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Alyssa Caymo Valdez
Personal information
NicknameAly
NationalityPhilippines Filipino
Born (1993-06-29) June 29, 1993 (age 31)
HometownSan Juan, Batangas, Philippines
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight60 kg (130 lb)
College / UniversityAteneo de Manila University
Volleyball information
PositionOutside Hitter
Current clubPLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters
Number2
National team
2008

2015

2013-present
RP Youth 16-U Girls' National Team
RP 23-U Women's Volleyball Team
RP Women’s National Volleyball Team
Alyssa Valdez
Medal record
Girl's Volleyball
University Athletic Association of the Philippines
Gold medal – first place UAAP Season 70 UST
Gold medal – first place UAAP Season 71 UST
Gold medal – first place UAAP Season 72 UST
Shakey’s Girls Volleyball League
Gold medal – first place Season 5 UST
Silver medal – second place Season 6 UST
Silver medal – second place Season 7 UST

Women's Volleyball
University Athletic Association of the Philippines
Silver medal – second place UAAP Season 74 Beach Volleyball ADMU
Silver medal – second place UAAP Season 74 ADMU
Silver medal – second place UAAP Season 75 ADMU
Gold medal – first place UAAP Season 76 ADMU
Gold medal – first place UAAP Season 77 ADMU
Shakey's V-League
Gold medal – first place Season 8, 1st Conference ADMU
Bronze medal – third place Season 8, 2nd Conference ADMU
Gold medal – first place Season 9, 1st Conference ADMU
Silver medal – second place Season 10, 1st Conference ADMU
Silver medal – second place Season 10, 2nd Conference Smart-Maynilad
Gold medal – first place Season 12, Open Conference PLDT

International
Bronze medal – third place ASEAN University Games PHI


Alyssa Valdez is a Filipino volleyball player. She is a multi-awarded athlete and is considered as one of the best collegiate volleyball players in the Philippines today. She is currently a member of the Ateneo de Manila University's collegiate women's varsity volleyball team in both indoor and beach volleyball, and Philippines Women's Volleyball Team.

Alyssa Valdez became popular nationwide when she started to play for the Ateneo Lady Eagles. Valdez is one of the most followed volleybelles in social media, thus making her one of the sought after endorsers for sports products, gears, and drinks. She also covered on some of the famous sports and entertainment magazines in the country and appeared on television as guest in variety and talk shows or participant in game shows.

Valdez is the reigning Season's MVP of the UAAP, and Conference MVP of Shakey's V-League Open Conference.

Career Beginnings

Alyssa Valdez was raised in San Juan, Batangas. She's the only girl in a brood of four siblings. She learned how to play volleyball by playing with her two older brothers when she was in elementary school at the age of 10.

Having developed her volleyball skills, she later played in the Southern Tagalog (Calabarzon) Athletic Association (STACAA), a regional sports meet for elementary and high school student athletes. She was discovered and recruited by the University of Santo Tomas (UST), where she played for their high school varsity volleyball team, the UST Tigress Cubs.[1]

High School varsity

Tigress Cub

Alyssa Valdez's four-year stay in UST was very productive in the field of sports. In her first year in high school, she was selected as a member of the National Capital Region (NCR) team for the Palarong Pambansa, a national sports competition for elementary and secondary students. She was UST’s top high school volleyball player who led the España-based team to several championships: three titles in UAAP (Seasons 70-72), and one in Shakey's Girls' Volleyball League (Season 5). She was a three-time MVP in UAAP (Season 70-72) and once in Shakey's Girls' Volleyball League (Season 5).

College varsity

Lady Eagle

Alyssa Valdez's student-athlete career became more productive on her college years. She raked multiple individual awards and helped the team bagged championship titles. She was UAAP's 3-time Best Scorer, 2-time Best Server, 2-time Season's MVP, and one-time Final's MVP. She became a member of Philippines Women's National Volleyball Team in 2013.[2][3]

2010-2011 Though enrolled as a freshman student in Ateneo, she was not able to play for Ateneo in the school's mother league, UAAP, as she had to serve a one-year residency imposed by the University Athletic Association of the Philippines for transferring from a UAAP school to another.[4] During this time, she competed in the International Beach Volleyball Tournament in China together with Lady Eagle teammate Bea Tan where they finished 7th.[5] She also played as a guest player for Ateneo in Shakey's V-League.

