2024 Premier Volleyball League draft


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.
The draft was held in the middle of the PVL's 2024 season, after the All-Filipino Conference and before the Reinforced Conference.

Key dates

EventDate
Submission of applicants' draft requirements.May 19–June 12, 2024
Announcement of the list of applicants.June 15, 2024
Combine registration for free agents.June 18–21, 2024
Draft lottery day.June 24, 2024
Rookie draft combineJune 25–26, 2024
PVL Rookie Draft event.July 8, 2024
Contract signing among drafted players.July 8–23, 2024

Eligibility and entrants

The following were the eligibility requirements for the draft:
Within fifteen days, draftees must:
  • Obtain a minimum three-year contract offer for first-round picks.
  • Obtain a minimum one-year contract for the second round and later picks.
  • Obtain a minimum one-conference contract for the undrafted players signed by teams.
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.
The deadline for entrant submissions was set on May 31, 2024, but was extended to June 12, 2024.

Draft entrants

From an initial list of 50 players, 47 applicants were officially listed for the draft.

UAAP players

UAAP training pool and former players

NCAA players

Non-UAAP/NCAA players

Foreign-based Filipino players

Combine

The Rookie Draft Combine was held from June 25 to 26, 2024 at the Gameville Ball Park in Mandaluyong. 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.
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. The deadline for registration for free agents was on June 21, 2024.

Free agent combine entrants

The following table shows the players listed for the combine for free agent players.
PlayerLast PVL teamLast PVL conference played
Bien Elaine JuanilloGerflor Defenders2023 2nd All-Filipino
Cathrina DizonCapital1 Solar Spikers2024 All-Filipino
Chumcee CaoleStrong Group Athletics2024 All-Filipino
Dana Del RosarioCapital1 Solar Spikers2024 All-Filipino
Jan Angeli CaneStrong Group Athletics2024 All-Filipino
Jana Sta. MariaStrong Group Athletics2024 All-Filipino
Judith AbilNxled Chameleons2023 2nd All-Filipino
Lhara Maye ClavanoGerflor Defenders2023 2nd All-Filipino
Mary Angelei JingcoGerflor Defenders2023 2nd All-Filipino
Menchie TubieraGerflor Defenders2023 2nd All-Filipino
Merry Rose JauculanStrong Group Athletics2024 All-Filipino
Pia SarmientoGerflor Defenders2023 2nd All-Filipino
Sheeka Gin EspinosaStrong Group Athletics2024 All-Filipino
Souzan RaslanStrong Group Athletics2024 All-Filipino

Draft order

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. 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.

Draft selections

National Team Member
PVL Premier Team Awardee
PVL PC Rookie of the Year
Rookie of the Conference
Player
Unsigned drafted player

2nd round

  • Akari, Cignal, PLDT, Chery Tiggo, Choco Mucho and Creamline passed during the round.

3rd round

  • Farm Fresh, Nxled and Petro Gazz passed during the round.

4th round

  • Capital1 passed during the round.

5th round

A fifth round was held, but all remaining teams passed, thus ending the draft.

Draft lottery

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