Jorella Marie de Jesus (born August 17, 1993) is a Filipino volleyball player. She was a member of the Ateneo de Manila University's collegiate varsity team from 2011 to 2015, and also of the 2015 Philippines U23 national team. She played for PLDT Home Ultera Fast Hitters as a Libero for the 2015 season.

Personal life

De Jesus was born on August 17, 1993, in Manila, Philippines. She studied at the Ateneo de Manila University in college and finished with an AB Psychology degree. She is currently in a relationship with former Adamson Lady Falcons and fellow Creamline Cool Smashers player

Jema Galanza Jessica Margarett "Jema" Casidsid Galanza (born November 28, 1996) is a Filipina volleyball player and former captain of the Adamson Lady Falcons volleyball, Adamson Soaring Lady Falcons volleyball team in the University Athletic Association o ...

Career

Ella was a former Best Spiker and Best Blocker in her high school years. After graduating high school, she studied at Ateneo de Manila University and was a varsity player of the Women's volleyball team alongside the "Fab five". After the Fab five's departure, she won her first and second championship in the UAAP (Season 76 & 77). De Jesus played with the Philippines U-23 national team in 2015. She also played for the PLDT Home Ultera Fast Hitters as a Libero during the 2015 Shakey's V-League reinforced conference.

Clubs

* PLDT Home Ultera Fast Hitters (2015) *

BaliPure Purest Water Defenders The BaliPure Purest Water Defenders were a professional volleyball club sponsored by Balibago Waterworks System, Inc. playing in the Premier Volleyball League (formerly, Shakey's V-League). The team debuted in the league's 13th Season Open Confe ...

(2016) *

Perlas Spikers The Perlas Spikers, also earlier known as the BanKo Perlas Spikers, were a professional women's volleyball team playing in the Premier Volleyball League. The team was owned by the Beach Volleyball Republic. History The team debuted in the 2017 s ...

(2017–2019) *

Creamline Cool Smashers The Creamline Cool Smashers are a Filipino professional women's volleyball team playing in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL). The team is owned by food company Rebisco and named after its Creamline Creamy Ice Cream brand. They are the most suc ...

(2020 – Present)

Awards

Collegiate

* 2011 Shakey's V-League Season 8: 1st Conference – Champions, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles * 2011 Shakey's V-League Season 8: Open Conference – Bronze medal, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles * 2012

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 ...

– Silver medal, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles * 2012 Shakey's V-League Season 9: 1st Conference – Champions, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles * 2013

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 ...

– Silver medal, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles * 2014

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 ...

– Champions, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles *

2014 ASEAN University Games The 2014 ASEAN University Games, officially known as the 17th ASEAN University Games, was a Southeast Asian university multi-sport event held in Palembang, Indonesia from 11 to 21 December 2014. It was the fourth time Indonesia hosted the games ...

– Bronze medal, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles * 2015

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 ...

– Champions, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles * 2015 Shakey's V-League Collegiate Conference – Silver medal, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles

Club Team

* 2015 Shakey's V-League Reinforced Open Conference – Champions, with PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters * 2016 Shakey's V-League Open Conference – Bronze medal, with BaliPure Purest Water Defenders *

2018 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference The 2018 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference was the fourth conference of the Premier Volleyball League (31st conference of the former Shakey's V-League conference results, Shakey's V-League). Conference will start on April 27, 201 ...

– Bronze medal, with Perlas Spikers *

2018 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference The 2018 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference was the sixth conference of the Premier Volleyball League (''33rd conference of the former Shakey's V-League''). The conference started on September 22, 2018 at the Filoil Flying V Centre, San ...

– Bronze medal, with Perlas Spikers * 2019 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference – Bronze medal, with Perlas Spikers *

2021 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference The 2021 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference was the tenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League and its first conference as a professional league. The conference started on July 17, 2021 and ended on August 13, 2021, at the PCV Soci ...

– runner-Up, with Creamline Cool Smashers *

2022 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference The 2022 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference was the eleventh conference of the Premier Volleyball League and its second conference as a professional league. The conference was held from March 16 to April 8, 2022, pending restrictions br ...

– Champion, with Creamline Cool Smashers *

2022 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference The 2022 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference was the twelfth conference of the Premier Volleyball League and its third conference as a professional league. The tournament began on July 9, 2022. Originally slated for the July 2, the ...

– Champion, with Creamline Cool Smashers *

2022 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference The 2022 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference was the thirteenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League and its fourth conference as a professional league. The tournament began on October 8 and finished on December 6, 2022. Thi ...

– Bronze medal, with Creamline Cool Smashers * 2023 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference – Champion, with Creamline Cool Smashers *

2023 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference The 2023 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference was the fifteenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League and its six conference as a professional league. The tournament was originally scheduled to start on June 6, 2023, however ...

– Runner-up, with Creamline Cool Smashers *

2023 Premier Volleyball League Second All-Filipino Conference The 2023 Premier Volleyball League Second All-Filipino Conference was the sixteenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League. The tournament began on October 15, 2023. This tournament was set to be the second post-pandemic import-laden confer ...

– Champions, with Creamline Cool Smashers *

2024 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference The 2024 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference was the seventeenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League and its eighth conference as a professional league. The 2024 PVL season was supposed to have two All-Filipino Conferenc ...

– Champions, with Creamline Cool Smashers *

2024 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference The 2024 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference was the eighteenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League and its ninth conference as a professional league. This was the second conference for the 2024 season. It was originally s ...

– Champions, with Creamline Cool Smashers

References

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