Katrina Mae De Lara Tolentino (born January 27, 1995) is a Filipino-Canadian volleyball player who currently plays for the

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in the

Premier Volleyball League The Premier Volleyball League (PVL) is a women's professional volleyball league in the Philippines organized by Sports Vision Management Group, Inc. The league began in 2004 as the Shakey's V-League, a women's collegiate league. Since 2011, the ...

Personal life

Tolentino came from a Filipino-Canadian sports family in

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

. She studied in

McMath Secondary School École Secondaire Robert A. McMath Secondary School is a high school located on Garry Street in the Steveston neighbourhood of Richmond, British Columbia. Named in honour of Robert Alexander McMath (1915-1996). McMath served with the Seaforth Hi ...

Richmond, British Columbia Richmond is a coastal city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada. It occupies almost the entirety of Lulu Island (excluding Queensborough), between the two estuarine distributaries of the Fraser River. Encompassing the ad ...

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before moving to the Philippines and study at

Ateneo de Manila University , mottoeng = Light in the Lord , type = Private, research, non-profit, coeducational basic and higher education institution , established = December 10, 1859 , religious_affiliation = Roman Catholic (Jesuits) , academic_aff ...

. Her brother, Vince, played for the

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basketball team. Before moving to the Philippines, Kat already suffered two

anterior cruciate ligament injury An anterior cruciate ligament injury occurs when the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is either stretched, partially torn, or completely torn. The most common injury is a complete tear. Symptoms include pain, an audible cracking sound during inju ...

(ACL) on her left knee and just as she was set to debut for

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in 2015, she tore her right one during a game in the Shakey’s V-League and had to undergo

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACL reconstruction) is a surgical tissue graft replacement of the anterior cruciate ligament, located in the knee, to restore its function after an injury. The torn ligament can either be removed from ...

and months of rehab all over again.

Clubs

* Ateneo- Motolite (2018) *

(2019–present)

Awards

Individual

* '' 2018 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference "Best Opposite Spiker"'' * '' 2019 UAAP Season 81 "Best Opposite Spiker"'' * '' 2021 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference "Best Opposite Spiker"''

Collegiate

*2015 SVL 12th Season Collegiate Conference - Silver medal, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles *2016

UAAP Season 78 UAAP Season 78 was the 2015–2016 athletic year of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). It opened on September 5, 2015, almost two months after the usual July opening of the league during previous seasons, due to the shi ...

- Silver medal, with Ateneo Lady Eagles * 2016 ASEAN University Games - Bronze medal, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles * 2016 SVL 13th Season Collegiate Conference – Silver medal, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles *2017

UAAP Season 79 UAAP Season 79 (also known as UAAP LXXIX) is the 2016–2017 athletic year of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). This season, hosted by the University of Santo Tomas officially opened on September 3, 2016. The opening c ...

- Silver medal, with Ateneo Lady Eagles *2018

UAAP Season 80 UAAP Season 80 is the 2017–18 athletic year of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). This season was hosted by the Far Eastern University. The eight member universities of the UAAP competed in the league's 28 events f ...

- Bronze medal, with Ateneo Lady Eagles *

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 ...

- Silver medal, with Ateneo Motolite Lady Eagles *2019

UAAP Season 81 UAAP Season 81 is the 2018–19 athletic year of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). This season is hosted by National University. Eight member universities of the UAAP competed in the league's fifteen sports to vie for ...

- Champion, with Ateneo Lady Eagles * 2019 UAAP Season 81 Indoor Volleyball – Champion with Ateneo de Manila Lady Eagles

Club

* 2019 PVL Open Conference Season 2 – Silver with Ateneo-Motolite

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tolentino, Kat 1995 births Living people Opposite hitters University Athletic Association of the Philippines volleyball players Ateneo de Manila University alumni Filipino women's volleyball players Competitors at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games Southeast Asian Games competitors for the Philippines Canadian sportspeople of Filipino descent