Kyla Atienza
Filipina volleyball player (born 1997)
Kyla Llana Magdaraog Atienza (born April 12, 1997) is a Filipina volleyball player. She currently plays for the Creamline Cool Smashers volleyball team in the Premier Volleyball League .[ 1] She was a member of the FEU Lady Tamaraws volleyball team in both indoor and beach volleyball.[ 2] She impressed in her debut for the Philippine team by keeping the ball alive for most of Vietnam's attacks at the AVC Cup on August 21, 2022.[ 3] ASEAN Grand Prix named her Best Libero on September 11, 2022.[ 4]
Early life
Atienza played high school volleyball for San Pedro Relocation Center National High School along with eventual pro teammate Jema Galanza .[ 5] [ 6] She finished college studies at Far Eastern University in 2018.[ 7]
Clubs
Awards
Individual
Club
2018 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference – Champions, with Creamline Cool Smashers
2018 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference – Champions, with Creamline Cool Smashers
2019 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference – Silver medal, with Creamline Cool Smashers
2019 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference – Champions, with Creamline Cool Smashers
2021 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference – Silver medal, with Creamline Cool Smashers
2022 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference – Champions, with Creamline Cool Smashers
2022 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference – Champions, with Creamline Cool Smashers[ 9]
2022 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference – Bronze medal, with Creamline Cool Smashers
2023 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference – Champions, with Creamline Cool Smashers
2023 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference – Silver medal, with Creamline Cool Smashers[ 10]
2023 Premier Volleyball League Second All-Filipino Conference – Champions, with Creamline Cool Smashers[ 11]
2024 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference – Champions, with Creamline Cool Smashers
2024 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference – Champions, with Creamline Cool Smashers
References
^ Navarro, Dante (November 11, 2019). "Creamline: A class of its own" . The Philippine Star . Retrieved March 7, 2024 .
^ "FEU's Bernadeth Pons, Kyla Atienza stop erstwhile unbeaten UST pair Rondina-Gutierrez to force title decider" . Spin .
^ Agcaoili, Lance (August 21, 2022). "AVC Cup: Kyla Atienza impresses in PH team debut" . Inquirer . Retrieved August 21, 2022 .
^ Agcaoili, Lance (September 11, 2022). "Kyla Atienza named Best Libero in ASEAN Grand Prix" . Inquirer . Retrieved September 11, 2022 .
^ Alviar, Rene (August 17, 2022). "Laguna pride Kyla Atienza, Jema Galanza: Walang 'palakasan' sa palakasan" . Tutubi.ph . Retrieved March 6, 2024 .
^ Bautista, Ohmer (November 9, 2019). "Jema Galanza hailed PVL Open MVP" . Tiebreaker Times . Retrieved March 6, 2024 .
^ Murillo, Michael Angelo (May 7, 2018). "Bernadeth Pons: a winner of a student-athlete" . Business World . Retrieved March 6, 2024 .
^ "Creamline completes 20–0 sweep to retain PVL Open Conference crown" . Rappler .
^ Yumol, David Tristan (August 13, 2021). "Jaja Santiago takes home Conference MVP and Finals MVP awards" . CNN Philippines . Archived from the original on August 13, 2021. Retrieved August 15, 2021 .
^ Basco, Karl Cedrick (July 31, 2023). "PVL: Kurashiki dethrones Creamline, claims Invitational crown" . ABS-CBN News. Retrieved August 11, 2023 .
^ Caacbay, Kennedy (December 17, 2023). "Sheer dominance: Creamline asserts mastery of Choco Mucho to claim all-Filipino crown" . ABS-CBN News . Retrieved March 7, 2024 .