The Shakey's V-League Season 7 2nd Conference marked Alyssa's first game appearance with the Lady Eagles in a tournament, as a guest player and a substitute only to Fille Cainglet. The team failed to advance in the Semifinals. The following Season (1st Conference of Shakey's V-League Season 8), she joined the team again as a guest player and a starter. Ateneo bagged its first Shakey's V-League title after beating the Adamson Lady Falcons.[6]

2011-2012 In the first ever Open Conference of Shakey's V-League, Valdez was one of the top scorers of the team. The Lady Eagles was the only collegiate team to enter the Final 4 and finished in 3rd place.[7]This is the first tournament where Valdez played as a non-guest player for Ateneo.

'UAAP Debut' After serving the mandatory one-year residency rule, thus making her ineligible for the UAAP Rookie of the Year award, Valdez made it to the Lady Eagles roster in the UAAP Season 74 and joined the veteran players Fille Cainglet, Dzi Gervacio, Gretchen Ho, A Nacachi, and Jem Ferrer or known collectively as the Fab 5. She contributed to the team's offense and helped bring the team to the Finals.[8] Ateneo took Game numer 1 of the Finals but failed to beat DLSU Lady Spikers in the next 2 games. In beach volleyball, together with Fille Cainglet and Bea Tan, they finished 2nd place.[9]

In the 1st Conference of Shakey's V-League Season 9, she was named the Finals MVP after they successfully defended their title against the UST Tigresses.[10]

2012-2013 In the Open Conference of Shakey's V-League Season 9, Valdez led the Ateneo team and again, they are the only collegiate team to enter the Final 4. The team got the chance to take the bronze after beating the Philippine Army team (5sets) in Game 1 of the best-of-three battle for bronze. Key players were absent in Game 2 and Philippine Army easily won the 2nd game in straight sets. Series were no longer extended as Sandugo team already won the title.[11]

In UAAP Season 75, Valdez set a record for the most number of points scored in a game. She scored 35 points (31 spikes, 3 blocks and 1 service ace) in the second round elimination game against Adamson Lady Falcons on January 20, 2013. She surpassed the record of former Lady Eagle Charo Soriano which had a career high of 31 points for Ateneo. In the tournament, the standing record before her record breaking performance was 33 points set by an Adamson Lady Falcon, Angela Benting on February 14, 2009.[12] Valdez was named the Best Scorer of UAAP Season 75.[13] Her scoring prowess helped the Ateneo team land again in the Finals but fell short to the defending champions, DLSU Lady Spikers.

In the 1st Conference of Shakey's V-League Season 10, Valdez bagged the Best Server award. They unsuccessfully defended the title against the NU Lady Bulldogs.[14]

Valdez surprised the volleyball community when she finally joined the Smart-Maynilad team in the quarterfinal round of the Shakey's V-League Season 10 Open Conference. Valdez missed elimination round games due her commitment with Ateneo in the UAAP beach volleyball.[15][16]

Together with Alyja and Aleona Santiago, they led the 3rd placer National team in the 2014 FIVB Southeast Asian Zone Women's Volleyball Qualifier held in Quang Tri, Vietnam.[17][18]

2013-2014 Valdez was appointed team captain of the Ateneo women's varsity volleyball team. She was named UAAP Season 76 Women's Volleyball's Best Scorer, Best Server and Season's MVP. She also bagged the Finals MVP award after beating the defending champions DLSU Women's Volleyball Team.[19] Valdez was the first female volleyball athlete to bagged 4 awards in one UAAP season.

Valdez bagged the Best Scorer Award again but this time, in Shakey's V-League (11th Season Open Conference). She set a record for the most number of points scored in the entire conference with total of 342 points. Previous record set was 314 coming from Jaroensri Bualee.[20][21]

2014-2015 Valdez led the Ateneo women's varsity volleyball team, which represented the Philippines, in the 2014 ASEAN University Games held in Palembang, Indonesia and took home the Bronze. This is the first international medal of Valdez.[22]

In UAAP Season 77, Valdez tallied 312 points outscoring her previous season's finish. She was again awarded the Season's MVP, Best Server, and Best Scorer.[23] They finished the season with 16-0 sweep.[24]

Valdez joined the PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters club team under Coach Roger Gorayeb for Shakey's V-League Season 12 Open Conference.[25]

She was appointed the team captain of the Philippine team for the 2015 Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship.[26] In the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, she was assigned to carry the Philippine flag on the traditional parade of nations held in Singapore.[27]

Club Volleyball

Smart Net Spiker

Valdez played for the joint Smart and Maynilad team in the Open Conference of Shakey's V-League Season 10 (2013) where they finished 2nd. She got a special award (Fittest Player of the Conference) from one of the conference's benefactors.[28][29]

