Ennajie Laure | |
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Personal information | |
Nickname | EJ |
Nationality | Filipino |
Born | July 31, 1997 |
Hometown | Philippines |
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) |
Spike | 280 cm (110 in) |
Block | 275 cm (108 in) |
College(s) | University of Santo Tomas |
Volleyball information | |
Position | Outside Hitter/Open Hitter |
Current club | Foton Tornadoes |
Number | 9 |
Ennajie Laure is a Filipina volleyball player. She is a member of UST Golden Tigresses volleyball team and former Philippine National Team member.
Laure comes from a sports-minded family. She is the daughter of Eddie Laure, a pro basketball player who played in the PBA and Jovie Laure. She has a younger sister, Ejiya Laure, also a varsity volleyball player for UST High School.
Laure led the UST Girls Volleyball Team to its last championship back in Season 76 of UAAP Juniors Volleyball. She hailed as Best Attacker and Most Valuable Player. She also received Best Server in Season 74 and Best Receiver in Season 75.
Laure debuted her collegiate career playing for UST Golden Tigresses as a guest player in Shakey's V-League 11th Season 1st Conference UST reached the semi-finals but failed to finish in podium losing to Adamson University. Laure bagged the Best Scorer Award of the conference. After her impressive debut in SVL, Laure played for UST in UAAP Season 77. UST failed to reach the Final 4 losing to FEU Tamaraws in a do or die match. Laure declared as the Rookie of the Year with Kathleen Arado of UE.
In her sophomore year, Laure and UST joined the Shakey's V-League 12th Season Collegiate Conference. UST settled as 4th placer losing to FEU Lady Tamaraws and she won 2nd Best Open Hitter Award. In UAAP Season 78, Laure was announced as the team captain. UST failed to advance in Final 4 and settled as 6th placer. In the latter part of 2016, Laure led the UST Golden Tigresses in Shakey's V-League 13th Season Reinforced Open Conference competing against club teams and collegiate teams in the Philippines. She led the Golden Tigresses into semis making UST the only collegiate team in semi-finals and they finished as 4th placer and she won 2nnd Best Open Hitter Award. They also participated the UNIGAMES 2016 in Bacolod which they were declared as champion defeating University of Perpetual Help System Dalta. Laure led the UST Womens Volleyball Team this UAAP Season 79 back to Final 4 after defeating National University in 5 sets scoring a big 22 points.