Denden Lazaro

Dennise Michelle "Denden" García Lázaro Revilla (born Dennise Michelle García Lázaro, 21 January 1992) is a Filipina professional volleyball player. Lazaro is a member of the Philippine 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 García, the birth surname or paternal family name is Lázaro, and the marital name is Revilla.
Dennise Michelle García Lázaro Revilla
Personal information
NicknameDenden
NationalityFilipino
Born (1992-01-21) 21 January 1992
Metro Manila
HometownParanaque
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Weight120 lb (54 kg)
College(s)Ateneo de Manila University
Volleyball information
PositionLibero
Number13
Career
YearsTeams
2015PLDT
2016BaliPure
2017-2018Cocolife
2019Petron
2020Choco 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]

Clubs
  • PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters (2015)
  • BaliPure Purest Water Defenders (2016)
  • United VC (COCOLIFE Asset Managers) (2017-2018)
  • Petron Blaze Spikers (2019)
  • Choco Mucho Flying Titans (2020)

Awards

Individuals

Collegiate

Club

References
  1. "UAAP 77 Athlete of the Day: Dennise Lazaro". ABS-CBN. 25 December 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. Olivares, Rick (11 February 2016). "Life after volleyball for Denden". Business Mirror. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  3. Viloria, Barry (2 December 2016). "What Denden Lazaro wants to explore while on med school 'break'". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  4. "Denden Lazaro left med-school to focus on volleyball". Archived from the original on 2017-03-12. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  5. {{cite web|url=https://www.rappler.com/sports/by-sport/volleyball/250404-denden-lazaro-la-revilla-wedding%7Ctitle=Sports personalities Denden Lazaro, LA Revilla tie the knot|first=|last=work=Rappler.com|date=January 28, 2020|accessdate=April 27, 2020||
  6. Lagunzad, Chris (17 March 2014). "Denden Lazaro: Ateneo's unsung hero". Yahoo PH Sports. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  7. Villar, Joey (21 May 2016). "Beach Volleyball Republic fires off this weekend". Philstar. Manila, Philippinas. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  8. Terrado, Reuben; Lozada, Mei-Lin (24 March 2015). "Alyssa Valdez, Jaja Santiago, Denden Lazaro team up for PLDT in Shakey's V-League". Spin. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  9. Tupas, Cedelf P. (21 May 2016). "Valdez joins forces with Lazaro in Shakey's V-League". Spin. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  10. Ansis, JC (24 July 2015). "SEA Games: Facts about the members of the Philippine volleyball team". CNN Philippines. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  11. "Lazaro, Gumabao to banner newcomer Cocolife in Super Liga". Philstar. Manila, Philippinas. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  12. Fernandez, Lawrence (8 January 2019). "PSL: Denden Lazaro joins Petron Blaze Spikers". Volleyverse.com. Retrieved 9 January 2019.


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