{{short description|Filipino volleyball player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox volleyball player | name = Cherry Nunag | fullname = | image = | nationality =Filipino | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|10|22}} | birth_place = Floridablanca, Pampanga, Philippines | height = 180cm | weight = | spike = | block = | position = Middle blocker | currentnumber = | college = De La Salle University – Dasmariñas | currentclub = Choco Mucho Flying Titans | years1 = 2016–2018 | team1 = F2 Logistics Cargo Movers | years2 = 2018–2020 | team2 = Petro Gazz Angels | years3 = 2020–2021 | team3 = Perlas Spikers | years4 = 2021–2025 | team4 = Choco Mucho Flying Titans | years5 = 2026–present | team5 = Capital1 Solar Spikers | nationalyears = 2023–2024 | nationalteam = Philippines | medaltemplates = | updated = }} '''Cherry Rose Nunag''' (born October 22, 1992) is a Filipino professional volleyball player for the Capital1 Solar Spikers of the Premier Volleyball League.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Demigillo |first1=Kiko |title=Nunag, Gaston, Jimenez, Ronquillo complete Capital1's PVL offseason haul |url=https://www.onesports.ph/pvl/article/39937/nunag-gaston-jimenez-ronquillo-complete-capital1-s-pvl-offseason-haul |website=One Sports |access-date=2026-01-07 |date=2026-01-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Demigillo |first1=Kiko |title=Tubino, 3 others exit Choco Mucho amid roster shuffle for new PVL season |url=https://www.onesports.ph/pvl/article/39750/tubino-3-others-exit-choco-mucho-amid-roster-shuffle-for-new-pvl-season |website=One Sports |access-date=2025-12-29 |date=2025-12-29}}</ref>
==Early life== Cherry Rose Nunag was born on October 22, 1992 in Floridablanca, Pampanga.<ref name="paves-way">{{cite news |last1=Garcia |first1=John Mark |title=Cherry Nunag paves way to success outside UAAP, NCAA |url=https://www.spin.ph/volleyball/cherry-nunag-paves-way-to-success-outside-uaap-ncaa-a5172-20240526 |access-date=19 November 2024 |work=Sports Interactive Network Philippines |date=26 May 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=bio-prof>{{cite web |title=Cherry Rose Nunag - Players |url=https://pvl.ph/players/cherry-rose-nunag |publisher=Premier Volleyball League |access-date=19 November 2024 |language=en}}</ref> She took up volleyball in high school.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Zarate |first1=Noel |title=SVL X: The New Rising Stars |url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/svl-x-rising-stars-145843507.html |access-date=19 November 2024 |work=Yahoo News |date=26 April 2013 |language=en-SG}}</ref>
==Career== ===Collegiate=== Unlike typical top volleyball players in the Philippines, Nunag did not play in either the University Athletic Association of the Philippines or the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Instead she was a player for the team of De La Salle University – Dasmariñas.<ref name="paves-way"/><ref name=humble-beginnings>{{cite news |last1=Valencia |first1=Justin |title=Cherry Nunag reflects on humble beginnings after being given starting nod for Alas |url=https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/cherry-nunag-reflects-on-humble-beginnings-after-being-given-starting-nod-for-alas/303922 |access-date=19 November 2024 |work=Tiebreaker Times |date=25 May 2024}}</ref><ref name="recalls">{{cite news |last1=Agcaoili |first1=Lance |title=Cherry Nunag recalls journey from unheralded to PH team player |url=https://sports.inquirer.net/567726/cherry-nunag-recalls-journey-from-unheralded-to-ph-team-player |access-date=19 November 2024 |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=25 May 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
She started playing in the V-League in 2013 as part of the De La Salle Lady Patriots.<ref name="other-lasalle">{{cite news |last1=Flores |first1=Migs |title=Cherry Nunag: That girl from the other La Salle |url=https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/cherry-nunag-girl-la-salle/30158 |access-date=19 November 2024 |work=Tiebreaker Times |date=18 July 2015}}</ref>
===Club=== The now-defunct Philippine Super Liga had Nunag at its player. She joined the PSL in 2015, playing for Petron and the F2 Logistics Cargo Movers.<ref name="paves-way"/>
She later moved to the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) and became part of Petro Gazz Angels and Perlas Spikers.<ref name="paves-way"/> She joined the Choco Mucho Flying Titans in November 2021 ahead of the PVL's 2022 season.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Villar |first1=Joey |title=Choco Mucho signs Nunag, Ferrer |url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2021/11/17/2141958/choco-mucho-signs-nunag-ferrer |access-date=19 November 2024 |work=The Philippine Star |date=17 November 2021}}</ref> On December 29, 2025, Nunag was released from the Flying Titans as part of the team's rebuild.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Demigillo |first1=Kiko |title=Tubino, 3 others exit Choco Mucho amid roster shuffle for new PVL season |url=https://www.onesports.ph/pvl/article/39750/tubino-3-others-exit-choco-mucho-amid-roster-shuffle-for-new-pvl-season |website=One Sports |access-date=2026-01-01 |date=2025-12-29}}</ref>
===National team=== Nunag became part of the Philippines women's national team which took part at the 2024 AVC Women's Challenge Cup and the 2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup.<ref name="recalls"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Cherry Nunag new Alas libero as Jema returns to natural position |url=https://www.spin.ph/volleyball/cherry-nunag-new-alas-libero-as-jema-returns-to-natural-position-a5172-20240703 |access-date=19 November 2024 |work=Sports Interactive Network Philippines |date=3 July 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Capital1 Solar Spikers current roster}} {{Petro Gazz Angels 2019 PVL Reinforced champions}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nunag, Cherry}} Category:Filipino women's volleyball players Category:Volleyball players from Pampanga Category:Living people Category:1992 births Category:Philippines women's international volleyball players Category:F2 Logistics Cargo Movers players Category:Petro Gazz Angels players Category:Perlas Spikers players Category:Choco Mucho Flying Titans players Category:Filipino people of African-American descent