Mapúa Cardinals
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The Mapúa Cardinals is the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines)
basketball
team of the Mapúa Institute of Technology
.
The Mapúa Cardinals holds the NCAA record for the most number of General Championships in the seniors division with a total of 20—the last of these championships was won in 1993. At distant second is the Colegio de San Juan de Letran which has 8 seniors titles.
Of the total Seniors GC's won by the Cardinals, 10 were hauled from the 1980s to the mid-1990s in addition to 3 (out of a total 8) in the juniors division over the same period, a testament to the distinguished leadership of the legendary Valerio "Amang" Lopez as Athletic Director.
. was an avid fan of the Major League Baseball
team, the St. Louis Cardinals
. The Juniors (high school) team adopted the Red Robin.
in the professional Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) for the most number of years. The legendary Abe Masculino and Fortunato "Atoy" Co
won this award once each in 1977 and 1979, respectively, while Alvin Patrimonio
. has won it four times, in 1991, 1993, 1994 and 1997. All three players are members of the 25 All-Time Greatest PBA Players.
The Mapúa Red Robins, on the other hand, still holds the NCAA record for winning the most number of titles in the juniors division with 18 championships, the last of which was won during the 2000 season. As a testament to its superb performance in the NCAA juniors division, the Red Robins also have the distinction of winning a rare five-year championship run from 1968 to 1972.
The Mapúa track and field team has produced some notable Philippine sports heroes including:
Several other members of past Philippine national teams are also from MIT.
Swimming
As an example, the Mapúa seniors swimming team, coached for many years by Prof. Edilberto Bonus, has won no less than 40 titles in the seniors division and 22 in the juniors. This clearly dominating record is followed only by that of San Beda College with 21 championships in the juniors division but only 8 titles in the seniors events. MIT's tankers last won the seniors crown in 1997 while the last juniors title was won in 1991.
Prof. Bonus, an outstanding Mapuan, is himself a distinguished swimmer having won the Bronze Medal at the first Asian Games
that was held in New Delhi, India in 1951. Until his retirement, he was an admired professor of both Mathematics and Physical Education at the Institute. He also served as President of the Philippine Amateur Swimming Association for several years.
Chess
The MIT chess team has produced the likes of Eugene Torre, Asia's first grandmaster as well as International Master Renato Naranja
, both of whom represented the country in the 1972 Chess Olympiad. In addition, International Master Ildefonso Datu and several National Masters including Ernesto Encarnacion Jr. and Julius De Ramos also honed their skills with the seniors chess team. Mapua has won a total of 11 NCAA Chess titles in the seniors division, the last being in 2002, and 6 NCAA juniors titles although the last one was in 1996.
Tennis
MIT leads the NCAA with 16 seniors and 17 juniors titles followed by San Beda with 11 seniors and 14 juniors championships. Mapua's tennis greats include former Philippine and Southeast Asian number one netter Manuel Tolentino who represented the country in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Mapua last won the seniors title in 1994 and the juniors in 1997.
Football
Behind La Salle and San Beda, Mapúa has the third best winning record in football with 7 juniors titles and 12 seniors titles. The MIT football team has produced several players who have played for the Philippine national football team in international competitions.
National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines)
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basketball
Basketball
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team of the Mapúa Institute of Technology
Mapúa Institute of Technology
Mapúa Institute of Technology is a private, non-sectarian, Filipino tertiary institute located in Intramuros, Manila and in Makati....
.
The Mapúa Cardinals holds the NCAA record for the most number of General Championships in the seniors division with a total of 20—the last of these championships was won in 1993. At distant second is the Colegio de San Juan de Letran which has 8 seniors titles.
Of the total Seniors GC's won by the Cardinals, 10 were hauled from the 1980s to the mid-1990s in addition to 3 (out of a total 8) in the juniors division over the same period, a testament to the distinguished leadership of the legendary Valerio "Amang" Lopez as Athletic Director.
Name
Don Tomas Mapúa, the founder of the Mapúa Institute of TechnologyMapúa Institute of Technology
Mapúa Institute of Technology is a private, non-sectarian, Filipino tertiary institute located in Intramuros, Manila and in Makati....
. was an avid fan of the Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
team, the St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis Cardinals
The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to...
. The Juniors (high school) team adopted the Red Robin.
