Aiza Maizo-Pontillas

Aiza Maizo-Pontillas
Personal information
Nickname Aiza
Nationality Filipino
Born (1988-02-29) 29 February 1988
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Spike 287 cm (113 in)
Block 278 cm (109 in)
College(s) University of Santo Tomas
Volleyball information
Position Opposite hitter
Current club Petron
Number 7

Aiza Maizo-Pontillas (born February 29, 1988) is a Filipino volleyball athlete. She was a member and team captain of the UAAP champion teams of the UST Golden Tigresses (2008-2010). She is currently the team captain of the Petron Tri-Activ Spikers and plays as an opposite hitter.

Education

Pontillas graduated from the University of Santo Tomas with a Bachelor of Science in Food Technology.

Career

Maizo-Pontillas played with UST Growling Tigers, winning the UAAP Season 71 Best Attacker and the Best Scorer and Best Receiver for the UAAP Season 73. She also won the UAAP Championship from 2007 to 2011. With Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns Maizo-Pontillas won the Best Scorer and Season's Most Valuable Player[1] also winning the Final's Most Valuable Player of the Season 11, Reinforced Open Conference when her team won the league title.[2]

In the Shakey's V-League 12th Season Open Conference, Maizo-Pontillas helped Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns to reach the third place of the tournament.[3] She later won the Shakey's V-League 12th Season Reinforced Open Conference with PLDT Home Ultera Fast Hitters.[4] She was sidelined from the national team set to compete in the 2015 Southeast Asian Games,[5] but she was later hired as assistant coach for the games.[6] She played the 2016 Philippine Superliga Invitational Cup with Petron Tri-Activ Spikers having won the second place of the tournament and the Best Opposite Spiker individual award.[7]

Clubs

Awards

Individuals

References

  1. Lozada, Mei-Lin (2 November 2014). "Aiza Maizo caps dominant showing by bagging MVP title of Shakey's V-League". Spin. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  2. "Cagayan Valley overcomes Army to annex 2nd V-League crown". Spin. 9 November 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  3. Escarlonte, Mark (24 May 2015). "Cagayan Valley takes SVL Open Conference third place trophy". ABS-CBN. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  4. Lozada, Mei-Lin (6 December 2015). "Alyssa Valdez stars as PLDT Home Ultera beats Army to complete V-League title run". Spin. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  5. Panaligan, Marisse (22 May 2015). "Daquis, Valdez lead national lineup for SEA Games volleyball; Maizo-Pontillas". GMA News. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  6. Panaligan, Marisse (27 May 2015). "Aiza Maizo admits surprise over appointment as nat'l team assistant coach". GMA News. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  7. Reyes, Marc Anthony (10 April 2016). "RC Cola-Army rules Superliga Invt'l Cup". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
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