Yarleen Santiago

Yarleen Santiago Pagán[1] (born January 18, 1978, in 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]

Yarleen Santiago
Personal information
Full nameYarleen Santiago Pagán
NationalityPuerto Rican
Born (1978-01-18) January 18, 1978
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
HometownSan Juan
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Years Teammate
2009 Dariam Acevedo
Previous teammates
Years Teammate
2007
2008		 Yamileska Yantín
Sheila Conley
Honours
Women's beach volleyball
Representing  Puerto Rico
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Guadalajara Beach
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit
Gold medal – first place 2009 Montelimar Beach
Gold medal – first place 2007 Carolina Beach
Silver medal – second place 2009 Jamaica Beach
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Carolina Beach

At home, Santiago was runner-up of the beach professional circuit Circuito de Voleibol Playero Profesional, playing with Sheila Conley.[4] In 2009, playing with Dariam Acevedo, she won the championship.[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] and SEC All-Tournament Team honors every year.[7] She also led her team in digs every season between 1997 and 1999.[8] She earned the 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] At the 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
  1. "Yarleen: bella y poderosa" (in Spanish). Primera Hora. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  2. nacion.com. "Ticas de plata en la final del Norceca" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-10-07.
  3. ArkansasRazorbacks.com. "Former Razorback wins NORCECA title". Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  4. Grupo de Diarios América. "Nueva cepa" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  5. fpvoleibol.com. "Dos parejas tricampeonas en el Coors Light CVPPRO". Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  6. secsports.com. "All-SEC Teams". Archived from the original on November 20, 2005. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  7. arkansasrazorbacks.com. "Volleyball Other Records". Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  8. arkansasrazorbacks.com. "Dig Records". Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  9. aggieathletics.com. "Sykora Receives Another All-American Citation". Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  10. Terra Mexico. "Voleibolista internacional Yarleen Santiago se retira del voleibol de cancha" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  11. Federación Mexicana de Voleibol. "Puerto Rico y República Dominicana a semi final" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  12. Cuba Encuentro. "Brasil sorprende a Cuba y gana la Copa Panamericana femenina" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  13. Gigantes de Carolina. "Rita Liliom guió a Las Gigantes" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 1, 2012. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  14. Wapa TV. "Leonas ganan primer partido de voleibol" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-11-07.
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