Eric Salamat
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Eric Salamat is a Filipino
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....

 professional basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 player who currently plays for the Alaska Aces
Alaska Aces (PBA)
The Alaska Aces is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association since 1986 under the ownership of the Alaska Milk Corporation and the owner of 13 PBA championships with the 2010 PBA Fiesta Conference as their latest...

 in the Philippine Basketball Association
Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...

. He was drafted 13th overall in 2011
2011 PBA Draft
The 2011 Philippine Basketball Association Rookie Draft is an event, which allows teams to draft players from the amateur ranks. The event will be held at Robinson's Place Ermita in Manila on August 28, 2011...

 by the Aces. He was one of the key players of the Ateneo Blue Eagles
Ateneo Blue Eagles
The Ateneo Blue Eagles is the name of the collegiate men's varsity basketball team of the Ateneo de Manila University that plays in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, the premiere sports league in the country. The collegiate women's varsity basketball team is called the Lady...

 who won the UAAP title from 2008
UAAP Season 71 basketball tournaments
The basketball tournaments of University Athletic Association of the Philippines Season 71 started on July 5 at the Araneta Coliseum with University of the Philippines, Diliman as hosts...

 to 2010
UAAP Season 73 basketball tournaments
The basketball tournaments of UAAP Season 73 are the University Athletic Association of the Philippines 's basketball events for its 2010–11 season. The basketball season began on July 10, 2010 at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City with an opening ceremony hosted by De La Salle University,...

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College career

Salamat played for the Ateneo de Manila University
Ateneo de Manila University
The Ateneo de Manila University is a private teaching and research university run by the Society of Jesus in the Philippines. It began in 1859 when the City of Manila handed control of the Escuela Municipal de Manila in Intramuros, Manila, to the Jesuits...

 Men's Senior Basketball team in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines from 2006 to 2010. He was a member of the three-peat Ateneo Blue Eagles
Ateneo Blue Eagles
The Ateneo Blue Eagles is the name of the collegiate men's varsity basketball team of the Ateneo de Manila University that plays in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, the premiere sports league in the country. The collegiate women's varsity basketball team is called the Lady...

 team who won the UAAP Men's Basketball titles in 2008
UAAP Season 71 basketball tournaments
The basketball tournaments of University Athletic Association of the Philippines Season 71 started on July 5 at the Araneta Coliseum with University of the Philippines, Diliman as hosts...

, 2009
UAAP Season 72 basketball tournaments
The basketball tournaments of UAAP Season 72 are the basketball events of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines 's 2009–10 season....

, and 2010
UAAP Season 72 basketball tournaments
The basketball tournaments of UAAP Season 72 are the basketball events of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines 's 2009–10 season....

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