A quartet of UAAP champions are making themselves available for the PBA Season 49 Rookie Draft.
CJ Cansino, Evan Nelle, CJ Catapusan, and Paul Garcia all submitted their applications at the league office in Libis on Wednesday. All four are represented by VP Global (formerly Virtual Playground).
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Cansino and Catapusan were part of the University of the Philippines team that ended a 36-year title drought by winning the UAAP Season 84 men’s basketball championship by toppling Ateneo.
Nelle, a former NCAA Finals MVP with the San Beda Red Cubs, meanwhile was a key player in La Salle’s championship victory over UP in UAAP Season 86 under coach Topex Robinson.
A product of Salisbury University in Maryland, Garcia on the other hand, also won a championship ring with Ateneo in Season 85 of the UAAP against UP.
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