Maria Paulina "Pau" Soriano is a Filipino

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athlete playing for the

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in the

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(formerly known as the Shakey's V-League).

Personal life

Soriano went to Tandang Sora Elementary School in Banlat,

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and the Ernesto Rondon High School. She is a graduate of Hospitality Management from

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 ...

Career

During her collegiate years she played with Adamson Lady Falcons from 2008 to 2012 and was team captain from 2011 to 2012 and playing as its quick hitter or middle blocker. Soriano played with Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns from 2013 to 2015. She played the 2013 Shakey's V-League All-Star game. While having one-year contract with the

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, she was given a one-year ban and a P$50,000 (approximately US$1,026 in October 2016) fine for playing with the

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club Bureau of Customs Transformers instead of the

Standard Insurance-Navy Corvettes The Standard Insurance-Navy Corvettes are a professional women's volleyball club currently playing in the Philippine Super Liga, Philippine Superliga (PSL). The team is owned by Standard Insurance Company, Inc., in partnership with the official ...

from the Philippine Super Liga.

Clubs

* PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters (2013) * Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns (2013-2015) * Philippine Navy Lady Sailors (2015) *

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(2016) *

(2016) * Bureau of Customs Transformers (2016) *

(2017)

Awards

Individual

* '' UAAP Season 72 "Best Attacker"'' * ''Shakey's V-League 6th Season, 2nd Conference "Best Blocker"'' * ''Shakey's V-League 7th Season, 2nd Conference "Best Blocker"'' * ''Shakey's V-League 11th Season, 1st Conference "Best Attacker"'' * ''

2013 PSL Invitational Conference The 2013 PSL Invitational was the inaugural tournament of the Philippine Super Liga of professional volleyball for its maiden season. It was held from July 7, 2013 to July 28, 2013. The TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers emerged as the first PSL ...

"Best Scorer"''

Club

* 2016 Shakey's V-League 13th Season Reinforced Open Conference – Runner-up, with Bureau of Customs Transformers * 2017

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– Third place, with

* 2017 Premier Volleyball League 1st Season Open Conference – Third place, with Creamline Cool Smashers *

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 * 2021 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference – Runner-up with Creamline Cool Smashers * 2022 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference – 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 ...

- Third place, 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 – Champion, with Creamline Cool Smashers * 2024 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference – Champion, with Creamline Cool Smashers * 2024 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference – Champion, with Creamline Cool Smashers * 2024 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference – Champion, with Creamline Cool Smashers

References

Living people Filipino women's volleyball players Women's beach volleyball players 1991 births University Athletic Association of the Philippines volleyball players Sportspeople from Quezon City Adamson University alumni Volleyball players from Metro Manila Middle blockers 21st-century Filipino sportswomen Creamline Cool Smashers players {{Philippines-volleyball-bio-stub