PLDT Ultra Fast Hitter

In the semifinal round of Shakey's V-League 12th Season Open Conference, Valdez matched her UAAP record, scoring 35 points (33 attacks and 2 aces) against Philippine Army team.[30] She was awarded the 1st Best Outside Hitter and Conference MVP.[31] Valdez bagged her 3rd Championship medal in Shakey's V-League after PLDT swept the Philippine Army team in the Finals.[32]

Teams & Clubs

Awards

AWARDs LEAGUE TEAM
1st Best Outside Hitter
Conference Most Valuable Player
SVL Season 12 Open Conference
PLDT
Best Scorer
Best Server
Season's Most Valuable Player
UAAP Season 77
ADMU
Best Scorer
SVL Season 11 Open Conference
ADMU
Best Scorer
Best Server
Season's Most Valuable Player
Finals Most Valuable Player
UAAP Season 76
ADMU
Best Server
SVL Season 10 1st Conference
ADMU
Best Scorer
UAAP Season 75
ADMU
Finals Most Valuable Player
SVL Season 9 1st Conference
ADMU
Best Attacker
7th Shakey's Girls Volleyball League
UST HS
Most Valuable Player
UAAP Season 72
UST HS
Most Valuable Player
UAAP Season 71
UST HS
Best Attacker
Most Valuable Player
5th Shakey's Girls Volleyball League
UST HS
Most Valuable Player
UAAP Season 70
UST HS

Special Recognitions (from recent to past)

  • Miss Volleyball 2014 (Philippine Sportswriters Association)[33]
  • Female Athlete of the Year (Best of 2014 PExers Choice Awards)[34]
  • Woman of Style and Substance (People Asia 2014)[35]
  • Volleywood World Female Idol 2013 1st Runner Up (Volleywood.net)[36]
  • Miss Volleyball 2013 (Philippine Sportswriters Association)[37]
  • Best Pinoy Athlete (Rappler Social Media Awards: Best Of 2013)[38]
  • BioFit Tea Fittest Player of the Conference (Shakey's V-League 10th Season Open Conference)[39]
  • Athlete of the Year Juniors Division (UAAP Season 71)[40]

International Stint

References

  1. ^ "Tunying Interviews Alyssa Valdez".
  2. ^ "Alyssa Valdez, Angeli Tabaquero lead RP Women's Volleyball National Team".
  3. ^ "Alyssa Valdez, together with the Santiago Sisters lead Phl Volleyball lineup for World Championship Qualifier". Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  4. ^ "UAAP Piracy".
  5. ^ "Ateneo Lady Eagles' Alyssa Valdez and Bea Tan Placed 7th in the International Beach Volleyball Tournament".
  6. ^ "Lady Eagles win first championship in Shakey's V League".
  7. ^ "Ateneo beats Navy".
  8. ^ "All eyes on high school phenom in UAAP volleyball".
  9. ^ "Ateneo falls to UST in final day of beach volleyball competition".
  10. ^ "Ateneo captures v-league crown".
  11. ^ Sandugo sweeps Cagayan for V-League Open title
  12. ^ "Alyssa Valdez in Superstar Territory".
  13. ^ "UAAP Season 75 Vball Awars".
  14. ^ "Best Server award".
  15. ^ Army spoils Valdez's debut in win over Smart
  16. ^ Smart-Maynilad leans on Alyssa Valdez to finalize semis entry with win over Meralco
  17. ^ "Alyssa Valdez, Angeli Tabaquero lead RP Women's Volleyball National Team".
  18. ^ "Alyssa Valdez, together with the Santiago Sisters lead Phl Volleyball lineup for World Championship Qualifier". Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  19. ^ Ateneo’s Valdez named finals MVP
  20. ^ Shakey’s V-League Open Conference Individual Awards (Fearless) Forecasts
  21. ^ Shakey’s V-League Open Conference Individual Awards
  22. ^ "PH bags volleyball bronze in ASEAN University Games". Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  23. ^ Ateneo's Alyssa Valdez is UAAP Season 77 MVP
  24. ^ Ateneo caps perfect season with 2nd straight UAAP title
  25. ^ Valdez is biggest PLDT gem
  26. ^ Alyssa Valdez leads Philippine team in Rebisco Asian U-23 Women’s Volleyball Championship
  27. ^ Valdez officially named as PHI Team's Singapore SEA Games flag-bearer
  28. ^ Valdez propels Smart over Air Force in V-League quarterfinals
  29. ^ The Perfect Season: Cagayan Valley makes Shakey’s V-League history, wins Open Conference
  30. ^ PLDT moves closer to finals with hard-earned win over Army
  31. ^ Valdez claims V-League MVP
  32. ^ PLDT outlasts Army to claim V-League crown
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