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The PLDT High Speed Hitters (formerly the Smart Giga Hitters and the PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters) is a professional women's
volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
team owned by
PLDT PLDT, Inc., formerly known as the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (), is a Philippine telecommunications, internet and digital service company. PLDT is one of the Philippine's major telecommunications providers, along with Globe Te ...
.


History

The team debuted in 2018 as the Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters. The team was owned by
Smart Communications Smart Communications Inc., commonly referred to as Smart, is a wholly owned wireless communications and digital services subsidiary of PLDT Inc., a telecommunications and digital services provider based in the Philippines. As of November ...
. For the 2018 PSL Invitational Cup, the team partnered with the Philippine Army Lady Troopers and competed as the Smart–Army Giga Hitters. In September 2018, the PayMaya High Flyers, their affiliate team 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 ...
(PVL), was merged with the team. In February 2019, the Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters changed its name to the PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters. The team transferred to the PVL in February 2021, following the league's professionalization. The team changed their name to the High Speed Hitters in January 2022, in a lead up to the upcoming PVL season.


Names

* Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters ( 2018 Grand Prix) * Smart–Army Giga Hitters ( 2018 Invitational) * Smart Giga Hitters ( 2018 All-Filipino) * PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters (
2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
)
* PLDT Home Fibr Hitters (
2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...
)
* PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters (
2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...
)
* PLDT High Speed Hitters (2022–)


Current roster

Head coach * Rald Ricafort Assistant coaches * Arnold Laniog * Manolo Refugia Jr * Fritz Michael Santos , valign="top" , Team Coordinator * Francis Ramos Team manager * Del Rosario / Nadal Statistician * Ervin James Peralta Doctor Physical Therapist * Kenneth Mary Jane Yam * Allyza Kheil Bautista * Team Captain * Import * Draft Pick * Rookie * Inactive * Suspended * Free Agent * Injured


Previous roster


PLDT High Speed Hitters

Head coach * Rald Ricafort Assistant coaches * Arnold Laniog * Manolo Refugia Jr * Fritz Michael Santos * Ervin James Peralta , valign="top" , Team manager * Christian Joy Del Rosario * Team Captain * Import * Draft Pick * Rookie * Inactive * Suspended * Free Agent * Injured Head coach * Rald Ricafort Assistant coaches * Arnold Laniog * Manolo Refugia Jr * Fritz Michael Santos , valign="top" , Team Coordinator * Francis Ramos Team manager * Del Rosario / Nadal Statistician * Ervin James Peralta Doctor Physical Therapist * Kenneth Mary Jane Yam * Allyza Kheil Bautista * Team Captain * Import * Draft Pick * Rookie * Inactive * Suspended * Free Agent * Injured Head coach * Rald Ricafort Assistant coaches * Arnold Laniog * Manolo Refugia Jr * Fritz Michael Santos , valign="top" , Team Coordinator * Francis Ramos Team manager * Del Rosario / Nadal Statistician * Ervin James Peralta Doctor Physical Therapist * Kenneth Mary Jane Yam * Allyza Kheil Bautista * Team Captain * Import * Draft Pick * Rookie * Inactive * Suspended * Free Agent * Injured Head coach * Rald Ricafort Assistant coaches * Arnold Laniog * Manolo Refugia Jr * Fritz Michael Santos , valign="top" , Team Coordinator * Francis Ramos Team manager * Del Rosario / Nadal Statistician * Ervin James Peralta Doctor Physical Therapist * Kenneth Mary Jane Yam * Allyza Kheil Bautista * Team Captain * Import * Draft Pick * Rookie * Inactive * Suspended * Free Agent * Injured Head coach * Rald Ricafort Assistant coaches * Clint Malazo * Niel Fred Are * Arnold Laniog , valign="top" , Team manager * Del Rosario / Nadal Doctor Physical Therapist * Raymond Pili * Team Captain * Import * Draft Pick * Rookie * Inactive * Suspended * Free Agent * Injured Head coach * Rald Ricafort Assistant coaches * Clint Malazo * Niel Fred Are * Arnold Laniog Team manager * Del Rosario / Nadal Doctor Physical Therapist * Raymond Pili Head coach * Rald Ricafort Assistant coaches * Clint Malazo * Niel Fred Are * Arnold Laniog , valign="top" , Team manager * Del Rosario / Nadal Doctor Physical Therapist * Raymond Pili * Team Captain * Import * Draft Pick * Rookie * Inactive * Suspended * Free Agent * Injured Head coach *
George Pascua George Pascua is a Filipino volleyball coach who is the head coach of the Adamson Soaring Falcons' men's volleyball team. He was the head coach of the PLDT High Speed Hitters during the 2022 season of the Premier Volleyball League. He was also ...
Assistant coaches * Clint Malazo * Niel Fred Are , valign="top" , Team manager * Del Rosario / Nadal Doctor Physical Therapist * Raymond Pili * Team Captain * Import * Draft Pick * Rookie * Inactive * Suspended * Free Agent * Injured Head coach *
George Pascua George Pascua is a Filipino volleyball coach who is the head coach of the Adamson Soaring Falcons' men's volleyball team. He was the head coach of the PLDT High Speed Hitters during the 2022 season of the Premier Volleyball League. He was also ...
Assistant coaches * Clint Malazo * Niel Fred Are , valign="top" , Team manager * Del Rosario / Nadal Doctor Physical Therapist * Raymond Pili * Team Captain * Import * Draft Pick * Rookie * Inactive * Suspended * Free Agent * Injured Head coach *
George Pascua George Pascua is a Filipino volleyball coach who is the head coach of the Adamson Soaring Falcons' men's volleyball team. He was the head coach of the PLDT High Speed Hitters during the 2022 season of the Premier Volleyball League. He was also ...
Assistant coaches * Clint Malazo * Niel Fred Are , valign="top" , Team manager * Del Rosario / Nadal Doctor Physical Therapist * Raymond Pili * Team Captain * Import * Draft Pick * Rookie * Inactive * Suspended * Free Agent * Injured


PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters

Head coach * Roger Gorayeb Assistant coaches * Clint Malazo * Niel Fred Are , valign="top" , Team manager * Del Rosario / Nadal Doctor Physical Therapist * Raymond Pili


PLDT Home Fibr

Head coach * Roger Gorayeb Assistant coaches * Clint Malazo * Niel Fred Are , valign="top" , Team manager * Del Rosario / Nadal Doctor * ''TBA'' Physical Therapist * Raymond Pili Trainer * * Team Captain * Import * Draft Pick * Rookie * Inactive * Suspended * Free Agent * Injured For the 2019 PSL Grand Prix Conference Head coach * Roger Gorayeb Assistant coaches * Clint Malazo * Niel Fred Are , valign="top" , Team manager * Del Rosario / Nadal Doctor * ''TBA'' Physical Therapist * Raymond Pili Trainer * * Team Captain * Import * Draft Pick * Rookie * Inactive * Suspended * Free Agent * Injured


Smart Giga Hitters

For the
2018 PSL All-Filipino Conference The 2018 Chooks-To-Go PSL All-Filipino Conference was the fourth conference and third indoor tournament for the Philippine Super Liga's 2018 PSL season, sixth season. The games began on October 30, 2018 at the Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan. Te ...
Head coach * Roger Gorayeb Assistant coaches * Clint Malazo * Niel Fred Are , valign="top" , Team manager * Doctor * ''TBA'' Physical Therapist * Raymond Pili Trainer * * Team Captain * Import * Draft Pick * Rookie * Inactive * Suspended * Free Agent * Injured For the 2018 PSL Invitational Cup Head coach * Emilio Reyes Jr. Assistant coaches * Patricia Torres * Patrick John Rojas , valign="top" , Team manager * Col. A. Divinagracia Doctor * ''TBA'' Physical Therapist * Delos Reyes Trainer * Tomas * Team Captain * Import * Draft Pick * Rookie * Inactive * Suspended * Free Agent * Injured For the
2018 PSL Grand Prix Conference The 2018 Chooks-To-Go PSL Grand Prix Conference was the first conference and first indoor tournament for the Philippine Super Liga's sixth season. The games commenced February 17, 2018 at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig and the formal opening c ...
Head coach * Ronald Dulay Assistant Coach(es) * Zenaida Ybañez-Chavez * D. Galvez , valign="top" , Team manager * ''TBA'' Doctor * ''TBA'' Physical Therapist * ''TBA'' * Team Captain * Import * Draft Pick * Rookie * Inactive * Suspended * Free Agent * Injured


Honors


Team

Premier Volleyball League: AVC Women's Volleyball Champions League:


Individual

Premier Volleyball League:


Team captains

* Janet Serafica (
2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
) *
Ging Balse Mary Jean Balse-Pabayo (born May 31, 1983), known as Ging Balse, is a Filipina volleyball player. She currently plays for the Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers volleyball team in the Premier Volleyball League The Premier Volleyball League ( ...
(
2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
) * Aiko Sweet Urdas (
2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
) * Grethcel Soltones (
2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
) * Jerrili Malabanan (
2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
) * Rysabelle Devanadera (
2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...
) * Rhea Dimaculangan (
2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...
2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...
) * Mika Reyes (
2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...
) *
Kath Arado Kathleen Faith Pepito Arado (born May 22, 1998) is a Filipino volleyball athlete who plays as a libero for Premier Volleyball League club PLDT High Speed Hitters. She was a member of the UE Lady Warriors volleyball, UE Lady Warriors in the Univ ...
(
2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...
–present)


Coaches

* Ronald Dulay ( 2018 Grand Prix) * Emilio Reyes Jr. ( 2018 Invitational) * Roger Gorayeb (
2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
–2021)
*
George Pascua George Pascua is a Filipino volleyball coach who is the head coach of the Adamson Soaring Falcons' men's volleyball team. He was the head coach of the PLDT High Speed Hitters during the 2022 season of the Premier Volleyball League. He was also ...
(2022) * Rald Ricafort (2023–present)


Imports

* Gyselle Silva (
2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
)
* Marija Jelic (
2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
)
* Grace Lazard (
2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
)
* Kendra Dahlke (
2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
)
* Maeva Orle (
2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...
)
* Elena Savkina-Samoilenko (
2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...
)
* Elena Savkina-Samoilenko (
2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...
)
* Wilma Salas ( 2025 AVC CL)


See also

* PLDT Home Fibr Hitters (men's team)


References

{{Philippine Super Liga Premier Volleyball League teams Philippine Super Liga teams 2018 establishments in the Philippines Volleyball clubs established in 2018 PLDT