Jia Morado

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Julia Melissa "Jia" Morado (born May 10, 1995) is a Filipino volleyball player. She was a member of the Ateneo Lady Eagles and was team's captain in the UAAP Season 79 Women's Volleyball tournament. In 2018 Jia was also a member of the Philippines Women's National Volleyball Team.

Career

She also played in the 2012 Palarong Pambansa and led the NCR Team to a championship, where she also won the Best Setter award.[1]

Morado was the setter of the Philippine team for the 2015 Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship [2] and in the 2015 Southeast Asian Games.[3] 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.[4][5] 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.[6] She worked as Ateneo Lady Eagles assistant coach during the Premier Volleyball League 1st Season Collegiate Conference.[7]

Morado won the most valuable player award in the 2017 Battle of the Rivals.[8] She won the best setter award in the 2017 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference.[9]

In 2018, together with her team, the Creamline Cool Smashers, won the championship of the 2018 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference[10] and was awarded best setter[11] and finals' Most Valuable Player.[10] And at the end of the 2018 PVL season, Jia won the back-to-back championships, best setter and finals' most valuable player awards.[12][13]

Personal life

Morado was born in Manila to Ariel and Hedy Morado. She has three siblings, two sisters and one brother. All the girls played varsity-level volleyball. An older sister, Jessica Katrina, who also played for the Ateneo Women's Volleyball Team from 2007 to 2012, was the one who convinced the younger Jia to pursue volleyball. Her other older sister, Jamie Marielle, played for the UST Golden Tigresses volleyball team as a libero.[14] Her brother, Ariel Jr. "Bok", also plays volleyball as a setter for Ateneo de Manila Men's Volleyball Team. Upon pursuing volleyball, she became a multi-awarded athlete and a full-time student at the Ateneo de Manila University where she graduated with degree of BS in Psychology.[15] She graduated high school at the Colegio San Agustin – Makati.

Awards

Individuals

Collegiate

Club

References
  1. Verora, Levi (4 May 2014). "Palaro alums Gequillana, Morado to present athletes: Do your best". Rappler. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  2. "Lone setter Jia Morado vows to give it all as PH begins U23 quest". Rappler. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  3. Ansis, JC (24 July 2015). "SEA Games: Facts about the members of the Philippine volleyball team". CNN Philippines. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  4. "Ateneo's Morado won't return for UAAP Season 80". news.abs-cbn.com. 6 May 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  5. "Jia Morado says she won't be back for Ateneo in Season 80". philstar.com. 6 May 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  6. "Morado joins Creamline, reunites with Valdez". news.abs-cbn.com. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  7. Naredo, Camille (3 September 2017). "Jia Morado gets new role as Ateneo assistant coach". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  8. Naredo, Camille (16 July 2017). "Alyssa, Ateneo stun La Salle in friendly 'Battle'". ABS-CBNnews.com. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  9. Escarlote, Mark (12 August 2017). "Pablo claims Open Conference MVP plum". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  10. Escarlote, Mark (11 July 2018). "PVL: Cool Smashers sweep way to breakthrough crown". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  11. Escarlote, Mark (11 July 2018). "PVL: Pablo, Espejo cop MVP honors". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  12. Escarlote, Mark (8 December 2018). "PVL: Cool Smashers crush Lady Eagles, rule Open Conference". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  13. Escarlote, Mark (8 December 2018). "PVL: Valdez earns Open Conference MVP honors". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  14. Razon, Chino C. (21 December 2013). "Volleyball Rookies". The Guidon. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  15. "Jia Morado". ABS CBN. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
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