Rosa Medrano (born April 16, 1985 in San Cristóbal) is a female

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and

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player from the

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, who won the silver medal with her native country at the 2002 NORCECA Girls Youth Continental Championship U-18. In

she won the silver medal at the ''2006 National Championship'' partnering with Margarita Suero and later that year represented her home country at the

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with the same partner and finished in 6th place.
Playing with Laritza Díaz, she won the silver medal at the ''Torneo de Voleibol Playero de Hato Mayor 2007'', a local beach volleyball tournament on Dominican soil.

Miami Dade

2007

She joined

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for the 2007 season, her junior college won the '' Pasco-Hernando Invitational'', and she was chosen tournament MVP. Her team ended up as

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National Champion Runner-up, with a 33–1 record. That year she was chosen ''NJCAA 2007 Division I All-Region First Team'', and ''2007 AVCA Two-Year Colleges Second-Team All-America'', among other individual awards.

2008

She led Miami Dade College ''Lady Sharks'' to the 2008 NJCAA championship tournament with a 26–8 overall record, the team finished in the 6th place. Miami Dade won the

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and was also State Champion that season. She was chosen for the ''All Tournament Team''. She won ''NJCAA 2008 Division I First-Team All-America'', ''NJCAA 2008 Division I All-Region First Team'', ''2008 AVCA Two-Year Colleges First-Team All-America'' and some more.

University of Missouri

After completing the two-years program at MDC, in 2009 Rosa joined the Tigers of the

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. Rapidly she became ''MVP'' at the ''Tiger Invitational''.

Clubs

* Cajuquis (2002) * Los Prados (2003–2004) * Liga Juan Guzman (2005) * Villa Verde (2006) * Modeca (2006) * Bameso (2006) * La Romana (2008)

Colleges

(2007–2008) *

(2009–2010)

Awards

Miami Dade College

Individuals

* 2008 AVCA Two-Year Colleges First-Team "All-American" * 2008 All-State/All-Region Team * 2008 FCCAA Tournament "Most valuable player" * 2008 NJCAA Championships "All-Tournament Team" * 2008 FCCAA Championships "All-Tournament Team" * 2008 Southern Conference "Player of the Year" * 2008 Southern Conference First-Team * 2008 Jefferson College Halloween Invitational Tournament "All-Tournament First-Team" * NJCAA "Player of the Week: 10/29/08" * FCCAA "Player of the Week: 9/19/08" * 2007 NJCAA Championships "All-Tournament Team" * 2007 FCCAA "All-Academic Team" * 2007 FCCAA "All State/All Tournament Team" * 2007 Southern Conference "First-Team" * 2007 AVCA Two-Year Colleges "Second Team All-American" * 2007 Pasco-Hernando Invitational "Most valuable player"

Team

* 2008 Southern Conference Championships Simple cup icon

Champion * 2008 FCCAA Championships Simple cup icon

Champion * 2008 Atlantic District Champions Simple cup icon

Champion * 2007 NJCAA Championships Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up * 2007 Southern Conference Championships Simple cup icon

Champion * 2007 Atlantic District Champions Simple cup icon

Champion * 2007 FCCAA Championships Simple cup icon

Champion

National Team

* 2004 NORCECA Women´s Junior Continental Championship U-20 Silver Medal * 2002 NORCECA Girls Youth Continental Championship U-18 Silver Medal

Beach Volleyball

* 2007 Torneo de Voleibol Playero de Hato Mayor Silver Medal * 2006 National Beach Volleyball Championship Silver Medal

Clubs

* Dominican Republic La Romana Superior Tournament 2006 — Champion, with Villa Verde * Dominican Republic Distrito Nacional Superior Tournament 2006 — Runner-Up, with Bameso * Dominican Republic Distrito Nacional Superior Tournament 2005 — Runner-Up, with Liga Juan Guzman

References

External links

Missouri Tigers Profile
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