History
The Mapúa Cardinals have won the NCAA Seniors Championship five times (in 1949, 1965, 1981, and the back-to-back titles from 1990–91). The MIT basketball team holds the distinction of producing alumni players who have won the season Most Valuable Player awardPhilippine Basketball Association Most Valuable Player award
The Philippine Basketball Association awards the Most Valuable Player award at the end of the season. The winner is selected via votes from the press, players, coaches and top PBA officials....
in the professional Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) for the most number of years. The legendary Abe Masculino and Fortunato "Atoy" Co
Atoy Co
Fortunato Co, Jr., better known as Atoy Co, is a former Philippine Basketball Association basketball player and actor who was part of the fabled Crispa Redmanizers ballclub that won two Grand Slams, in 1976 and 1983. He won the Most Valuable Player award, in 1979 and a 9-time Mythical First...
won this award once each in 1977 and 1979, respectively, while Alvin Patrimonio
Alvin Patrimonio
Alvin Vergara Patrimonio , nicknamed "The Captain" and "Captain Lionheart" is a retired Filipino professional basketball player from the Philippine Basketball Association and is the current team manager of his former team, the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants.Patrimonio holds several PBA records...
. has won it four times, in 1991, 1993, 1994 and 1997. All three players are members of the 25 All-Time Greatest PBA Players.
The Mapúa Red Robins, on the other hand, still holds the NCAA record for winning the most number of titles in the juniors division with 18 championships, the last of which was won during the 2000 season. As a testament to its superb performance in the NCAA juniors division, the Red Robins also have the distinction of winning a rare five-year championship run from 1968 to 1972.
Notable Players
- Junel Baculi (BSCE) - Former basketball coach of the Philippine national basketball teams which won the 1996 Champions Cup in Malaysia, the 1997 Champions Cup in Manila and the 2007 Seaba Games
- Carlos BadionCarlos BadionCarlos Velasco Badion is a former Filipino basketball player. Although born in Pampanga, he grew up in Antonio Rivera Tondo, Manila where he started his checkered career playing in sandlot tournaments and for Abad Santos High...
- Member of the 1956 and 1960 Olympic teams, MVP of the 1960 Asian Basketball Confederation ChampionshipFIBA Asia ChampionshipThe FIBA Asia Championship for Men is a tournament which takes place every two years between teams of the continent. This is the Asian qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Championship and the Olympic basketball tournament...
and Philippine Basketball Hall of Fame awardee.
- Joel Banal (BSMIE) - Former basketball coach of the Mapua CardinalsMapúa CardinalsThe Mapúa Cardinals is the National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball team of the Mapúa Institute of Technology.The Mapúa Cardinals holds the NCAA record for the most number of General Championships in the seniors division with a total of 20—the last of these championships was won in 1993...
-NCAA champion teams of 1991 and 1992, and Ateneo Blue EaglesAteneo Blue EaglesThe 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...
-UAAP champion team of 2002.
- Atoy CoAtoy CoFortunato Co, Jr., better known as Atoy Co, is a former Philippine Basketball Association basketball player and actor who was part of the fabled Crispa Redmanizers ballclub that won two Grand Slams, in 1976 and 1983. He won the Most Valuable Player award, in 1979 and a 9-time Mythical First...
(BSChE) - Philippine Basketball AssociationPhilippine Basketball AssociationThe 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...
(PBA)'s 1979 MVPPhilippine Basketball Association Most Valuable Player awardThe Philippine Basketball Association awards the Most Valuable Player award at the end of the season. The winner is selected via votes from the press, players, coaches and top PBA officials....
, member of the 1972 Olympic team, the 1973 Asian Basketball Conference champion team, the legendary Crispa RedmanizersCrispa RedmanizersThe Crispa Redmanizers was a basketball team in the Manila Industrial Commercial Athletic Association , the Philippine Basketball Association and the Philippine Amateur Basketball League from the 1960s to the early 1990s.- Profile and history :...
, the PBA's Hall of Fame and honored as one of the PBA's 25 All-Time Greatest Players.
- Jesusito D Legaspi - NCAA 1979 Most Exciting Player of the year
- Freddie HubaldeFreddie HubaldeAlfredo Hubalde , also known as Freddie Hubalde, is a former Filipino professional basketball player. Hubalde played college ball for the Mapúa Institute of Technology, before eventually moving on to play professional basketball in the Philippine Basketball Association...
, NCAA 1973 Seniors Basketball MVP, Philippine Basketball AssociationPhilippine Basketball AssociationThe 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...
