| 2024 Premier Volleyball League Rookie Draft | |
| Logosize: | 250px |
| Sport: | Volleyball |
| Date: | July 8, 2024 |
| Location: | Novotel Manila Araneta City, Quezon City |
| Network: | One Sports |
| Overall: | 23 |
| Rounds: | 4 |
| League: | Premier Volleyball League |
| Teams: | 12 |
| First: | Thea Gagate (Zus Coffee Thunderbelles) |
| Next: | 2025 |
The 2024 Premier Volleyball League draft was the inaugural rookie draft for the Premier Volleyball League, the top-level women's professional volleyball league in the Philippines, conducted on July 8, 2024 at Novotel Manila Araneta City in Quezon City.[1]
The draft was held in the middle of the PVL's 2024 season, after the All-Filipino Conference and before the Reinforced Conference.[2]
| Event | Date(s) |
|---|---|
| Submission of applicants' draft requirements. | May 19–June 12, 2024 |
| Announcement of the initial list of applicants. | June 15, 2024 |
| Combine registration for free agents. | June 18–21, 2024 |
| Draft lottery day. | June 24, 2024 |
| Rookie draft combine | June 25–26, 2024 |
| PVL Rookie Draft event. | July 8, 2024 |
| Contract signing among drafted players. | July 8–23, 2024 |
The following were the eligibility requirements for the draft:[3]
Within fifteen (15) days, draftees must:
If drafted players cannot secure a contract for their teams, they are considered free-agent unsigned draftees. They will undergo a special draft arranged by the league following the same arrangement, excluding the team that failed to sign them.[5]
The deadline for entrant submissions was set on May 31, 2024, but was extended to June 12, 2024.[6]
From an initial list of 50 players, 47 applicants were officially listed for the draft.[7]
The Rookie Draft Combine was held from June 25 to 26, 2024 at the Gameville Ball Park in Mandaluyong City. It was a mandatory two-day event for draft applicants to undergo physical measures, medical tests, interviews, athletic tests, and scrimmages, all observed by coaches and officials.[8]
The draft combine was also open to free-agent players who had played in the league starting from the 2021 season. Although free agents were ineligible to join the rookie draft, the event allowed them to show their skills, to be observed and potentially hired by teams.[9] The deadline for registration for free agents was on June 21, 2024.
The following table shows the players listed for the combine for free agent players.[10]
| width=18% | Player | width=4% | width=15% | Last PVL team | width=15% | Last PVL conference played | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bien Elaine Juanillo | Gerflor Defenders | 2023 2nd All-Filipino | |||||
| Cathrina Dizon | Capital1 Solar Spikers | 2024 All-Filipino | |||||
| Chumcee Caole | Strong Group Athletics | 2024 All-Filipino | |||||
| Dana Del Rosario | Capital1 Solar Spikers | 2024 All-Filipino | |||||
| Jan Angeli Cane | Strong Group Athletics | 2024 All-Filipino | |||||
| Jana Sta. Maria | Strong Group Athletics | 2024 All-Filipino | |||||
| Judith Abil | Nxled Chameleons | 2023 2nd All-Filipino | |||||
| Lhara Maye Clavano | Gerflor Defenders | 2023 2nd All-Filipino | |||||
| Mary Angelei Jingco | Gerflor Defenders | 2023 2nd All-Filipino | |||||
| Menchie Tubiera | Gerflor Defenders | 2023 2nd All-Filipino | |||||
| Merry Rose Jauculan | Strong Group Athletics | 2024 All-Filipino | |||||
| Pia Sarmiento | Gerflor Defenders | 2023 2nd All-Filipino | |||||
| Sheeka Gin Espinosa | Strong Group Athletics | 2024 All-Filipino | |||||
| Souzan Raslan | Strong Group Athletics | 2024 All-Filipino | |||||
In the first round, the order of the four worst-performing teams was determined through a lottery, for the ability to pick the first to fourth picks. This practice was designed to discourage any tanking by teams in order to influence the pick order in potential future drafts. The remaining eight teams were arranged based on the reverse final standing at the 2024 All-Filipino Conference. The draft lottery results revealed that Zus Coffee Thunderbelles got the inaugural top draft pick, from which the arrangement of the next teams followed their exact reverse standings in the 2024 All-Filipino.[11] The draft concluded when all 12 teams passed the draft selection.
