Denden Lazaro-Revilla

Dennise Michelle "Denden" Garcia Lazaro-Revilla (born January 21, 1992) is a Filipina professional volleyball player. Lazaro is a member of the Philippines women's national volleyball team. She is known as the libero and Ateneo Lady Eagles' Iron Eagle.

In this Philippine name for married women, the birth middle name or maternal family name is Garcia, the birth surname or paternal family name is Lazaro, and the marital name is Revilla.
Dennise Michelle Garcia Lazaro-Revilla
Lazaro-Revilla in 2014
Personal information
NicknameDenden
NationalityFilipino
Born (1992-01-21) January 21, 1992
Metro Manila
HometownParañaque
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Weight120 lb (54 kg)
College / UniversityAteneo de Manila University
Volleyball information
PositionLibero
Number13
Career
YearsTeams
2015PLDT
2016BaliPure
2017–2018Cocolife
2019Petron
2020–presentChoco Mucho
National team
2008–2018Philippines

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

Awards

Individuals

Collegiate

Club

References
  1. "UAAP 77 Athlete of the Day: Dennise Lazaro". ABS-CBN. December 25, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  2. Olivares, Rick (February 11, 2016). "Life after volleyball for Denden". Business Mirror. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  3. Viloria, Barry (December 2, 2016). "What Denden Lazaro wants to explore while on med school 'break'". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  4. "Denden Lazaro left med-school to focus on volleyball". Archived from the original on March 12, 2017. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  5. "Sports personalities Denden Lazaro, LA Revilla tie the knot". Rappler.com. January 28, 2020. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  6. Lagunzad, Chris (March 17, 2014). "Denden Lazaro: Ateneo's unsung hero". Yahoo PH Sports. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  7. Villar, Joey (May 21, 2016). "Beach Volleyball Republic fires off this weekend". Philstar. Manila, Philippinas. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  8. Terrado, Reuben; Lozada, Mei-Lin (March 24, 2015). "Alyssa Valdez, Jaja Santiago, Denden Lazaro team up for PLDT in Shakey's V-League". Spin. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  9. Tupas, Cedelf P. (May 21, 2016). "Valdez joins forces with Lazaro in Shakey's V-League". Spin. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  10. Ansis, JC (July 24, 2015). "SEA Games: Facts about the members of the Philippine volleyball team". CNN Philippines. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  11. "Lazaro, Gumabao to banner newcomer Cocolife in Super Liga". Philstar. Manila, Philippines. February 9, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  12. Fernandez, Lawrence (January 8, 2019). "PSL: Denden Lazaro joins Petron Blaze Spikers". Volleyverse.com. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  13. "Denden Lazaro makes PVL return, signs with Choco Mucho". Philstar. Manila, Philippines. May 30, 2020. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
  14. "Rondina, Madayag shine as Choco Mucho takes VTV Cup bronze". Premier Volleyball League. August 27, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
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