Youth players from the Regional Selection Camp in Metro
Manila shined the brightest among 72 boys and girls in the National Training
Camp of Jr. NBA Philippines 2017 presented by Alaska held at the Don Bosco
Technical Institute May 12-13 and at the SM Mall of Asia Music Hall on May 14,
attended by Orlando Magic guard Elfrid Payton and former WNBA All-Star Sue
Wicks.
Jr. NBA, the league’s global youth basketball
participation program for boys and girls, teaches fundamental skills, builds
character, and promotes active lifestyles for Filipinos nationwide. Payton and Wicks joined Jr. NBA Coaches Chris
Sumner and Jeffrey Cariaso in training and working with the young campers
throughout the National Training Camp.
Jr. NBA Asia Advisory Council members including NBA Legend Dikembe
Mutombo also attended the final day of the National Training Camp.
Eight boys and eight girls—comprised of players from
Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao—were selected as Jr. NBA All-Stars on the last day
of the three-day camp that honed and tested the basketball skills of regional
finalists from tryouts staged in Cagayan de Oro, Lucena, Cebu and Manila
earlier this year.
Kenji Trey Duremdes, 14, Jan Clement Macalalag, 13, and
Victorino Torres, 13, of La Salle Greenhills; Joachim Eddie Laure of University
of Santo Tomas High School; Johndel Austria, 13, of Escuela de Sophia-Caloocan;
Ian Dominic Espinosa, 13, of Ateneo de Iloilo; Reinhard Jumanoy, 13, of
University of San Carlos-North Campus; and Jeryk Dwight Bait, 14, of St.
Francis National High School in Lucena represent the boys named as Jr. NBA
Philippines 2017 All-Stars.
The girls selected as Jr. NBA All-Stars are composed of
Boni Marylene Solis, 12; Jane Araza, 13, and Jeehan Nikaela Ahmed, 13, of Chiang
Kai Shek College; Jazmine Ann Maniquis, 13, of St. Paul Pasig; Lindsey
Nacional, 13, of La Salle College Antipolo; Camille Nolasco, 14, of Miriam
College; and Chinnsai Demana, 13, of the University of the Visayas in Cebu.
Catrina June Biongcog of Xavier University-Ateneo de
Cagayan and Jed Cabellon of Southwestern Univerrsity of Cebu meanwhile were
selected as the Jr. NBA Philippines 2017 Coaches of the Year. The Jr. NBA All-Stars together with the
Coaches of the Year will be rewarded with an overseas NBA experience later this
year and will be joined by fellow Jr. NBA All-Stars from Southeast Asia.
The following players also received special awards for
their outstanding achievements in the National Training Camp: Mariela Avila of
Lucena and Zean Paolo Moreno of Cagayan De Oro, Panasonic Rising S.T.A.R.
Award; Camille Nolasco of Manila and Ian Espinosa of Iloilo, Cloudfone All-Star
Players of the Game; Princess Delig of
Cebu and Johndel Austria of Manila, Gatorade Hustle Award; Yza Camila Alarcon
of Manila and Maverick John Vieto of Lucena, Globe Telecom Sportsmanship Award;
Camille Nolasco and Joachim Eddie Laure of Manila, Alaska Ambassadors; and Boni
Marylene Solis and Kenji Duremdes, Jr. NBA Most Valuable Players.
Additionally, the National Training Camp showcased the
fifth edition of the Jr. NBA All-Star alumni game hosting several past Jr. NBA
All-Stars who have ascended in the amateur and collegiate ranks, and staged the
first ever alumni homecoming of the Jr. NBA Philippines program.
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at www.facebook.com/jrnbaphilippines.
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at www.facebook.com/philsnba and follow www.twitter.com/nba_philippines on
Twitter.
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