May Luna

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May Luna
Personal information
Full nameMay Luna
NicknameMayang
NationalityFilipino
Born (1998-05-03) May 3, 1998 (age 24)
Hometown Davao del Norte, Philippines
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight54.55 kg (120.3 lb)
College / University De La Salle University
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Current club DLSU Lady Spikers
Number7

May Luna (born May 3, 1998) is a Filipino volleyball athlete. She played with the De La Salle University collegiate women's varsity volleyball in the Season 78 of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. She has also played in the Philippine Volleyball Federation National Inter-Collegiate Volleyball Tournament (InterCol), Philippine National Games, Philippine University Games, Palarong Pambansa and Shakey's G-League.

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Personal life

May Luna, also known as "Mayang" was born in Tagum City, Philippines. She is the youngest of 7 siblings. Even before moving to Manila, Luna has already earned an amount of popularity back in her hometown Davao. [1] She studies a Bachelor of Arts in Sports Studies (AB-SPM) at De La Salle University.

Career

Luna was considered one of the most hotly recruited volleyball athletes in the country in 2015. [2] In order to get the commitment of this young Davaoeña, it took a coach such that of DLSU's Ramil de Jesus to personally travel to Davao to recruit this promising athlete. [3] Since then, she was tagged as the ‘heir apparent’ to MVP and former Team Captain Ara Galang, who was on her final year in UAAP.

She won the 2nd Best Outside Spiker of the Shakey's G-League in 2015. [4] In her rookie year, Luna was selected to play for La Salle in the UAAP Season 78.

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References

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  2. "May Luna — heir apparent to Ara Galang — is ready for the UAAP's bright lights". Rivals. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  3. "Get to know the girl coach Ramil de Jesus is recruiting hard". Rivals. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  4. "W Visayas stuns NCR, cops Shakey's GVL | Sports, News, The Philippine Star". Philstar. January 13, 2015. Retrieved January 27, 2016.