Shaina Nitura

Shaina Marie Nitura (born November 18, 2004) is a Filipino volleyball player. She is currently playing as an outside spiker for Alas Pilipinas and the Adamson Lady Falcons of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, where she broke four records in just her rookie season in 2025.

Personal life Following the footsteps of their father, Nitura and her siblings, including Judiel, are all student-athletes.

Volleyball career UAAP Nitura was a member of the Adamson Lady Baby Falcons and was the team captain. In 2023, she won the 1st Best Outside Hitter award in the UAAP Season 85 high school girls' volleyball, with her team reaching the finals.

In 2024, the Lady Baby Falcons had a 14–0 sweep throughout the tournament and Nitura bagged the 1st Best Outside Hitter award for the second straight season. It was an outright finals berth for them, with FEU, NU Nazareth School, and UST figuring in a step-ladder semifinal round. The UAAP also awarded her Season 86 MVP and Finals MVP after Adamson dethroned NUNS in Game 2 with a score of 25–18, 25–18, 28-26 even as Game 1 ended in three sets, too.

On February 17, 2024, Nitura announced that she would remain with Adamson to play college volleyball.

Season 87

The Lady Falcons quickly appointed her team captain in her rookie season.

Beach Volleyball Tournament

They knocked out the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the final four contention of Season 87 UAAP beach volleyball championships.

Volleyball Tournament

On February 16, 2025, Nitura broke the record for a UAAP rookie, hitting 33 points as the Lady Falcons got a winning start in Season 87 at the expense of the Blue Eagles, 21-25, 20-25, 25-12, 25-15, 15-12 at the jampacked Mall of Asia Arena.

On March 16, 2025, she set a new single-game scoring record with 38 points in a match despite the loss against the University of the Philippines, surpassing the previous 35 marks held by former Ateneo standout Alyssa Valdez (2013 Season 75) and University of Santo Tomas’s Sisi Rondina (2019 Season 81).

Wrapping up the 2025 UAAP Season 87 women’s volleyball tournament, Nitura set multiple records. She tallied 371 total points (built on 333 attacks, 25 blocks, and 13 service aces); breaking the longstanding single-season scoring record of 312 points set in 2015 Season 77 by Alyssa Valdez. She was also the first first-year player in the UAAP women’s volleyball tournament to reach the 30-point mark six times.

On May 14, 2025, Nitura was named the UAAP Season 87 Rookie of the Year in recognition of her record-breaking debut season.

Season 88 Most Valuable Player campaign In the UAAP Season 88 women’s volleyball tournament, Nitura was named the Most Valuable Player, becoming the first player from the Adamson Lady Falcons to earn the distinction in the women’s division.

Nitura topped the league in scoring for the second consecutive season with 284 points, built on 248 attacks, 24 blocks, and 12 service aces, while helping Adamson return to the Final Four for the first time in three years. She also ranked among the league leaders in several statistical categories, finishing third in spiking efficiency, seventh in service, fourth in reception efficiency, and eighth in digging.

She also received the Season 88 1st Best Outside Spiker award after finishing with the highest ranking points among outside hitters.

In the UAAP Season 88 women’s volleyball tournament, Nitura helped lead the Adamson Lady Falcons back to the Final Four for the first time in three years. Adamson entered the stepladder semifinals against the UST Golden Tigresses, whom they had defeated twice in the elimination round, both in straight sets. However, UST eliminated the well-rested Lady Falcons in a knockout match with a straight-sets victory, ending Adamson’s campaign.

In the loss, Nitura finished with 13 points, while teammate Frances Mordi added 11 points. UST’s defense limited Adamson to a low attacking efficiency throughout the match.

Her season also marked one of the rare instances in UAAP women’s volleyball history in which the league MVP failed to reach the finals, the last occurrence being in Season 80 when Jaja Santiago of National University won the award despite her team’s semifinal elimination.

Family milestone Following her standout collegiate campaign, Nitura was named the UAAP Season 88 Most Valuable Player, adding another milestone for the Nitura family in Philippine collegiate volleyball. Earlier in 2026, her sister Judiel Nitura earned the Finals Most Valuable Player award in the NCAA Season 101 women’s volleyball tournament after helping the Letran Lady Knights secure the championship.

International

Nitura, Bella Belen, Angel Canino, and Alyssa Solomon gave a 2-0 win-loss slate to the Philippines when Alas Pilipinas, powered by these UAAP stars, swept Mongolia (25-18, 25-16, 25-14) and edged Indonesia (22-25, 25-23, 25-13, 28-26) at the AVC Women's Volleyball Nations Cup at the Dong Anh Gymnasium in Hanoi, Vietnam in June 2025.

Awards

Individual

UAAP

MVP AwardPositional AwardRef 2 (2024, 2026) 4 (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026)

Team awards

High school

National team