Jeoselyna Rodríguez Santos (born December 9, 1991, in

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) is a female

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player from the

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, who won the bronze medal at the 2009 World Grand Champions Cup. She won the 2009 NORCECA Championship gold medal, bronze in the 2007 edition and the gold medal at the

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playing with the Dominican Republic national team. She also won the gold medal at the 2010 Pan-American Cup and the silver at the

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and

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editions. With her Junior National team, Rodríguez won the best server award at the 2007 FIVB Girls' U18 World Championship while her team finished 8th. She won the silver medal at the 2009 U20 World Championship and the 2013 U23 World Championship.

Career

2007

She competed for her native country at the 2007 FIVB Girls' U18 World Championship in

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, wearing the number #10 jersey. There she won the ''Best server'' award and her team ended up in 8th place. With the Dominican Republic women's national team. Rodriguez played as an opposite hitter. She claimed the bronze medal with the national squad at the 2007 NORCECA Championship.

2008

Jeoselyna played in the

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international tournament held in

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with CDN Mirador. Her team finished in the 5th place. She started playing professionally overseas with the team ''West Side Stars'', from

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. She helped her team to finish in 3rd place. Later that year, in

she became MVP in the 2008 Dominican Republic Volleyball League season.

2009

Early 2009, she signed with Indias de Mayagüez for the 2009 season of Puerto Rican league,

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. After winning the silver medal with the Senior team in the 2009 Pan-American Cup, she also won the silver medal with the ''National Junior Team'' at the 2009 Women's U20 Volleyball World Championship, there she finished the second ''Best scorer''.

2010

Playing in

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, with her National Senior Team she won the 2010 Final Four Cup gold medal. For the 2010/2011 season, she joined

CAV Murcia 2005 Club Atlético Voleibol Murcia 2005, also known for sponsorship reason as ''Grupo 2002 Murcia'', was a Spanish volleyball club based in Murcia that played their home matches at the Pabellón Príncipe de Asturias. The team participated in the Wo ...

from the Spaniard Superliga, where she played with her fellow countrymates

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and Marianne Fersola. Jeoselyna became "Ideal Seven" from the 2010/2011 Superliga 7th journey.

2011

In the Spanish Queen's Cup, Jeoselyna's team, Murcia 2005 won Valeriano Alles Menorca in 5 sets; she contributed with 9 points to win the club's tournament. Rodríguez joined Mirador to play at the

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. Her team finished in 4th place after losing the Bronze Medal match to the Brazilian team Sollys/Nestle. She were also one of the Top Performers of the tournament with 25 points against Kenya Prisons.

2012

In September 2012, Rodríguez won the gold medal at the first 2012 U23 Pan-American Cup, played in

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. She signed with the Romanian professional club 2004 Tomis Constanța to play the 2012/2013 season in the Romanian league and the

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. Rodríguez carried out her team, being the most offensive player. She led her team to a second place in the Romanian league and a ticked to the Challenge round of the

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, before leaving the team in the late December winter break along with Meagan Ganzer and Génesis Machado.

2013

In June, Rodríguez played at the Pan-American Cup winning the silver medal with her national team. She helped her national team to win the silver medal at the U23 World Championship, contributing to win its pool with a 4–1 record including a 7 aces match that topped all servers. They later had a 3–0 win over the USA team in the semifinals before falling 0–3 to China in the final match. She dominated the best server statistics while performing among the top scorers being awarded tournament's Best Opposite. Rodríguez took part in the second Dominican participation at the World Grand Champions Cup, this time via

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, taking with her national team the sixth place after their only victory to

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2014

In early 2014, Rodríguez joined the Peruvian league defending champion Universidad César Vallejo.

Clubs

* Mirador (2002–2004) * Modeca (2005) * Mirador (2006) * Deportivo Nacional (2007–2008) *

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(2007–2008) * West Side Stars (2008) * Centro (2009) * Indias de Mayagüez (2009) * Vôlei Futuro (2009–2010) *

(2010) *

(2010–2011) * Mirador (2011–2012) * 2004 Tomis Constanța (2012–2013) * Universidad César Vallejo (2014)

Awards

Individuals

* ''2007 FIVB Girls' U18 Volleyball World Championship "Best server"'' * '' 2008 Dominican Volleyball League "Most valuable player"'' * '' 2012 Copa Latina "Best scorer"'' * '' 2013 U23 World Championship "Best opposite"''

National Team

Senior Team

* 2007 NORCECA Championship – Bronze Medal * 2009 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup – Bronze Medal * 2009 NORCECA Championship – Gold Medal * 2009 Pan-American Cup – Silver Medal * 2009 Final Four Women's Cup – Bronze Medal * 2010 Final Four Women's Cup – Gold Medal *

– Gold Medal * 2010 Pan-American Cup – Gold Medal * 2013 Pan-American Cup – Silver Medal

Junior Team

* 2006 NORCECA Girls Youth Continental Championship U-18 – Silver Medal * 2008 NORCECA Women´s Junior Continental Championship U-20 – Silver Medal * 2009 FIVB U20 Volleyball World Championship – Silver Medal * 2012 U23 Pan-American Cup – Gold Medal * 2013 U23 World Championship – Silver Medal

Clubs

* 2006 Dominican Republic Distrito Nacional Superior Tournament – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Mirador * 2007, 2008

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–

Champion, with

* 2010 Spanish Supercup – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Murcia 2005 * 2011 Spanish Queen's Cup – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Murcia 2005 * 2010–11 Spanish Superleague – Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with Murcia 2005

References

External links

FIVB Profile

Dominican Republic National Volleyball Federation
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