Maria Rosario Bollozos Soriano (born October 14, 1985) known as Charo Soriano, is a Filipino volleyball player, coach, and politician. Soriano is one of the founders of Beach Volleyball Republic, an outdoor volleyball tournament, and a board member of the

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. She also serves as a

city councilor A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough counci ...

Tuguegarao Tuguegarao ( or ), officially the City of Tuguegarao (; ; ; ), is a 2nd class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city and capital of the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Cagayan, Philippines. According to the 2020 ...

since 2022.

Early life

Soriano was born to Jefferson Soriano, a former mayor of

, and Eleanor Bollozos.

Volleyball career

During her collegiate playing career for the

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, she played indoor and beach volleyball. After playing with the Ateneo Lady Eagles from 2003 to 2008, she worked as assistant coach for the team from 2012 to 2014. Soriano led the Eagles to victory in the

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Season 8, 1st Conference as head coach. In 2013, she played for the Smart Maynilad Net Spikers in the

Soriano joined PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters from the

, for the 2014 Shakey's V-League 11th Season Open Conference and the 2015 Shakey's V-League 12th Season Reinforced Open Conference. In beach volleyball, Soriano played in the 2015 PSL Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup with Petron XCS and the 2015 Fit To Hit: Philippine Beach Volleyball Invitational Mane 'n Tail. She won the Silver Medal in the 2015 Beach Volleyball Republic Christmas Open and later represented The Philippines partnering Alexa Micek in the 2015 Spike For Peace Women’s International Beach Volleyball. She played with Micek the Beach Volleyball Republic tournaments since 2015. She is one of the co-founders of Beach Volleyball Republic. For the 2016 Shakey's V-League 13th Season Open Conference season, she acted as playing coach for the club BaliPure Purest Water Defenders.

Political career

Soriano announced on October 6, 2021, that she would be seeking political office as councilor in her hometown,

, for the 2022 Philippine local election. She was elected to a three-year term after placing second in the official tally. On July 25, 2022, she was elected president of the

Cagayan Cagayan ( ), officially the Province of Cagayan (; ; ; isnag language, Isnag: ''Provinsia nga Cagayan''; ivatan language, Ivatan: ''Provinsiya nu Cagayan''; ; ), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Cag ...

chapter of the

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, making her an ''ex officio'' member of the

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Clubs

(2003-2008) * Smart-Maynilad Net Spikers (2013) * PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters (2014-2015) * BaliPure Purest Water Defenders (2016) * Perlas Spikers (2017) - team manager

Awards

Individuals

* ''2003-2004 UAAP Season 66 "Rookie of the Year"'' * ''2006 Home and Away Invitational League "Best Server"'' * '' 2007 Shakey's V-League Season 4 2nd Conference "Most Energetic Player"'' * '' 2007–2008 UAAP Season 70 "Best Scorer"'' * '' 2007–2008 UAAP Season 70 "Best Receiver"'' * '' 2008 Shakey's V-League Season 5 1st Conference "Most Improved Player"'' * '' 2008 Shakey's V-League Season 5 1st Conference "Best Blocker"''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Soriano, Charo Filipino women's volleyball players Living people Ateneo de Manila University alumni University Athletic Association of the Philippines volleyball players 1985 births People from Tuguegarao Women's beach volleyball players Wing spikers Middle blockers Filipino women's beach volleyball players Filipino sportsperson-politicians Politicians from Cagayan 21st-century Filipino women politicians Filipino city and municipal councilors Filipino volleyball coaches