The University Athletics Association of the Philippines (UAAP) is a sports association of eight universities in the Philippines. Each year, teams from the universities play in 14 sports.It was establised in 1938
UAAP has eight member universities all located in Metro Manila. Following is a list of those universities with their team designations in bold letters. Their junior (high school) teams are in parentheses.
Member universities compete in 14 sports. Basketball, being the most popular sport in the Philippines, is the most watched and most supported among all the sports.
Most of these sports have Men's and Women's divisions, with the exception of baseball, in which only men participate, and softball, which is for women only. Almost all the sports also have a Junior division, in which the associated high schools of the universities participate.
UAAP logo: The dual-colored circles around the year 1938 represent the eight member-universities.
The University Athletics Association of the Philippines (UAAP), established in 1938 is a sports association of eight universities in the Philippines.
The UAAP was founded by four universities: Far Eastern University, National University, the University of the Philippines, and the University of Santo Tomas.
Arwind Santos (born July 19, 1981 in Angeles, Pampanga is a Filipino basketball player, playing for Far Eastern University in the UAAP and the Magnolia Ice Cream Spinners in the Philippine Basketball League.
Santos arrived at the UAAP scene in 2002 with the FEU Tamaraws.
In 2003, Santos led the Tamaraws to the UAAP title for the first time in six seasons, sweeping the Blue Eagles in the process.
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