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Rey Evangelista (born December 28, 1971) is a Filipino retired professional basketball player who played for Purefoods franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association during his entire career. He was a one-time Best Player of the Conference awardee in 2002.[1] He was known as a great defensive player and a left-handed shooter. He is now a politician who serving as a city councilor for Ormoc City.

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The Honorable Rey Evangelista
Member of the Ormoc City Council from the Lone district
In office June 30, 2022
Personal details
Born	(1971-12-28) December 28, 1971 (age 50) Ormoc City, Leyte, Philippines
Political party	PDP–Laban (2021–present)
Basketball career
Personal information
Nationality	Filipino
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
College	University of Santo Tomas
PBA draft	1994 Round: 1 / Pick: 2nd overall
Selected by the Coney Island Ice Cream Stars
Playing career	1994–2008
Position	Small forward
Number	7
Career history
As player:
1994–2008	Purefoods
As coach:
2008–2010	B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player: 4x PBA champion (1994 Commissioner's, 1997 All-Filipino, 2002 Governors', 2006 Philippine) PBA Best Player of the Conference (2002 Governors') 5x PBA All-Star (1994–1998) PBA Mythical Second Team (2002) 3x PBA All-Defensive Team (2000–2002) 3x PBA Sportsmanship Award (1995, 1999, 2001) No. 7 retired by Purefoods PBL champion (1993 Maharlika) PBL Most Valuable Player (1993 Maharlika) As assistant coach: PBA champion (2010 Philippine)

Player profile

Rey hails from Ormoc, Leyte.[2] He started out as a volleyball player during his high school days at St. Peter's College. He shifted to basketball because people noticed he is a high leaper and is also good at positional plays. Rey completed a course in Agribusiness at the Visayan State College of Agriculture and played for the VSCA team that was crowned champion of the State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association Region 8 meet.

He tried out at University of Santo Tomas and made it to the Glowing Goldies lineup under coach Aric del Rosario. Rey is a masteral student at UST and a cousin of UST's big boy Raymond Fran. He saw action for Nikon Home Appliances in the Philippine Basketball League in 1993 and turn pro in the following year.

Rey was the second overall pick in the 1994 PBA draft, chosen by Purefoods TJ Hotdogs. In his first season, Rey was the only rookie included in the Philippine team that went to Hiroshima, Japan for the Asian Games.[3] Most fans and the PBA press corps believes he should be the season's rookie of the year and Rey had a lot of sympathizers when his name was not called during the PBA annual awards night. He spent all of his 14 seasons in the PBA with the Purefoods franchise and retired from active playing in 2008.[4]

References

External links

• http://www.pba-online.net/profile/Rey-Evangelista/

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