By Edwin C. Laru-an
Angolaye Ataza is an open spiker for the women’s Volleyball Team.
Our featured athlete for this week comes from the Women’s Volleyball Team:
Name: Angolaye C. Ataza
Nickname: Ann, jo, laye, or Ataza
Height: 5′ 7”
Grade/year: Second-year college, BSTM 2
Playing Position: Open spiker
Team: Volleyball Women
Coach: Toni Arnilla
Hometown: Concepcion, Iloilo
Achievements:
Elementary Salutatorian and Athlete of the Year
Junior High School Valedictorian
Journalism Awardee 2015, Gawad Kinaadman Awardee for Creative Writing, Student Leader Awardee.
For sports, I would like to highlight my first Regional PRISAA Championship in Roxas City, Capiz because everyone has seen how hard we fought for it. We were all new in the team and I have witnessed how everyone cheered for us especially the team of Sepak Takraw headed by Coach Kidoy. It was such a momentous win!
Hobbies: Singing, practicing voice-overs, writing literature, eating and sleeping
Favorite Player: My Dad
Most Memorable Game:
My first Iloilo Prisaa 2019-2020
Principle in Life: “Just look at the brighter side of everything for God has prepared the best path
for you.” “Eat, grind, sleep, and repeat.”
What can you say as a player of CPU Golden Lions:
Being an athlete is a good thing, you study for free, travel for free, and meet tons of people. You also become healthy, not just physically but in all aspects. But being an athlete in CPU is the best thing for God placed me in a situation where I can fully understand my capabilities and accept my incapacities. I opened a new chapter that I did not know has the slightest chance of happening.
Being a Golden Lion is not only a title, it is a privilege. Being an athlete here in CPU means life for us — a life full of surprises, opportunities, and responsibilities. CPU players are not just mere athletes. We are The Athletes who will strive and bring pride to our Alma Mater. There may be gloomy days but I know something better is about to come for I play with the best team and coaches that I could ever have.
Why did you choose CPU:
CPU has been my dream school way back during elementary days because my Dad did not get the chance to finish what he had started. So even though I got the chance to study in Manila, I still chose to take the risk and come back to Iloilo because CPU has given me the sense of belongingness that I always sought. And I knew way back when I was still starting that I belong in CPU. It is not just an institution that receives athletes and students, but a family that will extend every help wholeheartedly. Choosing CPU is a risk worth taking for.