Rosa Medrano | |||
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Personal information | |||
Nationality | Dominican Republic | ||
Born |
San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic |
April 16, 1985 ||
Hometown | Santo Domingo | ||
Volleyball information | |||
Position | Outside Hitter / Middle Blocker | ||
Current team | Missouri Tigers | ||
Number | 7 | ||
National team | |||
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Rosa Medrano (born April 16, 1985 in San Cristóbal) is a female volleyball and beach volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won the silver medal with her native country at the 2002 NORCECA Girls Youth Continental Championship U-18.
In beach volleyball she won the silver medal at the 2006 National Championship partnering with Margarita Suero and later that year represented her home country at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games with the same partner and finished in 6th place.
Playing with Laritza Díaz, she won the silver medal at the Torneo de Voleibol Playero de Hato Mayor 2007, a local beach volleyball tournament on Dominican soil.
She joined Miami Dade College for the 2007 season, her junior college won the Pasco-Hernando Invitational, and she was chosen tournament MVP. Her team ended up as NJCAA National Champion Runner-up, with a 33-1 record. That year she was chosen NJCAA 2007 Division I All-Region First Team, and 2007 AVCA Two-Year Colleges Second-Team All-America, among other individual awards.
She led Miami Dade College Lady Sharks to the 2008 NJCAA championship tournament with a 26-8 overall record, the team finished in the 6th place. Miami Dade won the Southern Conference and was also State Champion that season. She was chosen for the All Tournament Team. She won NJCAA 2008 Division I First-Team All-America,NJCAA 2008 Division I All-Region First Team,2008 AVCA Two-Year Colleges First-Team All-America and some more.
After completing the two-years program at MDC, in 2009 Rosa joined the Tigers of the University of Missouri. Rapidly she became MVP at the Tiger Invitational.