Joshua Umandal

Joshua "Jau" Autajay Umandal (born March 8, 1998) is a Filipino volleyball player for the Alpha Insurance Protectors and the Philippine national team.

Career Early career Umandal attended the University of the East (UE) playing junior volleyball for the UE Warriors in the UAAP. He was scouted as an elementary student by UE when the institution held a training camp at his school, the Barrio Obrero Elementary School in Maypajo, Manila.

He moved to the University of Santo Tomas (UST), but he had to serve a year of residency in order to play for the Growling Tigers in the UAAP. Umandal would make his senior UAAP debut with UST in 2018 in Season 80. His last appearance in the UAAP would be in Season 82 which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Club Umandal has played for the PLDT at the Spikers' Turf.

In January 2022, Umandal was signed in to play for Bani Jamra of the Isa bin Rashid Volleyball League, a first division league in Bahrain. Umandal won one out of six games he played for Bani Jamra. He ended his stint with the club in February 2022.

National team Umandal has been part of the Philippine men's national team. He was part of the squad which won silver in the men's tournament of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games. Alpha Insurance Protectors (2026–present)