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AT ACADEMIA MARIA REINA
Lettered in beach volleyball for two seasons at Academia Maria Reina in San Juan, Puerto Rico … Also lettered two seasons in track and field and one season in softball at Academia Maria Reina … One of eight players selected to represent Puerto Rico on the U19 Junior National beach team by the Puerto Rican Federation for beach volleyball during the spring of 2016 to at the USA Volleyball – High Performance Beach Championships … Led Academia Maria Reina to the Puerto Rico High School Athletic Alliance Varsity Division A championship during the 2014 season … Academia also won third place at the Fourth National School Beach Volleyball Tournament in the Women’s Varsity Division in 2015 … Was named the JV League Volleyball MVP … Chosen as the Puerto Rico High School Athletic Alliance League MVP during her ninth and 10th grade seasons … Also competed for her club team Borinquen Coquí for 11 seasons, serving as team captain for 10 seasons … Guided her club team to a first-place finish in the 2013 Spring Volleyball Challenge as she was selected as the tournament’s Most Valuable Player for her play … Also represented Puerto Rico at the European Global Challenge in Pula, Croatia that same season.

PERSONAL
Alahna Yoanni Diaz  … Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico … Daughter of Angelo Diaz and Brenda Santos … Oldest of three children in her family … Has two younger sisters, Estella Mia Diaz and Yianni Ly … Favorite movie is “Shutter Island” … Favorite book is “Angels and Demons” written by Dan Brown … Favorite professional sports team is the Cleveland Cavaliers … Favorite athletes are Gilberto Yatzel Figueroa and LeBron James … Favorite musical artists are John Mayer, Drake and Hozier, among others … Favorite foods are listed as sushi and ceviche … Favorite classes are math and human anatomy … Aspires to go to medical school one day and wants to be a doctor … Majoring in biomedical sciences.