Debora Seilhamer
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Nationality | Puerto Rican | ||||||||||||||||||
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October 4, 1985 (age 30) Ponce, Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||||||||
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Debora Seilhamer (born October 4, 1985) is a female volleyball player from Puerto Rico, who played as a libero for the Women's National Team at the 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Japan. There the team ended up in eighth and last place, having received a wild card for the event after Peru and Kenya withdrew. She was named Best Digger at the 2007 NORCECA Championship, where her team ended up in fifth place. In the 2010, during Central American and Caribbean Games, Seilhamer was named best digger, best Libero and MVP of the Tournament. Puerto Rico lost to the Dominican Republic in the gold medal game.
Born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Debora was a two time All-American at the University of Southern California (USC). In 2003 she won a National Title with the Women of Troy. She obtained her Juris Doctor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, School of Law. She is the daughter of a Puerto Rican politician Larry Seilhamer Rodríguez.
Clubs
- Indias de Mayagüez (2010–2011)
- Lancheras de Catano (2012–present)
Awards
Individuals
- 2007 NORCECA Championship "Best Digger"
- 2007 Pan-American Games "Best Defender"
- 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games "Most Valuable Player"
- 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games "Best Digger"
- 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games "Best Receiver"
- 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games "Best Libero"