Team Rise’s final match against Elite Varsity Players concludes Nike Rise Program

MVP Aljin Andaya weathers a confetti shower at the end of the Rise journey. (Photo courtesy of Nike Philippines)

Nike Rise concluded its 6-week program with a final match held Sunday, August 23 at the House of Rise in Mandaluyong City.
The 12 Rise kids and two reserves played against a team of elite players from the UAAP, NCAA and Discovery Perlas Pilipinas.

The Rise players were :

– #1 ALGIN ANDAYA
– #3 ROLAND PATRIC “Soy” VINASOY
– #7 KRISTINE ‘Tintin” CAYABYAB
– #11 NELSON “Pogi” DE OCERA
– #13 DEAN “The Dean” FUDOTAN
– #14 KHERLIE PINO
– # 16 JAIR BORNE MARABE
– #17 JUDE LUKE BULAN
– #18 MICHAEL ANGELO “Mico” PINGOL
– #22 NORMAN “MadMax” TORBELLES
– #24 JOHN PAUL “JP The Fighting Irish” FERNANDEZ
– #25 VINCENT PATRICK ROMERO
-# 12 ROSSINI “Chini” BRIANA ESPINAS
– #21 JOHN LESTER TOBILLA

Their opponents were :

– JOLO MENDOZA (ADMU JRs)
– GIAN MAMUYAC (ADMU JRs)
– SHAUN ILDEFONSO (ADMU JRs)
– ALJUN MELECIO (DLSZ)
– BRENT PARAISO (DLSZ)
– MARTIN ROMERO (DLSZ)
– THIRDY RAVENA (ADMU SRs)
– RICCI RIVERO (LSGH)
– ALLANA LIM (PERLAS PILIPINAS)

A special announcement was also made to identify the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the Rise program. Algin Andaya from Navotas was named MVP and, on top of the award, was given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to try out for the Gilas Pilipinas U-20 national training pool.