Julia Melissa "Jia" Morado-De Guzman (born May 10, 1995) is a

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player. She was a member of the

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and was team's captain in the

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Women's Volleyball tournament. In 2018 Jia was also a member of the

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Career

She also played in the 2012

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and led the NCR Team to a championship, where she also won the Best Setter award. Morado was the setter of the Philippine team for the

2015 Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship The 2015 Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship was held on 1 to 9 May 2015 in Pasig, Philippines. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament. The tournament served as the Asian qualifiers for the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Cha ...

and in the

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. She was

team captain for the

. On May 6, 2017, Morado announced that she will not be returning to the

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. On June 17, 2017,

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announced that Morado will join the

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as part of the team's build up for the inaugural

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All-Filipino Conference. She worked as Ateneo Lady Eagles assistant coach during the Premier Volleyball League 1st Season Collegiate Conference. Morado won the most valuable player award in the 2017 Battle of the Rivals. She won the best setter award in the 2017 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference. In 2018, together with her team, the Creamline Cool Smashers, won the championship of the

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and was awarded best setter and finals' Most Valuable Player. And at the end of the

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, Jia won the back-to-back championships, best setter and finals' most valuable player awards.

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. 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

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where she graduated with degree of BS in Psychology. She graduated high school at the

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. She is married to Miguel De Guzman on November 11, 2021, after being in a relationship for six years. De Guzman is a businessman who was a former baseball player for

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. They both attended Ateneo de Manila University.

Awards

Individuals

* ''2011 NCR Volleyball Meet "Best Setter"'' * ''2012 BEST Center Women’s Volleyball League "Best Setter"'' * ''2012 Shakey’s Girls Volleyball League "Best Setter"'' * ''2012 NCR Palarong Panrehiyon "Best Setter"'' * ''2012 NCR Palarong Panrehiyon "Most Valuable Player"'' * ''2012

"Best Setter"'' * ''2013 Shakey’s Girls Volleyball League "Best Setter"'' * ''2015

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"Best Setter"'' * ''2016

Shakey's V-League 13th Season Collegiate Conference The Shakey's V-League 13th Season Collegiate Conference is the 26th conference of the Shakey's V-League and the second conference for its 13th season. The conference was started on July 30, 2016 at the Ynares Sports Arena with the first two games ...

"Best Setter"'' * '' 2017 Battle of the Rivals "Most Valuable Player"'' * ''2017

Premier Volleyball League 1st Season Open Conference The Premier Volleyball League 1st Season Open Conference (All-Filipino Conference) was the second conference of the Premier Volleyball League (''29th conference of the former Shakey's V-League''). The conference started on July 1, 2017 at the Fil ...

"Best Setter"'' * ''

"Finals' Most Valuable Player"'' * ''

2018 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference The 2018 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference is the sixth conference of the Premier Volleyball League (''33rd conference of the former Shakey's V-League''). The conference started on September 22, 2018 at the Filoil Flying V Centre, San J ...

"Best Setter"'' * ''

"Finals' Most Valuable Player"'' * ''

2019 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference The 2019 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference was the seventh conference of the Premier Volleyball League (34th conference of the former ''Shakey's V-League''). Conference started on May 26, 2019. Grand Fans Day was held at the Trino ...

"Best Setter"'' * ''

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"Best Setter"'' * ''

"Finals Most Valuable Player"'' * ''

2021 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference The 2021 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference was the tenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League (''37th conference of the former Shakey's V-League'') and its first conference as a professional league. The conference started on July ...

"Best Setter"'' * '' 2022 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference "Best Setter"'' * ''

2023 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference The 2023 Premier Volleyball League First All-Filipino Conference was the fourteenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League and its fifth conference as a professional league. The tournament began on February 4, 2023, at the Smart Araneta Co ...

"Best Setter"''

Collegiate

* 2014

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– Champions, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles * 2014 Shakey's V-League 12th Season Collegiate Conference – Silver medal, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles * 2014 ASEAN University Games Volleyball 2014 – Bronze medal, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles * 2015

UAAP Season 77 volleyball tournaments The UAAP Season 77 seniors' division volleyball tournament started on November 22, 2014 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Metro Manila. Opening-day games were the women's teams of UE vs UST at 2 PM and Ateneo vs NU at 4 PM. The tournament main v ...

– Champions, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles * 2016

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– Silver medal, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles * 2016

– Silver medal, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles * 2016 ASEAN University Games Volleyball 2016 – Bronze medal, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles * 2017

UAAP Season 79 volleyball tournaments The UAAP Season 79 volleyball tournaments started on February 4, 2017 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, with the opening games of the men and women's senior volleyball tourneys, participated by 8 regular UAAP members. Aside from the S ...

– Silver medal, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles

Club

* 2017 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference – Third place, with

– Champions, with Creamline Cool Smashers *

– Runner-up, with Creamline Cool Smashers *

– Champions, with Creamline Cool Smashers *

– Runner-up, with Creamline Cool Smashers *

2022 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference The 2022 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference was the eleventh conference of the Premier Volleyball League (''38th conference of the former Shakey's V-League conference results, Shakey's V-League'') and its second conference as a profession ...

- Champions, with Creamline Cool Smashers *

2022 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference The 2022 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference was the twelfth conference of the Premier Volleyball League (''39th conference of the former Shakey's V-League'') and its third conference as a professional league. The tournament began ...

- Champions, with Creamline Cool Smashers * 2022 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference - Third place, with Creamline Cool Smashers

References

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