Charo Soriano

Maria Rosario Bollozos Soriano (born October 14, 1985) known as Charo Soriano, is a Filipino volleyball player, coach, and politician. Soriano is one of the founders of Beach Volleyball Republic, an outdoor volleyball tournament, and a board member of the Philippine National Volleyball Federation.^[2] She also serves as a city councilor of Tuguegarao since 2022.

Maria Rosario Soriano
Member of the Tuguegarao City Council
Incumbent
Assumed office June 30, 2022
Personal details
Born	Maria Rosario Bollozos Soriano (1985-10-14) October 14, 1985 (age 39) Cagayan de Oro, Philippines[1]
Nickname	Charo
Volleyball career
Personal information
Hometown	Tuguegarao, Cagayan, Philippines
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight	135 lb (61 kg)
College / University	Ateneo de Manila University
Volleyball information
Position	Open/Middle Hitter
Current club	Beach Volleyball Republic
Number	8

Early life

Soriano was born to Jefferson Soriano, a former mayor of Tuguegarao, and Eleanor Bollozos.^[3]

Volleyball career

During her collegiate playing career for the Ateneo Lady Eagles, she played indoor and beach volleyball. After playing with the Ateneo Lady Eagles from 2003 to 2008, she worked as assistant coach for the team from 2012 to 2014. Soriano led the Eagles to victory in the Shakey's V-League Season 8, 1st Conference as head coach.^[4] In 2013, she played for the Smart Maynilad Net Spikers in the Shakey's V-League^[5] Soriano joined PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters from the Shakey's V-League, for the 2014 Shakey's V-League 11th Season Open Conference and the 2015 Shakey's V-League 12th Season Reinforced Open Conference.^[6]

In beach volleyball, Soriano played in the 2015 PSL Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup with Petron XCS and the 2015 Fit To Hit: Philippine Beach Volleyball Invitational Mane 'n Tail. She won the Silver Medal in the 2015 Beach Volleyball Republic Christmas Open and later represented The Philippines partnering Alexa Micek in the 2015 Spike For Peace Women’s International Beach Volleyball.^[7] She played with Micek the Beach Volleyball Republic tournaments since 2015. She is one of the co-founders of Beach Volleyball Republic.^[8]

For the 2016 Shakey's V-League 13th Season Open Conference season, she acted as playing coach for the club BaliPure Purest Water Defenders.^[9]

Political career

Soriano announced on October 6, 2021, that she would be seeking political office as councilor in her hometown, Tuguegarao, for the 2022 Philippine local election.^[10] She was elected to a three-year term after placing second in the official tally.^[11]

On July 25, 2022, she was elected president of the Cagayan chapter of the Philippine Councilors League, making her an ex officio member of the Cagayan Provincial Board.^[12]

Clubs

• Ateneo Lady Eagles (2003-2008)
• Smart-Maynilad Net Spikers (2013)
• PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters (2014-2015)
• BaliPure Purest Water Defenders (2016)
• Perlas Spikers (2017) - team manager

Awards

Individuals

• 2003-2004 UAAP Season 66 "Rookie of the Year"
• 2006 Home and Away Invitational League "Best Server"
• 2007 Shakey's V-League Season 4 2nd Conference "Most Energetic Player"
• 2007–2008 UAAP Season 70 "Best Scorer"
• 2007–2008 UAAP Season 70 "Best Receiver"
• 2008 Shakey's V-League Season 5 1st Conference "Most Improved Player"
• 2008 Shakey's V-League Season 5 1st Conference "Best Blocker"

See also

• Beach Volleyball Republic
• Perlas Spikers

References

1. https://comelec.gov.ph/php-tpls-attachments/2025NLE/COC_2025NLE/COC_Local/COC_Local_R2/CAGAYAN/TUGUEGARAO_CITY/COUN_SORIANO_MARIA_ROSARIO_B.pdf
2. "'Real work begins': Charo Soriano takes on new challenge with volleyball NSA". ABS-CBN News. January 27, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
3. Agcaoili, Lance (October 6, 2021). "Charo Soriano formalizes bid as Tuguegarao councilor". Spin.ph. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
4. "Soriano finally wins V-League crown for Ateneo as coach". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
5. GMA News, AMD (6 October 2013). "V-League: Smart-Maynilad leans on Alyssa Valdez to finalize semis entry with win over Meralco". GMA News. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
6. Villar, Joey (6 October 2015). "Gorayeb shifts focus to PLDT's V-League grand slam bid". Philstar. Manila, Philippines. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
7. Lozada, Bong (29 November 2015). "Spike for Peace: PH duo of Soriano, Micek falls to Thailand". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
8. Lozada, Mei-Lin (22 December 2015). "Gretchen Ho bares busy BVR season amid spike in beach volleyball popularity". Spin. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
9. THE, WIRES (29 May 2016). "Pressure on for playing coach Charo Soriano as undermanned BaliPure debuts against Air Force". Spin.ph. Spin. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
10. Lozada, Bong (October 6, 2021). "Volleyball exec Charo Soriano runs for councilor in Tuguegarao". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
11. Baccay, Oliver (May 10, 2022). "Tuguegarao City elects its first lady mayor". Philippine Information Agency. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
12. "PCL Cagayan Chapter New Officers Proclaimed | Charo Soriano". Facebook. Retrieved 2023-11-17.