Dindin Santiago

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Aleona Denise Santiago Manabat
Personal information
Full nameAleona Denise Santiago Manabat
NicknameDindin
Nationality Philippines
BornAleona Denise Antonio Santiago
(1993-09-26) September 26, 1993 (age 26)
Tanza, Cavite
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Spike284 cm (112 in)
Block270 cm (106 in)
College(s) National University
University of Santo Tomas
Volleyball information
Position Middle Blocker / Wing Spiker
Current club Flag of Japan.svg Kurobe AquaFairies
Number3
Career
YearsTeams
2013 Smart-Maynilad
2014 PLDT Home Telpad Turbo Boosters
2014–2015 Petron Blaze Spikers
2014–2015 Philippine Army
2016-2019 Foton Tornadoes
2018-2019 Toray Arrows
2019-present Kurobe AquaFairies
National team
2013-present Philippines

Aleona Denise "Dindin" Santiago Manabat (born Aleona Denise Antonio Santiago September 26, 1993) is a Filipino volleyball player. [1] She played in the UAAP during her collegiate years for the NU Lady Bulldogs and started her professional career in the Philippine Super Liga as the first overall pick in the 2014 season for Petron Blaze Spikers.

Filipinos people native to or citizens of the islands of the Philippines

Filipinos are the people who are native to or identified with the country of the Philippines. Filipinos come from various Austronesian ethnolinguistic groups. Currently, there are more than 175 ethnolinguistic groups, each with its own language, identity, culture and history. The modern Filipino identity, with its Austronesian roots, was mainly influenced by China, the United States and Spain.

Volleyball ballgame and team sport in which two teams compete to ground the ball on their opponents side of the net

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summer Olympic Games since Tokyo 1964.

University Athletic Association of the Philippines Collegiate athletic association of 8 universities in Metro Manila, Philippines

The University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), established in 1938, is an athletic association of eight Metro Manila universities in the Philippines. The eight member schools are Adamson University (AdU), Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU), De La Salle University (DLSU), Far Eastern University (FEU), National University (NU), University of the East (UE), University of the Philippines Diliman (UP), and University of Santo Tomas (UST). Varsity teams from these universities compete annually in the league's 28 events from 15 sports to vie for the overall championship title, namely, badminton, baseball, basketball, beach volleyball, chess, fencing, football, judo, softball, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, track and field, and volleyball.

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Personal life

Santiago was born on September 26, 1993, the third of five siblings.[ citation needed ] Her brother (Axel Leonard Santiago, a former champion of men's volleyball player in National University "NU Bulldogs" of UAAP Season 75) is currently working in PLDT and her older sister is working in Dubai, while she and her sister, Alyja Daphne "Jaja" Santiago, both played for the women's volleyball in different leagues. Her father, Jojo Santiago, was a former basketball player while her mother, Alma Antonio, is a caregiver in Israel. [2]

She is married to basketball coach Chico Manabat. [3]

Career

Santiago won the SVL 10th Season 1st, Conference won the Conference Most Valuable Player award, [4] the SVL 10th Season 1st, Conference Conference Most Valuable Player and Best Server. [5] She has also won the SVL 11th Season, 1st Conference Conference Most Valuable Player award [6] and the 2014 PSL Grand Prix 2nd Best Middle Blocker individual award. [7]

The Shakey's V-League 10th Season: 1st Conference is the eighteenth conference of Shakey's V-League, a collegiate women's volleyball league in the Philippines founded in 2004. The opening ceremonies was held on April 7, 2013 with the first doubleheader of volleyball games at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan. There are three new teams who are participating in this season, they are the Arellano University Lady Chiefs, De La Salle University - Dasmariñas Lady Patriots, and the University of San Carlos - Cebu Lady Warriors. This three new teams will face the seven current participating teams like ADMU, AdU, UST, NU, SSC-R, UPHSD and CSJL.

The Shakey's V-League 11th Season: 1st Conference is the 19th conference of Shakey's V-League, a collegiate women's volleyball league in the Philippines founded in 2004. The opening ceremonies was held on March 23, 2014 with the first doubleheader of volleyball games at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan. There are 12 teams competing this including the join forces of all the top selected players from Davao in one team and the debut of St. Louis University of Baguio. Also, the return of Arellano, Adamson, Ateneo, FEU, San Sebastian, CSB, NU, Perpetual, SWU, and UST. This is league's first time to have 12 participating schools to battle for the championship, and first to have a school representing Mindanao region.

The 2014 PSL Grand Prix was the second tournament of the Philippine Super Liga for its 2014 season. The tournament ran from October 18, 2014 to November 30, 2014. The tournament's major sponsor was Asics. FIVB Referees Commission director Mohammed Hassan was the guest of honor of the opening ceremony held in Smart-Araneta Coliseum.

