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Bethania de la Cruz

Bethania de la Cruz
Personal information
Full name Bethania de la Cruz de Peña
Nationality Dominican
Born (1987-05-13) May 13, 1987 (age 30)
Santo Domingo
Hometown Santo Domingo
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Spike 330 cm (130 in)
Block 320 cm (130 in)
Volleyball information
Position Opposite Spiker
Current club Dinamo Moscow
Number 17
National team
2005 - Dominican Republic
Last updated: October 2013

Bethania de la Cruz de Peña (born May 13, 1987 in Santo Domingo) is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won the gold medal with the Dominican women's national team at the 2009 NORCECA Championship and the 2010 Pan-American Cup.

De la Cruz won the Most Valuable Player award when she helped her Dominican professional club Mirador to win the Championship. Playing with her Junior National Team at the 2006 U-20 NORCECA Women's Junior Continental Championship, she won the Most Valuable Player and Best Scorer awards. Her team won the silver medal. She became the MVP of the 2006 TV Azteca's Women Stars Volleyball Cup, played in Monterrey, Mexico won by the team with a perfect record in 5 matches. Previously, she won the bronze medal in beach volleyball at the 2006 National Championship, playing with Karla Echenique. After that season she became "Dominican Republic Volleyball Player of the Year".

At the 2007 Pan-American Cup she took the bronze medal with her National Team and also the Best Scorer award. She took the same award later at the 2007 NORCECA Championship.

She played with the Puero Rican professional team Vaqueras de Bayamón for the 2007 season, being awarded as MVP of the All-Star Game, and the "Best Spiker" of the season.

For the 2007/2008 season of the Japanese V.Premier League she played with the Toray Arrows, finishing as league champion and "Best 6". At the end of the season she won for the second time the "2008 Dominican Republic Volleyball Player of the Year".


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