UAAP: Vanie Gandler says rookie year was ‘most unforgettable’
Vanie Gandler. UAAP PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines—As she enters the brand new chapter of her volleyball profession, Vanie Gandler revealed that her rookie 12 months within the UAAP was her most unforgettable expertise due to the criticisms that helped her turn out to be who she is in the present day.
Gandler, who’s taking her act to the Cignal HD Spikers within the Premier Volleyball League, revealed on Carmela Tunay’s present on Kumu that she had a tricky freshman 12 months, amid profitable the Season 81 championship with the quartet of Kat Tolentino, Bea De Leon, Maddie Madayag, and Deanna Wong.
“Apart from profitable the championship, as a workforce, it was a terrific 12 months however then for me, individually, it was actually a tough one,” the graduating exterior hitter instructed Tunay. “It was a very dangerous 12 months for me. If my followers right here actually watched volleyball, they know that I used to be essentially the most bashed participant that season, as in.”
Gandler, a prized recruit from La Salle-Zobel, was spectacular in the course of the preseason as she and the Blue Eagles reached the PVL Open Convention Finals in 2018 and settled for silver after shedding to the Alyssa Valdez-led Creamline.
However she obtained a backlash on social media after being restricted to only one level in her UAAP debut when Ateneo received swept by La Salle, 14-25, 17-25, 25-16, 19-25, in entrance of 17,000 followers at Mall of Asia Area final February 17, 2019.
“The backlash was overwhelming and I didn’t know and coming into school volleyball, I didn’t count on this strain from the whole lot. I didn’t count on the psychological facet of it. I believed, you already know, you simply should play however then once I stepped into the courtroom first sport, La Salle-Ateneo, the stadium was full and I instructed myself oh no then I performed my worst sport ever,” she mentioned. “From there I used to be tremendous bashed. I get why as a result of I performed dangerous.”
Gandler received her first championship in the identical 12 months nevertheless it took time for her to shrug off the criticisms she obtained and couldn’t even watch the clip of her debut sport.
The COVID-19 pandemic, which worn out her supposed sophomore 12 months in 2020, served as a blessing in disguise, giving her time to mirror and time to “rise up.”
“I admit for a very long time, I didn’t know tips on how to rise up from that, I used to be actually misplaced,” Gandler mentioned. “That 12 months, I keep in mind I used to be crying on a regular basis. I used to be tremendous misplaced, till the pandemic I used to be residence so I had time to resolve what do I actually need for my volleyball profession. Do I wish to be higher? So yeah there I made a decision like okay it’s time to begin engaged on myself.”
“I made a decision that I wish to transfer ahead and I wish to be higher that’s the very first thing I did okay I‘m gonna watch this sport. I’m gonna settle for how I performed dangerous after which there, I used to be in a position to settle for criticism. I used to be like okay that is gonna assist me. My mindset after which I began working not solely within the pandemic, not solely bodily and mentally,” she added.
When the UAAP returned final 12 months, Gandler emerged as certainly one of Ateneo’s foremost offensive choices as she and the Blue Eagles rose from a 0-3 begin and led her workforce to a bronze end, eliminating Adamson and third-seed UST within the playoff for No.4 and stepladder semifinals, respectively.
In her ultimate season, Gandler, the co-captain of Religion Nisperos, scored a complete of 154 factors constructed on 134 spikes, 12 aces, and eight blocks just for Ateneo to overlook the Ultimate 4 for the primary time since 2009 after it completed with a 4-10 document.
Gandler is now shifting on to the following chapter of her profession and he or she is ending her collegiate stint with Ateneo with none regrets, being grateful for her expertise even her most unforgettable Season 81.
“For me, that 12 months was unforgettable as a result of it helped me turn out to be who I’m in the present day. It helped construct me,” she mentioned.
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