She started her rookie collegiate volleyball career with the UST Golden Tigresses, before transferring to National University. After being transferred from UST to the NU Lady Bulldogs, Santiago played for two seasons as the team captain. She is one of the Guest Player especially in Championship match against Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns during the 10th Season of Shakey's V - League in the 2013 Open Conference as Smart-Maynilad Net Spikers finished in the second place. She is one of the Guest Player especially in Battle for Bronze match against Philippine Air Force Air Spikers during the 11th Season of Shakey's V - League in Open Conference as she helped PLDT Home Telpad Turbo Boosters to win the match.

UST Growling Tigers Varsity team

The UST Growling Tigers is the varsity team of the University of Santo Tomas that plays in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. Formerly called the Glowing Goldies, the name has been changed starting with the 1992–93 season.

National University (Philippines) university in Manila, Philippines

National University (NU) is a private non–sectarian coeducational research-institution in Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines. The founder of the University, Mariano F. Jhocson Sr. established the institution in August 1, 1900 as Colegio Filipino in Quiapo, Manila. It is considered as the first private nonsectarian and coeducational institution in the Philippines and also, the first university to use English as its medium of instruction, replacing Spanish language. Since its foundation in 1900 it has produced two Philippine Presidents, one National Artist of the Philippines, legislators, politicians, business tycoons, engineers, architects, health professionals, educators, TV personalities, and athletes.

University of Santo Tomas private pontifical university in Manila

The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines, or simply the University of Santo Tomas (UST), is a private, Roman Catholic research university in Manila, Philippines. Founded on April 28, 1611 by Miguel de Benavides, Archbishop of Manila, it has the oldest extant university charter in the Philippines and in Asia, and is one of the world's largest Catholic universities in terms of enrollment found on one campus. The university is run by the Order of Preachers. UST is the only university to have been visited by three popes four times: once by Pope Paul VI on November 28, 1970, twice by Pope John Paul II on February 18, 1981 and January 13, 1995, and once by Pope Francis on January 18, 2015. The patron of the university is St. Thomas Aquinas, while St. Catherine of Alexandria is the patroness.

Her first professional team, where she was the first draft pick for the 2014 season with Petron Blaze Spikers [8] [9] and debuted in the 2014 All-Filipino Conference of the Philippine Super Liga (PSL). [10] In early December 2015, Santiago took a leave of absence from the sport because of her pregnancy. [11]

The 2014 PSL Season was the second season of the Philippine Super Liga (PSL). There were two conferences for the season – the All-Filipino and the Grand Prix – for both women’s and men’s division.

The 2014 PSL All-Filipino was the first tournament of the Philippine Super Liga for its second season. The tournament began ran from May 16, 2014 to July 26, 2014. The tournament's major sponsor was PLDT Home DSL.

Philippine Super Liga Professional volleyball league in the Philippines

The Philippine Super Liga is the first professional corporate club volleyball league in the Philippines. It is organized by SportsCore Event Management and Consultancy, Inc. The league is envisioned to provide former collegiate players a league with which they can continue with their volleyball career.

First joined as a guest player during the 11th Season, 3rd Conference of the Shakey's V-League. [12] On August 18, 2016, Santiago announced that she will join the Foton Tornadoes for the 2016 PSL Grand Prix Conference, playing alongside her sister, Jaja. [13] She won the bronze medal in the 2017 PSL Grand Prix Conference with the Foton Tornadoes. [14] She is set to play in the Japan V.League for Toray Arrows. [15]

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References

  1. ↑ "PETRON BLAZE SPIKERS". Philippine Super Liga. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Olivares, Rick (17 November 2013). "COLUMN: Dindin and Jaja Santiago's twin dreams". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Now that she's married, what is Dindin Santiago most". Rivals. 21 February 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "DINDIN SANTIAGO – A CUT ABOVE THE REST". Archived from the original on 7 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Dindin Santiago named MVP, Best Server". GMA News Online. 18 May 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  6. ↑ Lozada, Mei-Lin (18 May 2014). "National University star Dindin Santiago bags second V-League MVP award". SPIN. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Congratulations to our Individual Awardees!". Philippine Super Liga. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  8. ↑ Villar, Joey (2 April 2014). "Santiago, Marano lead draft picks in Philippine Super Liga". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  9. ↑ Zarate, Noel (3 April 2014). "The winner and winners of the first Philippine Super Liga Draft". Yahoo! Philippines. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  10. ↑ Tupas, Cedelf (3 April 2014). "PSL Draft: Petron picks Santiago; AirAsia tabs 2-time MVP Maraño". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  11. ↑ "Pregnant Dindin Santiago-Manabat leaves Petron". ABS-CBN News. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  12. ↑ "VOLLEYBALL Army taps Dindin Santiago, Mina Aganon as Lady Troopers go All-Filipino in V-League's Foreign Reinforced Conference". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  13. ↑ "Dindin Santiago-Manabat announces comeback, reunites with sister Jaja at Foton". Fox Sports Asia. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  14. ↑ Giongco, Mark (December 12, 2017). "Foton grabs bronze medal in PSL Grand Prix". The Philippine Daily Inquirer . Retrieved December 18, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Santiago sisters to see action in Japan V.Premier League". Fox Sports.
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