{{short description|Filipino volleyball player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox volleyball player | name = Ella de Jesus | image = 2025_PVL_IC_Creamline_EllaDeJesus_2.jpg | imagesize = 300px | caption = De Jesus in 2025 | fullname = Jorella Marie de Jesus | nickname = Ella | nationality = Filipino | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|08|17|mf=y}} | birth_place = Manila, Philippines | hometown = Navotas, Philippines | height = 154 cm | weight = 54 kg | spike = 265 cm | block = 253 cm | position = Outside Hitter/Libero | currentnumber = 8 | college = Ateneo de Manila University | years = | currentclub = Creamline Cool Smashers | years1 = 2015 | team1 = PLDT | years2 = 2016 | team2 = BaliPure | years3 = 2017–2019 | team3 = Perlas Spikers | years4 = 2020–present | team4 = Creamline Cool Smashers | nationalyears1 = 2015 | nationalteam1 = Philippines U23 | nationalyears2 = 2022 | nationalteam2 = Philippines }}
'''Jorella Marie de Jesus''' (born August 17, 1993) is a Filipino professional volleyball player. She was a member of the Ateneo de Manila University's collegiate varsity team from 2011 to 2015, and also of the 2015 Philippines U23 national team. She played for PLDT Home Ultera Fast Hitters as a Libero for the 2015 season.
==Personal life== De Jesus was born on August 17, 1993, in Manila, Philippines.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jorella Marie De Jesus |url=https://www.fivb.com/players/players-database/player/193137 |website=FIVB Player Database |access-date=8 January 2026}}</ref> She studied at the Ateneo de Manila University in college and finished with an AB Psychology degree.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.abs-cbn.com/volleyball/news/2015/01/08/profile-ella-de-jesus-484 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629213011/http://sports.abs-cbn.com/volleyball/news/2015/01/08/profile-ella-de-jesus-484 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 29, 2015 |title=UAAP 77 Athlete of the Day: Ella de Jesus |publisher=ABS-CBN |date=January 8, 2015 |accessdate=July 23, 2015}}</ref>
She is currently in a relationship with former Adamson Lady Falcons and fellow Creamline Cool Smashers player Jema Galanza.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.onesports.ph/pvl/article/21605/creamline-s-jema-galanza-thinks-about-future-goals-with-her-partner-ella-de-jesus |title=Creamline's Jema Galanza reflects about future goals with partner Ella de Jesus |last=Mina |first=Inna |date=May 27, 2024 |website=One Sports |access-date=September 7, 2024}}</ref>
==Career== Ella was a former Best Spiker and Best Blocker in her high school years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/ella-de-jesus-stands-tall-with-the-lady-eagles/ |title=Ella de Jesus stands tall with the Lady Eagles |last=Olivares|first=Rick|publisher=Business Mirror |date=March 15, 2015 |accessdate=July 23, 2015}}</ref> After graduating high school, she studied at Ateneo de Manila University and was a varsity player of the Women's volleyball team alongside the "Fab five". After the Fab five's departure, she won her first and second championship in the UAAP (Season 76 & 77). De Jesus played with the Philippines U-23 national team in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smart.com.ph/About/newsroom/press-releases/2015/05/07/young-women-push-ph-volleyball-back-into-the-limelight|title=Young women push PH volleyball back into the limelight|publisher=Smart|date=May 7, 2015 |accessdate=October 16, 2016}}</ref> She also played for the PLDT Home Ultera Fast Hitters as a Libero during the 2015 Shakey's V-League reinforced conference.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.ph/volleyball/news/denden-lazaro-foton-philippine-super-liga-all-filipino-conference|title=Denden Lazaro pulls out of Super Liga after being drafted by Foton. Find out why|last=Lozada|first=Mei-Lin|publisher=Spin|date=March 17, 2015|accessdate=October 16, 2016}}</ref>
==Awards==
===Collegiate=== * 2011 Shakey's V-League Season 8: 1st Conference – File:Med 1.png Champions, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles * 2011 Shakey's V-League Season 8: Open Conference – File:Med 3.png Bronze medal, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles * 2012 UAAP Season 74 volleyball tournaments – File:Med 2.png Silver medal, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles * 2012 Shakey's V-League Season 9: 1st Conference – File:Med 1.png Champions, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles * 2013 UAAP Season 75 volleyball tournaments – File:Med 2.png Silver medal, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles * 2014 UAAP Season 76 volleyball tournaments – File:Med 1.png Champions, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles * 2014 ASEAN University Games – File:Med 3.png Bronze medal, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles * 2015 UAAP Season 77 volleyball tournaments – File:Med 1.png Champions, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles * 2015 Shakey's V-League Collegiate Conference – File:Med 2.png Silver medal, with Ateneo De Manila University Lady Eagles
=== Club Team === * 2015 Shakey's V-League Reinforced Open Conference – File:Med 1.png Champions, with PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters * 2016 Shakey's V-League Open Conference – File:Med 3.png Bronze medal, with BaliPure Purest Water Defenders * 2018 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference – File:Med 3.png Bronze medal, with Perlas Spikers * 2018 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference – File:Med 3.png Bronze medal, with Perlas Spikers * 2019 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference – File:Med 3.png Bronze medal, with Perlas Spikers * 2021 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference – Image:Med 2.png runner-Up, with Creamline Cool Smashers * 2022 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference – Image:Med 1.png Champion, with Creamline Cool Smashers * 2022 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference – Image:Med 1.png Champion, with Creamline Cool Smashers * 2022 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference – File:Med 3.png Bronze medal, with Creamline Cool Smashers * 2023 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference – Image:Med 1.png Champion, with Creamline Cool Smashers * 2023 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference – File:Med 2.png Runner-up, with Creamline Cool Smashers<ref>{{cite web|last=Basco |first=Karl Cedrick |date=July 31, 2023 |title=PVL: Kurashiki dethrones Creamline, claims Invitational crown |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/07/30/23/pvl-kurashiki-dethrones-creamline-claims-invitational-crown |publisher=ABS-CBN News |access-date=July 31, 2023}}</ref> * 2023 Premier Volleyball League Second All-Filipino Conference – File:Med 1.png Champions, with Creamline Cool Smashers * 2024 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference – File:Med 1.png Champions, with Creamline Cool Smashers * 2024 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference – File:Med 1.png Champions, with Creamline Cool Smashers
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Creamline Cool Smashers current roster}} {{navboxes|list= {{Creamline Cool Smashers 2022 PVL Open champions}} {{Creamline Cool Smashers 2022 PVL Invitational champions}} {{Creamline Cool Smashers 2023 PVL First All-Filipino champions}} {{Creamline Cool Smashers 2023 PVL Second All-Filipino champions}} {{Creamline Cool Smashers 2024 PVL All-Filipino champions}} {{Creamline Cool Smashers 2024 PVL Reinforced champions}} {{Creamline Cool Smashers 2024 PVL Invitational champions}} {{Creamline Cool Smashers 2026 PVL All-Filipino champions}} }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:de Jesus, Ella}} Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:Ateneo de Manila University alumni Category:Sportspeople from Manila Category:Volleyball players from Metro Manila Category:University Athletic Association of the Philippines volleyball players Category:Liberos Category:Outside hitters Category:Philippines women's international volleyball players Category:Filipino women's volleyball players Category:PLDT women's volleyball team (2013–2018) players Category:BaliPure Purest Water Defenders players Category:Perlas Spikers players Category:Creamline Cool Smashers players Category:Filipino LGBTQ sportspeople Category:LGBTQ volleyball players