(PBA)'s 1977 MVPPhilippine Basketball Association Most Valuable Player awardThe Philippine Basketball Association awards the Most Valuable Player award at the end of the season. The winner is selected via votes from the press, players, coaches and top PBA officials....
, member of the legendary Crispa RedmanizersCrispa RedmanizersThe Crispa Redmanizers was a basketball team in the Manila Industrial Commercial Athletic Association , the Philippine Basketball Association and the Philippine Amateur Basketball League from the 1960s to the early 1990s.- Profile and history :...
and one of the PBA's 25 All-Time Greatest Players.
- Leo IsaacLeo IsaacLeandro Isaac is a retired basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He is the former head coach of the Barako Bull Energy Boosters in the PBA...
(BSMIE) - NCAA 1981 Seniors Basketball MVP, Former Philippine Basketball AssociationPhilippine Basketball AssociationThe 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...
player; former coach of the Arellano University Chiefs and the Mapua Cardinals senior basketball teams; former coach of the Barako Bull Energy Boosters in the PBA.
- Alvin PatrimonioAlvin PatrimonioAlvin Vergara Patrimonio , nicknamed "The Captain" and "Captain Lionheart" is a retired Filipino professional basketball player from the Philippine Basketball Association and is the current team manager of his former team, the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants.Patrimonio holds several PBA records...
(BSCE)- Philippine Basketball AssociationPhilippine Basketball AssociationThe 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...
(PBA)'s four-time MVP winning the award in 1991, 1993,1994 and 1997; member of several Philippine national basketball teams and one of the PBA's 25 All-Time Greatest Players. - Bong Ramos, (BSMIE) - Member and top scorer of 1981 NCAA champion Mapua Cardinals. Former coach of the Indonesian national basketball team. Former Head coach of FedEX Express in the PBA. Former Head coach of Mapua Cardinals. Former assistant coach of Barangay Ginebra (PBA), former assistant coach of Talk n' Text Phone Pals (PBA). Head coach of CLS Knights Surabaya Indonesia Basketball League (IBL).
- Tacing Tanquintic - The original and first "King Cardinal" who led the MIT team to its first ever NCAA seniors basketball crown in 1940.
- Other former Mapua Red Robins and/or Cardinals who eventually played in the Philippine Basketball AssociationPhilippine Basketball AssociationThe 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...
(PBA) include: Israel Catacutan, Ricardo dela Peña, Benny Cheng (1991 NCAA MVP), "Bong" dela Cruz, Paolo HubaldePaolo HubaldeDean Paolo V. Hubalde , better known as Paolo Hubalde, is a Filipino professional basketball player who will play for the Shopinas.com Clickers. He is the son of one of the greatest shooters to ever play in the PBA, Freddie Hubalde...
, Menardo Jubinal, Rudolph Kutch, Eric Leaño, Eugene Leano, Romulo Mamaril, Jay Mendoza, Kevin Ramas (1990 NCAA MVP), Ricky Relosa, Johnny Revilla, Reuben dela Rosa (1993 NCAA MVP), Omanzie Rodriguez, Victor Sanchez, Jack Santiago, Rudy Soriano, Mark TelanMark TelanMark Clemence Telan is a Filipino professional basketball player who last suited up for the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in the Philippine Basketball Association. A former De La Salle Green Archer, he was 2-time UAAP basketball Most Valuable Player. Telan entered the professional league in 1999...
, Chito Victolero and Marvin Ortiguerra. http://mypba.com/forum/index.php?s=bf1f3ab99d85f7a254118cb6ec348481&showtopic=4764&mode=threaded&pid=285773w http://atenista.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=2728&st=20
Men's Basketball Current Roster (for NCAA Season 87)
| # | Position | Name | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | G | Banal, Jonathan | |
| 18 | F | Cantos, Jason | |
| 16 | G | Chien, Jumel | |
| 19 | G/F | Ighalo, Kenneth | |
| C | Magsigay, Darell | ||
| 4 | G | Mangahas, Allan "The SNAKE" | |
| 13 | G | Maniego, Ellison | |
| 9 | G/F | Nimes, Josan | |
| 15 | C | Parala, Mike | |
| 5 | C | Pascual, Jason | |
| 14 | G | Ranises, Rodel | |
| 6 | C | Sarangay, Mark | |
| 10 | G | Stevens, Andretti | |
| 11 | C | Taha, Yousef | |
| 22 | F | Layug, Raphael | |
| |Coach | Victolero, Chito |
Track and field
Another sport where the Mapua Cardinals and Red Robins have demonstrated their dominance in the NCAA is in track and field. Prior to 1953, relay and track and field events were counted separately although Mapuan athletes have already demonstrated a winning tradition. Since 1953 when these events were formalized, MIT has won a total of 25 titles in the seniors division and 6 in the juniors division. Ateneo de Manila follows at a distant second with 17 juniors and 6 seniors titles.The Mapúa track and field team has produced some notable Philippine sports heroes including:
- Henry DagmilHenry DagmilHenry Dagmil is a Filipino long jumper. His personal best jump is 7.99 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Los Angeles. He finished fifth at the 2006 Asian Games. He also competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final.-Achievements:-References:...
