Kathleen Faith Pepito Arado (born May 22, 1998) is a Filipino volleyball athlete. She was a member of the UE Lady Warriors in the UAAP. She was named the UAAP Season 77 Rookie of the Year alongside Ennajie Laure. She also bagged the Best Libero award in the

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in Sisaket, Thailand.

Career

Arado is a member of the Under-19

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in 2016 which competed in the

2016 Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship The 2016 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship was held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from 23 July to 31 July 2016. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship. Pools compositio ...

. The team finished at 10th place defeating Australia,

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, and

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. She was also the libero of the team which competed in the

where the team finished at the fourth place. She was awarded as the

Best Libero. Arado joined the UE Lady Warriors to play in the UAAP where she was awarded as the UAAP Season 77 Rookie of the Year,

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Best Digger, and

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Best Digger and Best Receiver. She joined the Generika-Ayala Lifesavers in their journey in the

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. In 2021, she signed to

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, making her debut at the

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Awards

Individual

* '' UAAP Season 77 "Rookie of the Year"'' * '' 2016 ASEAN Junior Championship "Best Libero"'' * '' UAAP Season 79 "Best Digger"'' * '' UAAP Season 80 "Best Receiver"'' * ''UAAP Season 80 "Best Digger"'' * '' 2018 PSL Collegiate Grand Slam Conference "Best Libero"'' * '' 2018 PSL All-Filipino Conference "Best Libero"'' * '' UAAP Season 81 "Best Libero"' * '' 2021 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference "Best Libero"''

Collegiate

2018 PSL Collegiate Grand Slam Conference The 2018 PSL Collegiate Grand Slam Conference was the fifth conference and fourth indoor tournament for the Philippine Super Liga's sixth season. The games began on November 3, 2018 at the Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig. The conference coincided with ...

– Bronze medal, with

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Lady Warriors

Clubs

2018 PSL All-Filipino Conference The 2018 Chooks-To-Go PSL All-Filipino Conference was the fourth conference and third indoor tournament for the Philippine Super Liga's sixth season. The games began on October 30, 2018 at the Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan. Teams Preliminar ...

– third place, with Generika-Ayala Lifesavers *

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 ...

– third place, with

References

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