Maria Carmela "Mela" Tunay is

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former

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, actress, and TV host. She played for the UST Lady Tigresses in the UAAP and the

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in the PSL until 2016. She, then transferred and played for the

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from 2017 to 2019.

Personal life

Carmela Tunay, born in Mandaluyong and lives in Makati, attended St Paul College in

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. She graduated at the

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with a degree in AB Communication Arts in. Tunay finished her Marketing master's degree in UST, during her last playing season, UAAP season 78.

Career

Tunay was a member of the UST Golden Tigresses, the collegiate varsity volleyball team of UST which plays in the UAAP Volleyball tournament. The Golden Tigresses finished 6th and 5th place in UAAP Season 76 and 77 respectively. In 2015, she joined the

which plays in the

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. During a game between the

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and UST in the Shakeys V-League Collegiate Conference 2015, Tunay suffered a nose injury. Two weeks later she was back in action when UST played against the

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, and in the semifinals against

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and eventually lost to

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on the third place game. With

, she won the 2017 PSL Invitational Cup silver medal, 2017 PSL All-Filipino Conference gold medal and 2017 PSL Grand Prix Conference silver medal.

Clubs

* UST Golden Tigresses (2013–2016) *

(2015) *

(2017–2019) *

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(2020) *

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(2021)

Awards

Clubs

* 2017 Philippine SuperLiga Invitational Cup – Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with Petron Blaze Spikers * 2017 Philippine SuperLiga All-Filipino Conference – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Petron Blaze Spikers * 2017 Philippine SuperLiga Grand Prix – Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with Petron Blaze Spikers * 2018 Philippine SuperLiga Grand Prix – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Petron Blaze Spikers * 2018 Philippine SuperLiga Grand Prix – Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with Petron Blaze Spikers

References

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