- Member of the Philippine track and field team; 2005 South East Asian Games Gold Medalist and record holder in the long jump event. http://www.mapua.edu.ph/news/?newsid=127 - Claro Pellosis - Member of the 1936 Olympic team for track and field.
- Simeon ToribioSimeon ToribioSimeon G. Toribio was a Filipino athlete, who won the bronze medal in the high jump at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. He represented the Philippines in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1928.In 1930, Toribio was awarded the Helms World Trophy for being Asia's...
- Member of the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Olympic teams; Olympic Bronze Medalist in the high jump event at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics; many-time Asian Games gold medalist and recipient of the 1930 World Helms Trophy for being Asia's greatest athlete. http://www.txtmania.com/trivia/sports.php The only Filipino to be awarded such honor. - Miguel WhiteMiguel WhiteMiguel S. White was a Filipino athlete of Filipino-American descent who competed for the Philippines in the 400 metre hurdles at the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany, winning a bronze medal in the process....
- Member of the 1936 Olympic team; Olympic Bronze Medalist in the 400m hurdles at the 1936 Berlin Olympics http://www.txtmania.com/trivia/sports.php - Rodelio Santos - Member of MIT track and field 1982-1984. First winner of five gold medals in the NCAA for the MIT Red Robins in long jump, triple jump, 400m hurdles, 4x400 relay, and 4x100 relay under Coach Claro Pellosis
Several other members of past Philippine national teams are also from MIT.
Other sports
The Mapúa Institute of Technology has also shown great performances in other sports.Swimming
As an example, the Mapúa seniors swimming team, coached for many years by Prof. Edilberto Bonus, has won no less than 40 titles in the seniors division and 22 in the juniors. This clearly dominating record is followed only by that of San Beda College with 21 championships in the juniors division but only 8 titles in the seniors events. MIT's tankers last won the seniors crown in 1997 while the last juniors title was won in 1991.
Prof. Bonus, an outstanding Mapuan, is himself a distinguished swimmer having won the Bronze Medal at the first Asian Games
Philippines at the 1951 Asian Games
The Philippines participated in the first ever Asian Games held in New Delhi, India. With 3 gold medals, this country is ranked 5th in the medal tally and 3rd place in the over-all medal count.-Medal table:- Gold:* Athletics* Basketball...
that was held in New Delhi, India in 1951. Until his retirement, he was an admired professor of both Mathematics and Physical Education at the Institute. He also served as President of the Philippine Amateur Swimming Association for several years.
Chess
The MIT chess team has produced the likes of Eugene Torre, Asia's first grandmaster as well as International Master Renato Naranja
Renato Naranja
Renato Naranja is an International Master of chess from the Philippines.He is Philippine Junior Champion in 1958 and Philippine Adult Champion in 1965. In 1959, he placed 9th in world junior championship U20 in Münchenstein...
, both of whom represented the country in the 1972 Chess Olympiad. In addition, International Master Ildefonso Datu and several National Masters including Ernesto Encarnacion Jr. and Julius De Ramos also honed their skills with the seniors chess team. Mapua has won a total of 11 NCAA Chess titles in the seniors division, the last being in 2002, and 6 NCAA juniors titles although the last one was in 1996.
Tennis
MIT leads the NCAA with 16 seniors and 17 juniors titles followed by San Beda with 11 seniors and 14 juniors championships. Mapua's tennis greats include former Philippine and Southeast Asian number one netter Manuel Tolentino who represented the country in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Mapua last won the seniors title in 1994 and the juniors in 1997.
Football
Behind La Salle and San Beda, Mapúa has the third best winning record in football with 7 juniors titles and 12 seniors titles. The MIT football team has produced several players who have played for the Philippine national football team in international competitions.