With her young volleyball career, Santiago, who boasts of champion attitude and gameplay, is easily one of the most looked up to idols in the UAAP today. She’s also one who can speak about fitness—of course, her toned frame didn’t work itself out; she undergoes twice-a-day training (especially with the new season) and keeps a balanced diet, too!

Seemingly, Santiago’s problems about her height have since found themselves off the window. #Shoppingproblems for a tall girl? They’ve long been addressed as well.

                     UAAP 2013 National University line up :

                                                             NU Lady Bulldogs

                                                               Dadang, Desiree
                                                               Perez, Ivy
                                                               Santiago, Jaja
                                                               Aganon, Mina
                                                               General, Fatima
                                                               Salibad, Kuki
                                                               Mandapat, Rizza
                                                               Valdez, Gayle
                                                               Urdas, Aiko
                                                               Soliven, Asi
                                                               Pablo, Myla
                                                               Marzan, Andrea
                                                               Salazar, Jareen
                                                               Santiago, Dindin

How Santiago sister sweep the Ateneo Blue Eagles in shakey's championship game

     Alyssa Valdez vs. Jaja Santiago in the finals of the Shakey's V-League Season 12 Collegiate Conference: Jerome Ascano

IT’S a sweep, bust or split as Ateneo and National University dispute two volleyball titles in what looms to be a pair of thrilling finales capping the Shakey’s V-League and Spikers’ Turf Collegiate Conferences. But focus will surely be on the Lady Eagles-Lady and Lady Bulldogs duel, a dream title match between two teams that dominated the mid-season conference of the league sponsored by Shakey’s.

NU also holds a 1-0 edge in its finals duel with Ateneo, it is not easy when your oppenent is Alyssa Valdez . Because Alyssa is a solid player one of the current best spiker in our country.

But NU coach Roger Gorayeb will have to plug the hole left by ace guest player and former stalwart Dindin Santiago-Manabat, who is still with the Petron team in an Asian club tournament in Vietnam and will only be able to re-join the team in next week’s Game Two.

But in the end the Lady Bulldogs won the game. And Myla Pablo won the MVP title of the season.