For the second and subsequent rounds, the draft order continued to use the reverse final standing of the said conference, with the worst team picking first and the champions picking last.
| width=5%; rowspan="2" | Draft order | width=30%; rowspan="2" | Team | width=30%; colspan="2" | 2024 AFC result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placement | Record (W-L) | ||||
| 1st | Zus Coffee Thunderbelles | 12th | 0–11 | ||
| 2nd | Capital1 Solar Spikers | 11th | 1–10 | ||
| 3rd | Galeries Tower Highrisers | 10th | 3–8 | ||
| 4th | Farm Fresh Foxies | 9th | 3–8 | ||
| 5th | Nxled Chameleons | 8th | 4–7 | ||
| 6th | Akari Chargers | 7th | 5–6 | ||
| 7th | Cignal HD Spikers | 6th | 7–4 | ||
| 8th | PLDT High Speed Hitters | 5th | 8–3 | ||
| 9th | Chery Tiggo Crossovers | 4th | 10–6 | ||
| 10th | Petro Gazz Angels | 3rd | 11–5 | ||
| 11th | Choco Mucho Flying Titans | 2nd | 12–4 | ||
| 12th | Creamline Cool Smashers | 1st | 12–4 |
| OH | Outside hitter | MB | Middle blocker | OP | Opposite hitter | S | Setter | L | Libero |
| National Team Member | ||
| PVL Premier Team Awardee | ||
| Rookie of the Conference | ||
| Player (in italic text) | Unsigned drafted player |
| Player | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MB | Zus Coffee Thunderbelles | De La Salle University | ||
| 2 | Leila Cruz | OP | Capital1 Solar Spikers | De La Salle University | |
| 3 | Julia Coronel | S | Galeries Tower Highrisers | De La Salle University | |
| 4 | Maicah Larroza | OH/L | Farm Fresh Foxies | De La Salle University | |
| 5 | Lucille Almonte | OH | Nxled Chameleons | Adamson University | |
| 6 | Stephanie Bustrillo | OP | Akari Chargers | University of the Philippines | |
| 7 | Ishie Lalongisip | OH | Cignal HD Spikers | Adamson University | |
| 8 | Angelica Alcantara | S | PLDT High Speed Hitters | Adamson University | |
| 9 | Karen Verdeflor | L | Chery Tiggo Crossovers | Adamson University | |
| 10 | Antonette Adolfo | OP | Petro Gazz Angels | Adamson University | |
| 11 | Lorraine Pecaña | MB | Choco Mucho Flying Titans | Arellano University | |
| 12 | Aleiah Torres | L | Creamline Cool Smashers | Brock University |
| Player | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Sharya Ancheta | MB | Zus Coffee Thunderbelles | Adamson University | |
| 14 | Roma Mae Doromal | L | Capital1 Solar Spikers | Ateneo de Manila University | |
| 15 | Jewel Encarnacion | OH | Galeries Tower Highrisers | University of the Philippines | |
| 16 | Pierre Abellana | OH | Farm Fresh Foxies | University of Santo Tomas | |
| 17 | Razel Aldea | MB | Nxled Chameleons | University of Perpetual Help System DALTA | |
| 18 | Donnalyn Paralejas | S | Petro Gazz Angels | Arellano University |
| Player | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Nikka Yandoc | S | Zus Coffee Thunderbelles | Adamson University | |
| 20 | Giliana Torres | OH | Capital1 Solar Spikers | De La Salle University | |
| 21 | Dodee Batindaan | MB | Galeries Tower Highrisers | Arellano University |
| Player | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | Jenina Zeta | L | Zus Coffee Thunderbelles | University of the East | |
| 23 | Danivah Aying | OP | Galeries Tower Highrisers | University of San Jose–Recoletos |
A fifth round was held, but all remaining teams passed, thus ending the draft.
The draft lottery determined the arrangement of the four lowest-ranked teams in selecting draft applicants in the first round. The lottery was held on the June 24, 2024 broadcast of The Starting Lineup of RPTV.
| Denotes the actual lottery result |
| Team | 2024 AFC | 1st pick Lottery chances[13] | Lottery probabilities | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placement | Record | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | |||
| Zus Coffee Thunderbelles | 12th | 0–11 | 40 | 40.0% | 31.6% | 20.6% | 7.8% | |
| Capital1 Solar Spikers | 11th | 1–10 | 30 | 30.0% | 30.8% | 26.2% | 13.0% | |
| Galeries Tower Highrisers | 10th | 3–8 | 20 | 20.0% | 24.1% | 31.7% | 24.1% | |
| Farm Fresh Foxies | 9th | 3–8 | 10 | 10.0% | 13.5% | 21.4% | 55.1% | |
| Rounds | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| width=60px | 1st | width=60px | After 1st |
| Adamson University | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| De La Salle University | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Arellano University | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| University of the Philippines | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| align=left colspan="3" | Other schools | 1 each |
| Rounds | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| width=60px | 1st | width=60px | After 1st |
| Outside hitter | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Middle blocker | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Opposite hitter | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Setter | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Libero | 2 | 2 | 4 |