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PLDT High Speed Hitters
Professional women's volleyball team
The PLDT High Speed Hitters (formerly the Smart Giga Hitters and the PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters) is a professional women's volleyball team owned by PLDT.
This article is about the women's volleyball team. For the men's volleyball team, see PLDT Volleyball Club. For the women's volleyball team established in 2013 and merged to this team in 2018, see PayMaya High Flyers. For the PLDT sponsored teams that played in the 2014 AVC Club Championships, see PLDT HOME TVolution team.
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| Short name | PLDT | ||
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| Nickname | High Speed Hitters | ||
| Founded | 2018 | ||
| Head coach | Rald Ricafort | ||
| Captain | Kath Arado (UE) | ||
| League | Premier Volleyball League Philippine Super Liga (2018–2020) | ||
| 2024 All-Filipino | 5th place | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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The team debuted in 2018 as the Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters.[1] The team was owned by Smart Communications.[2]
For the 2018 PSL Invitational Cup, the team partnered with the Philippine Army Lady Troopers and competed as the Smart–Army Giga Hitters.[3]
In September 2018, the PayMaya High Flyers, their affiliate team in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL), was merged with the team.[4] In February 2019, the Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters changed its name to the PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters.[5]
The team transferred to the PVL in February 2021, following the league's professionalization.[6] The team changed their name to the High Speed Hitters in January 2022, in a lead up to the upcoming PVL season.[7]
- Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters (2018 Grand Prix)
- Smart–Army Giga Hitters (2018 Invitational)
- Smart Giga Hitters (2018 All-Filipino)
- PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters (2019)
- PLDT Home Fibr Hitters (2020)
- PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters (2021)
- PLDT High Speed Hitters (2022–)
Main article: 2024 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference
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| PLDT High Speed Hitters | |||||
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| No. | Player | Position | Height | Birth date | School |
| 1 |  Maria Nieza Viray | Libero | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | (1999-02-12) February 12, 1999 (age 25) | SBU |
| 2 | Shiela Mae Kiseo | Outside Hitter | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | (2000-10-20) October 20, 2000 (age 23) | FEU |
| 4 | Jules Samonte | Outside Hitter /Opposite Hitter | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | (1998-10-22) October 22, 1998 (age 25) | ADMU |
| 5 | Erika Mae Santos | Opposite Hitter | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | (1998-05-13) May 13, 1998 (age 26) | DLSU |
| 6 |  Savannah Davison | Outside Hitter | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | (1999-01-04) January 4, 1999 (age 25) | OU |
| 8 | Kathleen Faith Arado (C) | Libero | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | (1998-05-22) May 22, 1998 (age 26) | UE |
| 9 | Kim Fajardo | Setter | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | (1993-09-30) September 30, 1993 (age 30) | DLSU |
| 10 | Mary Joy Baron | Middle Blocker | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | (1994-12-10) December 10, 1994 (age 29) | DLSU |
| 11 | Kim Kianna Dy | Opposite Hitter | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | (1995-07-26) July 26, 1995 (age 28) | DLSU |
| 12 | Rhea Katrina Dimaculangan | Setter | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | (1991-03-21) March 21, 1991 (age 33) | UST |
| 13 | Dell Palomata | Middle Blocker | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | (1995-11-01) November 1, 1995 (age 28) | UV |
| 14 | Kiesha Dazzie Bedonia | Outside Hitter | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | (2002-12-29) December 29, 2002 (age 21) | FEU |
| 17 | Fiola Ceballos | Outside Hitter | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | (1994-06-21) June 21, 1994 (age 29) | CPU |
| 18 | Jessey Laine De Leon | Middle Blocker | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | (1994-12-18) December 18, 1994 (age 29) | UST |
| 25 | Rachel Anne Austero | Middle Blocker | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | (1997-08-03) August 3, 1997 (age 26) | CSB |
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| Season | Conference | Title | Source |
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| 2021 | Open | 7th place | |
| 2022 | Open | 5th place | |
| Invitational | 4th place | [8] | |
| Reinforced | 6th place | ||
| 2023 | 1st All-Filipino | 4th place | [9] |
| Invitational | 5th place | ||
| 2nd All-Filipino | 5th place | ||
| 2024 | All-Filipino | 5th place | [10] |
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| Season | Conference | Award | Name | Source |
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| 2022 | Invitational | 1st Best Middle Blocker | Mika Reyes |
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| 2nd Best Middle Blocker | Dell Palomata | |||
| 2023 | 1st All-Filipino | Best Libero | Kathleen Faith Arado |
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| Invitational | Best Libero | Kathleen Faith Arado |
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Janet Serafica (2018)- Mary Jean Balse-Pabayo (2018)
- Aiko Sweet Urdas (2018)
- Grethcel Soltones (2019)
- Jerrili Malabanan (2019)
- Rysabelle Devanadera (2019–2020)
- Rhea Dimaculangan (2021–2022)
- Mika Reyes (2023)
- Kath Arado (2024–present)
- Ronald Dulay (2018 Grand Prix)
- Emilio Reyes Jr. (2018 Invitational)
- Roger Gorayeb (2018–2021)
- George Pascua (2022)
- Rald Ricafort (2023–present)
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