Mhicaela Belen

Mhicaela Santos Belen (born June 29, 2002), better known as Bella Belen is a Filipino volleyball player. She is currently playing as an outside hitter for the NU Lady Bulldogs in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) women's volleyball tournaments.

Personal life
Belen studied high school at the Nazareth School of National University. She is currently taking a Psychology degree at the National University.

Bella previously studied and started her volleyball career at Lucas R. Pascual Memorial Elementary School in Quezon City where she met and became teammates with UST Golden Tigresses libero Bernadett Pepito. Belen previously played libero, while the latter were a spiker. She also has a younger sister named Ghenievib, who is a current member of NSNU Bullpups, as well as the national U18 team. Her sister plays libero just like she did.

UAAP
Belen was a member of NSNU Bullpups women's volleyball team. In 2018, she won Most Valuable Player (Conference) in the UAAP Season 80 girls' volleyball tournaments and her team also won in that year, achieving a 4-peat championship.

A hope for a 5-peat championship in the  UAAP Girls' volleyball tournament were destroyed after they lost to DLSZ Junior Archers in the  UAAP Season 81 girls' volleyball tournaments finals.

In 2020, she won Most Valuable Player (Conference) and 1st Best Outside Spiker in the UAAP Season 82 girls' volleyball tournaments where they reclaimed the crown back in the girls' division.

In 2022, she continues her volleyball career in NU Lady Bulldogs, the collegiate women's volleyball team of National University. In that year, she made history as the first woman to won Best Rookie of the Year  and Most Valuable Player in the UAAP on the same year. Her team NU Lady Bulldogs also won the title in the UAAP Season 84 women's volleyball tournament after 65 years of title drought.

She and her teammates tried to defend their championship title, but settled for a runner-up finish in the UAAP Season 85 women's volleyball tournament, where they bowed to the De La Salle Lady Spikers in the finals.

In 2024, she led her team to reclaim the title in the UAAP Season 86 Women's volleyball team after they swept the UST Golden Tigresses in a Finals Series. She also reclaimed the Most Valuable Player and 1st Best Outside Hitter awards in the same season, making her a Two-time UAAP MVP.

ASEAN University Games
She played for the Nazareth School of National University and represented the Philippines in the ASEAN School Games in 2019, where they finished silver.

Rebisco Philippines
In 2021, she joined Rebisco Philippines in the Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship where they placed last.

BaliPure Purest Water Defenders
In 2018, she played for the BaliPure Purest Water Defenders where they placed 6th in the 2018 PVL Reinforced Conference.

Clubs

 * BaliPure Purest Water Defenders (2018)
 * Rebisco Philippines (2021)

Highschool

 * 2015 UAAP Season 77 volleyball girls’ tournament - Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with NSNU Lady Bullpups
 * 2016 UAAP Season 78 volleyball girls’ tournament - Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with NSNU Lady Bullpups
 * 2017 UAAP Season 79 volleyball girls’ tournament - Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with NSNU Lady Bullpups
 * 2018 UAAP Season 80 volleyball girls’ tournament - Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with NSNU Lady Bullpups
 * 2019 UAAP Season 81 volleyball girls’ tournament - [[File:Med 2.png]] Silver medal, with NSNU Lady Bullpups
 * 2019 Palarong Pambansa - Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with NCR girls’ volleyball team
 * 2019 NCR Palaro - Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with NSNU Lady Bullpups
 * 2020 UAAP Season 82 volleyball girls’ tournament - Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with NSNU Lady Bullpups