Denden Lazaro-Revilla
Dennise Michelle Garcia Lazaro-Revilla | |||||||||||||
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Nickname | Denden | ||||||||||||
Nationality | Filipino | ||||||||||||
Born | Metro Manila | 21 January 1992||||||||||||
Hometown | Parañaque | ||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight | 120 lb (54 kg) | ||||||||||||
College / University | Ateneo de Manila University | ||||||||||||
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Position | Libero | ||||||||||||
Number | 13 | ||||||||||||
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Dennise Michelle "Denden" Garcia Lazaro-Revilla (born January 21, 1992) is a Filipina professional volleyball player. Lazaro is a member of the Philippine Women's National Volleyball Team. She is known as the libero and Ateneo Lady Eagles' Iron Eagle.
Personal life
She was born on January 21, 1992 in Metro Manila.[1] She attended high school at Colegio San Agustin – Makati and completed her BS Biology degree at the Ateneo de Manila University in 2015. After graduation, Lazaro entered medical school at the Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health.[2] However, by the end of 2016, it was reported that Lazaro filed a leave of absence from her schooling to resume her volleyball career.[3][4]
Lazaro married basketball player LA Revilla on January 27, 2020.[5]
Career
Lazaro was the Libero for the Youth U16 Girl's national team that ranked seventh in the 2008 Asian Youth Girls U16 Championships. She was member of the 2009 Palarong Pambansa NCR Girls Secondary Division team. During her collegiate years, she played for the Ateneo Lady Eagles volleyball team from 2011 to 2015 and was part of the Ateneo teams which won the UAAP Volleyball Championships in 2014 and 2015.[6] She played beach volleyball with the Beach Volleyball Republic in since 2015.[7]
Lazaro played with the PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters in the 2015 Shakey's V-League Season 12 Season Open Conference[8] and for BaliPure Purest Water Defenders for the 2016 Shakey's V-League Season 13 Open Conference.[9] She played in the 2015 Southeast Asian Games in Kallang, Singapore.[10] For the 2017 PSL All-Filipino Conference, she signed with the club COCOLIFE Asset Managers in the Philippine Super Liga.[11]
In January 2019, Lazaro transferred to the Petron Blaze Spikers.[12] In May 2020, she moved back to PVL to signed with the Choco Mucho Flying Titans.[13]
Clubs
- PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters (2015)
- BaliPure Purest Water Defenders (2016)
- United VC (COCOLIFE Asset Managers) (2017–2018)
- Petron Blaze Spikers (2019)
- Choco Mucho Flying Titans (2020)
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"
- 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"
Collegiate
- 2012 UAAP Season 74 volleyball tournaments - Silver medal, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles
- 2013 UAAP Season 75 volleyball tournaments - Silver medal, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles
- 2014 UAAP Season 76 volleyball tournaments - Champions, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles
- 2014 ASEAN University Games - Bronze medal, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles
- 2015 UAAP Season 77 volleyball tournaments - Champions, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles
Club
- 2015 Shakey's V-League 12th Season Open Conference - Champions, with PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters
- 2016 Shakey's V-League 13th Season Open Conference - Bronze medal, with BaliPure Purest Water Defenders
- 2019 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix Conference - Champions, with Petron Blaze Spikers
References
- ^ "UAAP 77 Athlete of the Day: Dennise Lazaro". ABS-CBN. 25 December 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ Olivares, Rick (11 February 2016). "Life after volleyball for Denden". Business Mirror. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ Viloria, Barry (2 December 2016). "What Denden Lazaro wants to explore while on med school 'break'". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ^ "Denden Lazaro left med-school to focus on volleyball". Archived from the original on 2017-03-12. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
- ^ "Sports personalities Denden Lazaro, LA Revilla tie the knot". Rappler.com. January 28, 2020. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ^ Lagunzad, Chris (17 March 2014). "Denden Lazaro: Ateneo's unsung hero". Yahoo PH Sports. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ Villar, Joey (21 May 2016). "Beach Volleyball Republic fires off this weekend". Philstar. Manila, Philippinas. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ Terrado, Reuben; Lozada, Mei-Lin (24 March 2015). "Alyssa Valdez, Jaja Santiago, Denden Lazaro team up for PLDT in Shakey's V-League". Spin. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ Tupas, Cedelf P. (21 May 2016). "Valdez joins forces with Lazaro in Shakey's V-League". Spin. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ Ansis, JC (24 July 2015). "SEA Games: Facts about the members of the Philippine volleyball team". CNN Philippines. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ "Lazaro, Gumabao to banner newcomer Cocolife in Super Liga". Philstar. Manila, Philippines. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ^ Fernandez, Lawrence (8 January 2019). "PSL: Denden Lazaro joins Petron Blaze Spikers". Volleyverse.com. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ "Denden Lazaro makes PVL return, signs with Choco Mucho". Philstar. Manila, Philippines. 30 May 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- 1992 births
- Living people
- University Athletic Association of the Philippines volleyball players
- Ateneo de Manila University alumni
- People from Parañaque
- Volleyball players from Metro Manila
- Liberos
- Philippines women's international volleyball players
- Filipino women's volleyball players
- Volleyball players at the 2018 Asian Games
- Asian Games competitors for the Philippines