Puerto Rican beach volleyball player
Yarleen Santiago Full name Yarleen Santiago Pagán Nationality Puerto Rican Born (1978-01-18 ) January 18, 1978 (age 46) Arecibo, Puerto Rico Hometown San Juan Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Yarleen Santiago Pagán [ 1] Arecibo, Puerto Rico ) is a female beach volleyball player who won the gold medal at the NORCECA Circuit 2009 at Montelimar, Nicaragua playing with Dariam Acevedo .[ 2] [ 3]
At home, Santiago was runner-up of the beach professional circuit Circuito de Voleibol Playero Profesional , playing with Sheila Conley.[ 4] [ 5]
College
Santiago studied and played at the University of Arkansas as an outside hitter. There, between 1997 and 1999, she earned AVCA All District/All region, All Southeastern Conference (SEC) Team[ 6] [ 7] [ 8] Freshman of the Year Award in 1997.[ 9]
Indoor
Santiago retired from the Puerto Rican national volleyball team in 2007 after having represented her home country in many events.[ 10] [ 11] 2006 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup , she won the Best Defense Award .[ 12]
Santiago also played professionally in 2009 with Gigantes de Carolina from Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino .[ 13] [ 14]
Clubs
Awards
Individuals
College
1999 SEC Player of the Week, (Week 2 and Week 10) 1999 AVCA All-District 4/All-Region First Team 1998 AVCA All-District 4/All-Region Second Team 1997 AVCA All-District 4/All-Region First Team 1999 All Southeastern Conference First Team 1998 All Southeastern Conference Second Team 1997 All Southeastern Conference First Team 1997–1999 SEC All-Tournament Team 1997 Asics/Volleyball Division I Freshman of the year
National Team
Beach
2008 Circuito de Voleibol Playero Profesional – Champion
2008 Circuito de Voleibol Playero Profesional – Runner-Up
Clubs
References
^ "Yarleen: bella y poderosa" (in Spanish). Primera Hora. March 14, 2008. Retrieved November 7, 2009 .^ nacion.com. "Ticas de plata en la final del Norceca" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on November 7, 2009. Retrieved October 7, 2009 . ^ ArkansasRazorbacks.com. "Former Razorback wins NORCECA title" . Retrieved November 7, 2009 . ^ Grupo de Diarios América. "Nueva cepa" (in Spanish). Retrieved November 7, 2009 . ^ fpvoleibol.com. "Dos parejas tricampeonas en el Coors Light CVPPRO" . Retrieved November 7, 2009 . ^ secsports.com. "All-SEC Teams" . Archived from the original on November 20, 2005. Retrieved November 7, 2009 . ^ arkansasrazorbacks.com. "Volleyball Other Records" . Retrieved November 7, 2009 . ^ arkansasrazorbacks.com. "Dig Records" . Retrieved November 7, 2009 . ^ aggieathletics.com. "Sykora Receives Another All-American Citation" . Retrieved November 7, 2009 . ^ Terra Mexico. "Voleibolista internacional Yarleen Santiago se retira del voleibol de cancha" (in Spanish). Retrieved November 7, 2009 . ^ Federación Mexicana de Voleibol. "Puerto Rico y República Dominicana a semi final" (in Spanish). Retrieved November 7, 2009 . ^ Cuba Encuentro. "Brasil sorprende a Cuba y gana la Copa Panamericana femenina" (in Spanish). Retrieved November 7, 2009 . ^ Gigantes de Carolina. "Rita Liliom guió a Las Gigantes" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 1, 2012. Retrieved November 7, 2009 . ^ Wapa TV. "Leonas ganan primer partido de voleibol" (in Spanish). Retrieved November 7, 2009 .
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