Puerto Rican beach volleyball player
Yarleen Santiago Personal information Full name Yarleen Santiago Pagán Nationality Puerto Rican Born (1978-01-18 ) January 18, 1978 (age 47) Arecibo, Puerto Rico Hometown San Juan Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Weight 72 kg (159 lb) Beach volleyball information Current teammate Previous teammates
Yarleen Santiago Pagán [ 1] Arecibo, Puerto Rico ) is a femalebeach volleyball player who won the gold medal at theNORCECA Circuit 2009 atMontelimar, Nicaragua playing withDariam Acevedo .[ 2] [ 3]
At home, Santiago was runner-up of the beach professional circuitCircuito de Voleibol Playero Profesional , playing with Sheila Conley.[ 4] [ 5]
Santiago studied and played at theUniversity of Arkansas as an outside hitter. There, between 1997 and 1999, she earned AVCA All District/All region, All Southeastern Conference (SEC) Team[ 6] [ 7] [ 8] Freshman of the Year Award in 1997.[ 9]
Santiago retired from thePuerto Rican national volleyball team in 2007 after having represented her home country in many events.[ 10] [ 11] 2006 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup , she won theBest Defense Award .[ 12]
Santiago also played professionally in 2009 withGigantes de Carolina fromLiga de Voleibol Superior Femenino .[ 13] [ 14]
1999 SEC Player of the Week, (Week 2 and Week 10) 1999 AVCA All-District 4/All-Region First Team 1998 AVCA All-District 4/All-Region Second Team 1997 AVCA All-District 4/All-Region First Team 1999 All Southeastern Conference First Team 1998 All Southeastern Conference Second Team 1997 All Southeastern Conference First Team 1997–1999 SEC All-Tournament Team 1997 Asics/Volleyball Division I Freshman of the year 2008Circuito de Voleibol Playero Profesional –Champion 2008Circuito de Voleibol Playero Profesional – Runner-Up ^ "Yarleen: bella y poderosa" (in Spanish). Primera Hora. March 14, 2008. RetrievedNovember 7, 2009 .^ nacion.com."Ticas de plata en la final del Norceca" (in Spanish). Archived fromthe original on November 7, 2009. RetrievedOctober 7, 2009 . ^ ArkansasRazorbacks.com."Former Razorback wins NORCECA title" . RetrievedNovember 7, 2009 . ^ Grupo de Diarios América."Nueva cepa" (in Spanish). RetrievedNovember 7, 2009 . ^ fpvoleibol.com."Dos parejas tricampeonas en el Coors Light CVPPRO" . RetrievedNovember 7, 2009 . ^ secsports.com."All-SEC Teams" . Archived fromthe original on November 20, 2005. RetrievedNovember 7, 2009 . ^ arkansasrazorbacks.com."Volleyball Other Records" . RetrievedNovember 7, 2009 . ^ arkansasrazorbacks.com."Dig Records" . RetrievedNovember 7, 2009 . ^ aggieathletics.com."Sykora Receives Another All-American Citation" . RetrievedNovember 7, 2009 . [permanent dead link ^ Terra Mexico."Voleibolista internacional Yarleen Santiago se retira del voleibol de cancha" (in Spanish). Archived fromthe original on February 23, 2012. RetrievedNovember 7, 2009 . ^ Federación Mexicana de Voleibol."Puerto Rico y República Dominicana a semi final" (in Spanish). Archived fromthe original on July 7, 2008. RetrievedNovember 7, 2009 . ^ Cuba Encuentro."Brasil sorprende a Cuba y gana la Copa Panamericana femenina" (in Spanish). RetrievedNovember 7, 2009 . ^ Gigantes de Carolina."Rita Liliom guió a Las Gigantes" (in Spanish). Archived fromthe original on March 1, 2012. RetrievedNovember 7, 2009 . ^ Wapa TV."Leonas ganan primer partido de voleibol" (in Spanish). RetrievedNovember 7, 2009 . [permanent dead link 
Ganaderas de Hatillo (1994)
Marche Metalli Castelfidardo (2004–2005)
Gold Medal
Silver Medal
Champion
Runner-Up, withCriollas de Caguas
