Stephanie Mercado
Filipino volleyball player
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Stephanie "Paneng" de Vega Mercado-de Koenigswarter is a Filipino former volleyball player.
| Stephanie Mercado | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Stephanie de Vega Mercado-de Koenigswarter | ||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Paneng | ||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Filipino | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1989 or 1990 (age 36–37) | ||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Quezon City | ||||||||||||||||
| College / University | DLSU | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | ||||||||||||||||
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Early life and education
Stephanie Mercado was born in the 1989 or 1990 to Paulo Mercado and to sprinter Lydia de Vega.[1][2][3] She initially was into lawn tennis prior to volleyball.[4] She took up volleyball at age eight, playing informally with friends in the streets.[5] She also cited Brazilian player Leila Barros as her inspiration to take up the sport after seeing the athlete play games in the Philippines.[1]
Mercado studied at St. Bridget School in Quezon City playing for its volleyball team in the Milo Best women's volleyball league.[1] She attended the De La Salle University for her collegiate studies.[6]
Career
Collegiate
Mercado played for the De La Salle Lady Spikers in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). She helped DLSU win three UAAP championships.[7] She last competed for her school in 2012.[8]
Club
Mercado joined the PCSO Bingo Milyonaryo Puffins of the Philippine Super Liga (PSL) for the 2013 Invitational Conference.[9] She later played for the Meralco Power Spikers in 2013 Open Conference of the Shakey's V-League.[10]
As a player of the AirAsia Flying Spikers of the PSL, Mercado was named Best Outside Hitter in the 2014 PSL All-Filipino Conference.[4][11] Sometime in late 2014, Mercado rejoins Meralco Power Spikers which entered the PSL and played for them until 2015.[12][13]
By 2016, Mercado is playing with the F2 Logistics Cargo Movers.[14][15] She was part of the PSL All-Stars which played in the 2016 Women's Volleyball Thai-Denmark Super League.[16] Later that year, Mercado joined the Cignal HD Spikers for the 2016 PSL Grand Prix[17] She remains with Cignal in 2017.[18]
In 2018, Mercado joined the Petro Gazz Angels of the Premier Volleyball League under a long-term deal.[5] She helped the team win their first title, the 2019 Reinforced Conference.[19][20]