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

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and a

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Member. She also played for the

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during the 2016 SVL Reinforced Conference and has become one of the top spikers for the

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 ...

since 2017 in the

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(PVL).

Personal life

Galanza was born and raised in

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, Philippines to Jesse and Fe Galanza. She went to San Pedro Relocation Center National High School,

and earned her bachelor's degree at

Adamson University Adamson University (; AdU or ADU) is a private Catholic university operated by the Congregation of the Mission located in Manila, Philippines. The university has academic programs in graduate school, law, the liberal arts, sciences, engineerin ...

. She has three siblings and her youngest sister, Maria Fe "Mafe" Galanza, played for the

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' Golden Tigresses. Galanza was previously in a relationship with former

Ateneo Lady Eagles The Ateneo Blue Eagles are the collegiate varsity teams of the Ateneo de Manila University that play in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), the premiere collegiate league in the Philippines. The Ateneo collegiate me ...

and

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player Deanna Wong. She is currently in a relationship with former Ateneo Lady Eagles and fellow Creamline Cool Smashers player

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Career

In 2013, Galanza debuted as a reserve player of

in the

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tournament. She teamed up with star players

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and

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, and they completed a two-game championship sweep of the UAAP Season 76 women’s beach volleyball tournament against University of Santo Tomas. During her collegiate years, she played with the Adamson Lady Falcons and was the team captain in

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. Galanza is playing for the

along with

Alyssa Valdez Alyssa Caymo Valdez (; born June 29, 1993) is a Filipino volleyball player who currently plays for the Creamline Cool Smashers. She was a member of the collegiate varsity women's volleyball team of Ateneo de Manila University in both indoor ...

Jia Morado Julia Melissa "Jia" Morado-de Guzman (born May 10, 1995) is a Filipino volleyball player. She was a member of the Ateneo Lady Eagles and was the team's captain in the UAAP Season 79 Women's Volleyball tournament. From 2015, Jia has been a con ...

Michele Gumabao Michele Theresa Imperial Gumabao-Panlilio (; born September 2, 1992) is a Filipino volleyball player and beauty pageant titleholder. She is currently signed to the Creamline Cool Smashers of the Premier Volleyball League (PVL), and has previo ...

, and

Tots Carlos Diana Mae "Tots" Carlos (born July 7, 1998) is a Filipino volleyball player who currently plays for the Creamline Cool Smashers. She was playing with UP Lady Fighting Maroons of the University of the Philippines-Diliman, and a member of both ...

. In 2018, Galanza played for the Philippine women's volleyball team that competed in the

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held at

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. During the

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, Galanza received the 2nd best outside spiker award and together with the Creamline Cool Smashers, eventually won the championship. During the

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, she bagged the 1st Best Outside Spiker and

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of the Conference awards and won the third PVL championship title of her current team Creamline Cool Smashers. In 2021, Galanza was invited to the training pool of the Philippine national volleyball team who would compete in the 2021 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship in Thailand from October 1 to 07, 2021. In 2022, Galanza was again called up in the final line-up of the Philippine national volleyball team and was set for her first SEA games appearance in Hanoi, Vietnam in May 2022. At the

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later that year, she topscored with 21 points in the first win of the host Philippines over Iran. Galanza also scored 18 points in the last two sets of their win in the AVC Cup classification match against Australia. Galanza and eventual MVP

led the Creamline Cool Smashers in winning the

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at the expense of KingWhale Taipei. Galanza also topscored for the Creamline Cool Smashers in Game 3 of the All-Filipino Conference Finals against the Petro Gazz Angels on March 30, 2023. In 2024, Galanza won her fifth Best Spiker award and earned the coveted Finals MVP plum after leading the Cool Smashers to their 4-peat and 8th title overall in the pro league. Earlier in the year, she and her fellow

alumna

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received their PSC–PCW Women in Sports Awards.

Awards

Individual

* ''2015 16th National Intercollegiate Volleyball “Best Attacker”'' * '' 2018 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference "2nd Best Outside Spiker"'' * '' 2019 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference "1st Best Outside Spiker"'' * '' 2019 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference "Most valuable player"'' * '' 2023 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference "1st Best Outside Spiker"'' * '' 2023 Premier Volleyball League Second All-Filipino Conference "2nd Best Outside Spiker"'' * '' 2024 PSC–PCW Women in Sports Awards'' * '' 2024 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference "2nd Best Outside Spiker"'' * '' 2024 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference "Finals Most Valuable Player"''

Collegiate

* 2014 UAAP Season 76 Beach Volleyball – Champion, with Adamson Soaring Lady Falcons * 2014 Shakey's V-League 11th Season 1st Conference – Bronze medal, with Adamson Soaring Lady Falcons *2014 UNIGAMES Women's Volleyball – Bronze medal, with Adamson Soaring Lady Falcons *2015 UNIGAMES Women's Volleyball – Silver medal, with Adamson Soaring Lady Falcons

Club Team

2017 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference The 2017 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference was the first conference of the Premier Volleyball League and the 2017 season. The conference started on April 30, 2017 and concluded on June 13, 2017. All elimination round games were pl ...

– third place, with

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 ...

– champion, with Creamline Cool Smashers *

2019 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference The 2019 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference was the seventh conference of the Premier Volleyball League and the first conference of the 2019 season. Conference started on May 26, 2019. Grand Fans Day was held at the Trinoma Activit ...

– runner-up, with Creamline Cool Smashers *

– champion, with Creamline Cool Smashers *

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 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 ...

– champion, 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 ...

– Champion, 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 ...

– Champion, with Creamline Cool Smashers *

2024 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference The 2024 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference was the nineteenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League and its tenth conference as a professional league. This was the third and last conference for the 2024 season. Unlike th ...

– Champion, with Creamline Cool Smashers *

2024–25 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference The 2024–25 Premier Volleyball League All–Filipino Conference was the 20th conference of the Premier Volleyball League, its 11th conference as a professional league, and the first conference of the 2024–25 season. The ninth All-Filipino C ...

- Runner-up with Creamline Cool Smashers

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Galanza, Jema Living people Filipino women's volleyball players Women's beach volleyball players 1996 births University Athletic Association of the Philippines volleyball players Adamson University alumni People from San Pedro, Laguna Sportspeople from Laguna (province) Wing spikers LGBTQ volleyball players Filipino LGBTQ sportspeople Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games SEA Games competitors for the Philippines 21st-century Filipino sportswomen Outside hitters Philippines women's international volleyball players Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games Creamline Cool Smashers players