 2016 Shakey’s V-League 13th Season Open Conference – Med 3.png Bronze medal,
with BaliPure Purest Water Defenders
3. DAWN NICOLE MACANDILI

Dawn Nicole L. Macandili is a Filipino collegiate volleyball athlete. She is studying at De La

Salle University and is currently a member of the university’s women’s volleyball team.

Dawn’s Awards

UAAP (Girls’ Volleyball):

● Best Libero (Season 75)

UAAP (Women’s Volleyball):

● Best Receiver (Season 78)
● Best Digger (Season 78)[1]

Philippine Superliga:
● Most Valuable Player (2016 All-Filipino)
● Best Libero (2016 All-Filipino)

4. AUREA FRANCESCA RACRAQUIN

Aurea Francesca “Cesca” Racraquin is a Filipino volleyball player of the collegiate varsity
volleyball team of San Beda College that plays in the NCAA. Cesca also plays for the Creamline
Cool Smashers in the Premier Volleyball League that debuted during the 2017 PVL Reinforced
Conference.

Cesca’s Awards

INDIVIDUALS
● 2016 NCAA Season 92 “Rookie of the Year”

CLUBS
● 2017 Premier Volleyball League 1st Season Reinforced Open Conference – Med
3.pngBronze medal, with Creamline Cool Smashers
● 2017 Premier Volleyball League 1st Season Open Conference – Med 3.png Bronze
medal, with Creamline Cool Smashers

5. JULIA MORADO

Julia Melissa “Jia” Morado is a Filipino volleyball player. She was a member of the Ateneo Lady
Eagles and was their team captain in the UAAP Season 79 Women’s Volleyball tournament.
She was also a member of the Philippines Women’s National Volleyball Team.She also played
in the 2012 Palarong Pambansa and led the NCR Team to a championship, where she also
won the Best Setter award.She was the setter of the Philippine team for the 2015 Asian
Women’s U23 Volleyball Championship and in the 2015 Southeast Asian Games. She was
Ateneo Lady Eagles team captain for the UAAP Season 79.On May 6, 2017, Morado
announced that she will not be returning to the Ateneo Lady Eagles in UAAP Season 80.On
June 17, 2017, ABS-CBN Sports announced that Morado will join the Creamline Cool Smashers
as part of the team’s build up for the inaugural Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino
Conference.She worked as Ateneo Lady Eagles assistant coach during the Premier Volleyball
League 1st Season Collegiate Conference.Morado won the most valuable player award in the
2017 Battle of the Rivals.

Jia’s Awards

INDIVIDUALS
● 2011 NCR Volleyball Meet “Best Setter”
● 2012 BEST Center Women’s Volleyball League “Best Setter”
● 2012 Shakey’s Girls Volleyball League “Best Setter”
● 2012 NCR Palarong Panrehiyon “Best Setter”
● 2012 NCR Palarong Panrehiyon “Best Setter”
● 2012 Palarong Pambansa “Best Setter”
● 2013 Shakey’s Girls Volleyball League “Best Setter”
● 2014 ASEAN University Games “Best Setter”
● 2015 UAAP Season 77 “Best Setter”
● 2015 2015 Southeast Asian Games “Best Setter”
● 2016 ASEAN University Games “Best Setter”
● 2016 Shakey’s V-League 13th Season Collegiate Conference “Best Setter”
● 2017 Battle of the Rivals “Most Valuable Player”
● 2017 Premier Volleyball League 1st Season Open Conference “Best Setter”
CLUB
● 2017 Premier Volleyball League 1st Season Open Conference – Med 3.png Bronze
medal, with Creamline Cool Smashers