MANILA — Five rookie aspirants based from Western Visayas have been selected during the 2025 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) Rookie Draft on Sunday night at Novotel Manila in Araneta City.
Negrense Erika Jin Deloria bannered the Region 6 players picked up after being drafted by Chery Tiggo Crossovers as their eighth overall selection in the second round.
Deloria, a former Bacolod Tay Tung High School Thunderbolts standout, said she was overwhelmed to be selected early in the second round despite coming from a non-UAAP or NCAA school.
“I am overwhelmed kasi masasabi ko na I am under the radar (in this rookie draft),” said Deloria, currently a member of Enderun College Titans women’s volleyball team.
“Dati ang pangarap ko (nung nasa Bacolod pa ako is to be able to play sa UAAP (but hindi ‘yun natupad). But God has better plans for me. I am so overwhelmed,” she added.
Aside from Deloria, the Crossovers also selected San Beda University Lady Red Spikers star Rayann Cañete, who is a native of Sagay City in Negros Occidental, in the fourth round.
Other Western Visayas-based volleybelles selected are Ann Monares ) Farm Fresh Foxies, No. 4 pick 2nd round), Jessa Ordiales (Cignal HD Spikers, No. 6 pick second round), and Joan Doguna (Akari Power Chargers, No. 7 pick 3rd round).
Monares was a former standout of Far Eastern University Lady Tamaraws, Ordiales was a member of De La Salle University Lady Spikers, and Doguna recently played for Lyceum Lady Pirates.
Meanwhile, those who went undrafted were Shane Carmona from Bacolod City, Pearl An Denura, from Iloilo City, and Jerry Lyn Rufin Laurente from Numancia, Aklan.
Those undrafted players will now enter the league’s free agent pool and are now free to tryout and sign with any of the 12 teams in the PVL./PN
