Marck Espejo is taking his talent to South Korea after being drafted by Korea V. League defending champions Incheon Korean Air Jumbos as their Asian import for the 2023-2024 season.
The five-time UAAP MVP was selected third overall and emerged as the lone Filipino in the seven-man draft pick in the 2023 Korean Volleyball Federation (KOVO) Men's Asian Quota draft held in Jeju Island, South Korea on Thursday.
Espejo joins MJ Phillips, who was drafted by Gwangju Al Peppers in the women's division, as the first Filipino volleyball players who will play in the Korea V-League.
This will be the fourth overseas club of Espejo who first played for Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler (2018) and FC Tokyo (2021) in Japan, Visakha (2019) in Thailand, and Bani Jamra (2020) in Bahrain.
Espejo was recently named as the Finals MVP in the 2023 Spikers' Turf Open Conference after leading Cignal to a 15-0 title run - its sixth in the league.
The 2023-2024 Korea V. League season is slated in October.
