Victonara "Ara" Salas Galang (born January 4, 1995) is a multi-awarded, Filipina volleyball player. She was UAAP Rookie of the Year and Best Server during the Season 74 and UAAP Most Valuable Player in the Season 75. She is the former team captain (2014–2015) of the De La Salle University Lady Spikers.

Career

Galang was discovered by DLSU Lady Spikers head coach, Ramil de Jesus during one of her games at the Shakey's V-League girls division in 2009. She was a junior high school at

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at that time. She played with AUF Great Danes from 2007 to 2011, being awarded Best Attacker in 2011 in the Shakey's Girls Volleyball League. She has been awarded with the Sports Achievement Award and Class Valedictorian while in Holy Family Academy in elementary school, Athlete of the Year and Class Valedictorian in the Angeles University Foundation High School and Consistent Dean's Lister in

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. She also won the Best Server award playing for Palarong Pambansa in 2011. In 2011, she joined the DLSU Lady Spikers to defend their championship title of the 74th season of UAAP women's volleyball tournament together with

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, and

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. They were declared as the back-to-back champions and she also grabbed the Best Server award and was hailed as the Rookie of the Year. For the 2012 PVF Intercollegiate Volleyball Championship, she was awarded Best Attacker. The following season, Galang was awarded Most Valuable Player, shared with

winning her third consecutive championship in the

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tournament. For the season 76, the DLSU Lady Spikers lost to ADMU Lady Eagles ending their campaign finishing as league's first runner up. She was awarded Best Attacker during the 2014 Philippine National Games. She was chosen as the team captain in Season 77 for the Lady Spikers. She led her team to reach the number two spot on the league with a 10–2 win–loss record on the elimination round. She was also a top contender along with

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for MVP title of the season. She tore her ACL and MCL ligaments and got a big bone bruise during their do-or-die stepladder match with National University on March 7, 2015. She failed to join her team at the Finals to face the Ateneo Lady Eagles for the fourth consecutive time. However, they were crowned as the first runner up of the league. In the same season, Galang, together with

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and Cyd Demecillo were hailed as first runner up in the beach volleyball tournament. She made her comeback in UAAP Season 78 as she together with her teammates defeated the Ateneo Lady Eagles winning the UAAP Season 78 women's volleyball tournament championship. This was also her last playing year in the UAAP. Galang began her professional career in the

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, where she was selected as the first overall draft pick for the 2016 season for the

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. She won the Second Best Outside Spiker individual award in the 2017 PSL All-Filipino Conference while playing with F2 Logistics.

Personal life

Galang has been in relationships with volleyball player Cindy Amutan.

Clubs

(2016–2023) *

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(2024–present)

Awards

Individuals

* 2011 Palarong Pambansa "Best server" * 2011 Shakey's Girls Volleyball League "Best attacker" * 2012 PVF Intercollegiate Volleyball Championship "Best attacker" * 2014 Unigames "Most Valuable Player" * 2014 POC-PSC Philippine National Games Women's Volleyball "Best attacker" * UAAP Season 74 "Rookie of the Year" * UAAP Season 74 "Best server" * UAAP Season 75 "Most valuable player" * 2016 PSL All-Filipino "1st Best Outside Spiker" * 2017 PSL All-Filipino "2nd Best Outside Spiker" * 2018 PSL Invitational “Most Valuable Player” * 2019 PSL Grand Prix "1st Best Outside Spiker (local)"

Collegiate

* 2012 PVF Intercollegiate Volleyball Championship - Champions, with

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* 2014 POC-PSC Philippine National Games Women's Volleyball - Silver medal, with

UAAP Season 74 volleyball tournaments The seniors' division of the UAAP Season 74 volleyball tournaments opened November 26, 2011. Tournaments are hosted by Ateneo de Manila University. Tournament games are held at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan City. Usually held in th ...

- Champions, with

UAAP Season 75 volleyball tournaments The seniors' division of the UAAP Season 75 volleyball tournaments opened December 1, 2012. Tournaments are hosted by National University. Tournament games are held at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan, the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay and ...

- Champions, with

UAAP Season 76 volleyball tournaments The seniors' division of the UAAP Season 76 volleyball tournaments opened December 1, 2013. Tournaments are hosted by Adamson University. Tournament games are held at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan, the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay and the ...

- Silver medal, with

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 ...

- Silver medal, with

UAAP Season 78 volleyball tournaments The UAAP Season 78 high school volleyball tournament started on August 22, 2015. The tournament venue is the Adamson University Gym in San Marcelino St., Ermita, Manila. Adamson is the tournament host. The number of participating schools in the b ...

- Champions, with

Clubs

* 2016 PSL All-Filipino - Champions, with

* 2016 PSL Grand Prix - Bronze medal, with

* 2017 PSL All-Filipino - Silver medal, with

2017 PSL Grand Prix Conference The 2017 Chooks-To-Go PSL Grand Prix Conference was the fourth conference and third indoor tournament for the Philippine Super Liga's fifth season. The games began on October 21, 2017, with the formal opening ceremony on October 28, 2017, at the ...

- Champions, with

2018 PSL Grand Prix Conference The 2018 Chooks-To-Go PSL Grand Prix Conference was the first conference and first indoor tournament for the Philippine Super Liga's sixth season. The games commenced February 17, 2018 at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig and the formal opening c ...

- Silver medal, with

* 2018 PSL Invitational - Champions, with

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 2018 PSL season, sixth season. The games began on October 30, 2018 at the Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan. Te ...

- Silver medal, with

* 2019 PSL Grand Prix - Silver medal, with

2019 PSL All-Filipino Conference The 2019 PSL All-Filipino Conference was the third conference and second indoor tournament for the Philippine Super Liga's seventh season. The games began on June 15, 2019, at the Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan and will end as soon as there is ...

- Champions, with

* 2024 PNVF Champions League (Women) – Bronze medal, with Chery Tiggo Crossovers

References

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