Boyet Bautista

Boyet Bautista is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Pasig Pirates of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL), and for the Armed Forces of the Philippines Cavaliers of the UNTV Cup. Bautista played high school and collegiate basketball for the Knights of the Colegio de San Juan de Letran. He had a stint with Toyota Otis-Letran Knights in the Philippine Basketball League, and later with the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants of the Philippine Basketball Association, before returning to the PBL.

Boyet Bautista

Pasig Pirates
Position	Point guard
Personal information
Born	April 22, 1981 Pasay City, Philippines
Nationality	Philippines
Listed height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Listed weight	160 lb (73 kg)
Career information
High school	Colegio de San Juan de Letran
College	Colegio de San Juan de Letran
PBA draft	2006 Round: 1 / Pick: 9th overall
Selected by the Purefoods Chunkee Giants
Playing career	2006–present
Career history
2002-06	Letran Knights
2006	PBL: Toyota-Otis-Letran Knights, Harbour Centre Batang Pier
2006–07	PBA: Purefoods Chunkee Giants
?	ABL:Chang Thailand Slammers
2015–present	Armed Forces of the Philippines Cavaliers
2018–present	Pasig Pirates
Medals Men's Basketball Representing  Philippines 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Team

Amateur career

Letran Squires

Bautista joined the Letran Squires basketball team in 2000, forming a formidable lineup which made them a force to reckon in the NCAA Juniors division. Teaming up with then MVP Ronjay Enrile, Ira Buyco, Billy Ray Anabo, Mark Balneg and Wilbert Soriano the Squires swept the elimination round with a 14-0 record and give them an automatic trip to the Juniors finals with a twice-to-beat advantage. In the finals, they faced the (now inactive) Mapua Red Robins led by Jeff Martin and company. However, their dreams of a perfect season took a turn for the worse, as the Squires were beaten in the finals twice. Four of the team's starters, including Bautista, suffered cramps during the crucial stretches of the deciding Game 2.

Letran Knights

When Bautista graduated from high school, he stayed in Letran with the hope of leading the school to a championship in the NCAA Seniors division. He made it to the team in 2002 and, as the team's starting point guard, gave Letran two championships in 2003 and 2005.

Philippine Basketball League

When Toyota-Otis and Letran made a partnership to send the Knights in the PBL, he and superstar teammate Ronjay Enrile became founding stars of the team. In the 2006 PBL Unity Cup, he led Toyota to its first PBL championship appearance thanks to a solid supporting cast including then MVP, Joe Devance. The Knights lost to Harbour Centre Port Masters 3-2 led by very close friend LA Tenorio and Joseph Yeo.

Professional career

Philippine Basketball Association

During the 2006 PBA Draft, he was drafted 9th overall by Purefoods.

RP Team

Boyet Bautista was also included in the National Team that won the Philippines a gold medal at the Southeast Asian Games in Thailand in December 2007.

UNTV Cup

Before he joined the UNTV Cup, Bautista was played in an invitational tourney in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. In 2015, Bautista played for the AFP Cavaliers men's basketball team in the UNTV Cup Season 4. He was named as part of the Mythical Five selection.[1] Bautista was one of the major contributors of the team where they moved up to the finals of Season 4 and later clinched the championship title beating PNP Responders in the three-game finals series. He was named as the Finals MVP.[2]

References

1. "NHA Builders' Lustestica, tops in the individual UNTV Cup Season 4 honors". UNTV News. March 9, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
2. "Boyet Bautista leads AFP Cavaliers to victory over PNP Responders in UNTV Cup finals". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. March 15, 2016. Retrieved March 16, 2016.

External links

• Boyet Bautista Online