Mary jean balse biography

Before volleyball made a boom into the local mainstream, Mary Jean Balse-Pabayo was one of the sport’s pillars.

With numerous stints as the National Team’s anchor and with her starring on the Army Lady Troopers’ best teams in the late 2000s to to early 2010s, ‘Ging Balse’ is most fondly remembered as a University of Santo Tomas Golden Tigress.

The Tagum City native brought UST to a UAAP Women’s Volleyball title in Season 79 and two championships in the Shakey’s V-League.

Now in the twilight of her volleyball career, the 35-year-old is relishing her stint with the Petron Blaze Spikers in the ongoing 2018 Chooks-to-Go/Philippine Superliga All-Filipino Cup.

Balse-Pabayo has had many teammates over the years, but has always treasured her fellow Tigresses the most.

In Petron, she reunites with fellow beloved Tomasinas in Aiza Maizo-Pontillas and Rhea Dimacul