UST Growling Tigers
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| UST Growling Tigers University of Santo Tomas |
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| League | UAAP | ||
| Joined | 1938 Founding member of the NCAA on 1924 |
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| Seniors' general championships | UAAP: 35 (1958-59, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1967-68, 1970-71, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1979-80, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989,90, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08) |
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| Juniors' general championships | UAAP: 10 (1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2006-07, 2007-08) |
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| Location | España, Sampaloc, Manila | ||
| Team colors |  Gold and white.Black as a tertiary color |
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| Juniors' team | Tiger Cubs | ||
| Women's team | Tigresses | ||
| Staple cheer | Go USTe! Viva Santo Tomas! |
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| Basketball | Growling Tigers |
| Volleyball | Tiger Spikers (Men's) Spiking Tigresses (Women's) |
| Football | Golden Booters |
| Baseball/Softball | Golden Sox |
| Swimming | Tiger Sharks |
| Judo | Golden Judokas |
| Taekwondo | Golden Jins |
| Pep squad | Yellow Jackets |
The UST Growling Tigers is the varsity team of University of Santo Tomas in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. Originally named as the Glowing Goldies, the name had been changed starting at the 1992-93 season.
The Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas holds the most number of senior general championships in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, 35 championships in the 61 seasons that the title was awarded. With a formidable athletic program in all sporting events (Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Chess, Fencing, Football, Judo, Mountain Climbing, Rowing, Softball, Swimming, