Katrina Mae De Lara Tolentino (born January 27, 1995) is a Filipino-Canadian volleyball player who currently plays for the

Choco Mucho Flying Titans The Choco Mucho Flying Titans are a Filipino professional women's volleyball team playing in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL). The team is owned by food company Rebisco. History The team was created by Rebisco for the 2019 Premier Volle ...

in the

Premier Volleyball League The Premier Volleyball League (PVL) is the top-level professional women's volleyball league in the Philippines organized by the Sports Vision Management Group, Inc. The PVL was established in 2004 as the inter-collegiate Shakey's V-League (SV ...

Personal life

Tolentino came from a Filipino-Canadian sports family in

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. She studied in

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before moving to the Philippines and study at Ateneo de Manila University. Her brother, Vince, played for the

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in the

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and for the

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in the

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Collegiate career

Before moving to the Philippines, Tolentino already suffered two anterior cruciate ligament injuries (ACL) on her left knee and just as she was set to debut for

Ateneo Lady Eagles volleyball team The Ateneo Blue Eagles program has a women's collegiate varsity volleyball team which represents the Ateneo de Manila University in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). History The Ateneo Blue Eagles women's volleyb ...

in 2015, she tore her right one during a game in the

Shakey's V-League The Shakey's V-League was a non-professional volleyball league in the Philippines established in 2004. It began as a women's collegiate league with teams coming from the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), the National Coll ...

and had to undergo

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACL reconstruction) is a surgical tissue graft replacement of the anterior cruciate ligament, located in the knee, to restore its function after an injury. The torn ligament can either be removed from ...

and months of rehabilitation again. Tolentino eventually recovered to play for the Ateneo Lady Eagles, rising to become joint team captain alongside Maddie Madayag in

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. After the

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were halted by the

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, she decided to forego her final collegiate playing year in 2021 and went into professional volleyball.

Professional career

In 2021, Tolentino joined the

in the

. She was sidelined from playing in 2024 after losing hearing in her left ear. She was again sidelined in 2025 after sustaining a ruptured appendix.

Clubs

* Ateneo- Motolite (2018) *

(2019–present)

Awards

Individual

* 2018 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference Best opposite spiker * 2019 UAAP Season 81 Best opposite spiker * 2021 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference Best opposite spiker

Collegiate

*2015 SVL 12th Season Collegiate Conference – Silver medal, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles *

2016 ASEAN University Games The 2016 ASEAN University Games, officially known as the 18th ASEAN University Games, was a Southeast Asian university multi-sports event held in Singapore. This was the third time Singapore hosted the ASEAN University Games, and its first time ...

– Bronze medal, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles * 2016 SVL 13th Season Collegiate Conference – Silver medal, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles *2017 UAAP Season 79 Indoor Volleyball – Silver medal, with Ateneo Lady Eagles *2018 UAAP Season 80 Indoor Volleyball – Bronze medal, with Ateneo Lady Eagles *

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 ...

– Silver medal, with Ateneo Motolite Lady Eagles * 2019 UAAP Season 81 Indoor Volleyball – Champion with Ateneo de Manila Lady Eagles

Club

– Silver medal, with Ateneo-Motolite *

2023 VTV International Women's Volleyball Cup The 2023 VTV Cup was the 17th staging of the international tournament. The tournament was held at the Lào Cai Gymnasium in Lào Cai, Vietnam. Pool composition 7 teams were set to participate at the tournament. Host Vietnam sent two national t ...

– Bronze medal, with

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 ...

– Silver medal, with Choco Mucho Flying Titans * 2024 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference – 1st Runner-Up, with Choco Mucho Flying Titans

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tolentino, Kat 1995 births Living people Opposite hitters University Athletic Association of the Philippines volleyball players Ateneo de Manila University alumni Filipino women's volleyball players Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games Canadian sportspeople of Filipino descent SEA Games competitors for the Philippines Philippines women's international volleyball players Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games Choco Mucho Flying Titans players