Manilla Santos
{{short description|Filipino volleyball player (born 1984)}}
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| name = Manilla Santos
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| full_name = Manilla Santos-Ng
| nickname = Illa
| nationality = Filipino
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|12|28|mf=y}}
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| height = 1.63 m
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| position = Outside Hitter
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| college = De La Salle University {{nowrap|(2002–2009)}}
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| years1 = 2019
| team1 = Choco Mucho Flying Titans
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Manilla Santos-Ng (born December 28, 1984) is a former Filipino volleyball player last played for the Choco Mucho Flying Titans of the Premier Volleyball League.{{cite web|title=Manilla Santos-Ng to skip upcoming PVL season|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/amp/sports/03/23/21/volleyball-manilla-santos-to-skip-upcoming-pvl-season|publisher=ABS-CBN|access-date=13 January 2024}}
Career
=Collegiate =
Santos-Ng play for the Lady Archers of the De La Salle University in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). She also tried out to play for the Letran Knights of the Colegio de San Juan de Letran but decided to go to De La Salle.{{cite web|title=La Salle legend Illa Santos close playing Letran|date=August 2, 2020 |url=https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/la-salle-legend-illa-santos-close-playing-letran/187601|publisher=Tiebreaker times|access-date=13 January 2024}}
She ended her stint with La Salle last playing for them in Season 71, where they won the championship title in 2009.
After her farewell game and winning their championship title, her jersey #14 was retired by De La Salle University. She is the first non-basketball player to retire the jersey.{{cite web|title=La retires Lady Spiker's jersey number|date=March 20, 2009 |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/sports/content/153583/la-salle-retires-lady-spiker-s-jersey-number/story/|publisher=GMA Network|access-date=13 January 2024}}
=Club=
Granting her son's wish to see her play,{{cite news |last1=Naredo |first1=Camille |title=PVL: In return to volleyball, Illa Santos-Ng fulfills her son's wish |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/08/07/19/pvl-in-return-to-volleyball-illa-santos-ng-fulfills-her-sons-wish |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=ABS-CBN News |date=7 August 2019}} Santos-Ng in 2019 came out of retirement to suit up for the Choco Mucho Flying Titans of the Premier Volleyball League.{{cite news |last1=Agcaoli |first1=Lance |title=Manilla Santos comes out of retirement to suit up for Choco Mucho in PVL |url=https://www.spin.ph/volleyball/pvl/manilla-santos-comes-out-of-retirement-to-see-action-for-cho-mucho-a2522-20190803 |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=Sports Interactive Network Philippines |date=3 August 2019 |language=en}} After playing for her only tournament with Choco Mucho, the 2019 Open Conference, Santos-Ng announced that she would not suit up for the 2021 season.{{cite news |title=Volleyball: Manilla Santos to skip upcoming PVL season |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/03/23/21/volleyball-manilla-santos-to-skip-upcoming-pvl-season |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=ABS-CBN News |date=23 March 2021}}
Personal life
After her retirement from collegiate volleyball, Santos would get married and had children Aside from being a housewife, she would work as part-time make up artist with some of her clients knowing her through her volleyball stint.{{cite news |last1=Terrado |first1=Reuben |title=Former La Salle star Illa Santos content to be hands-on mom, part-time makeup artist, and full-time fan |url=https://www.spin.ph/volleyball/manilla-santos-dlsu-lady-spikers |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=Sports Interactive Network Philippines |date=23 April 2016 |language=en}} She is married to a business executive from the Ng family who works for Republic Biscuit Corporation, with whom she has two children.{{cite news |title=Manilla Santos Thankful for Hubby's 'Most Expensive' Gift|url=https://fastbreak.com.ph/manilla-santos-thankful-for-hubbys-most-expensive-gift/spike-attack/ |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=Fastbreak.ph |date=23 November 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Villanueva |first1=Kristina |title=DLSU's 'heart-strong' will make difference |url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2018/04/28/1810165/dlsus-heart-strong-will-make-difference |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=The Philippine Star |date=28 April 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Mendoza |first1=Voltaire |title=Santos-Ng teases possible volleyball return |url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2019/04/04/1907255/santos-ng-teases-possible-volleyball-return |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=The Philippine Star |date=4 April 2019}}
Awards
= Individual (partial awards)=
= Collegiate =
==De La Salle Lady Archers==
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! style="width:250px;" rowspan="2"|Year ! style="width:25px;" rowspan="2"|UAAP Season ! style="width:25px;" rowspan="2"|Title ! style="width:25px;" rowspan="2"|Ref |
| 2003
| 65 | style="background:silver;" | Runner-up | |
| 2004
| 66 | style="background:gold;" | Champions | |
| 2005
| 67 | style="background:gold;" | Champions | |
| 2006
| 68 | style="background:gold;" | Champions | |
| 2009
| 71 | style="background:gold;" | Champions |
References
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Category:Filipino women's volleyball players
Category:University Athletic Association of the Philippines volleyball players
Category:De La Salle University alumni
Category:Choco Mucho Flying Titans players
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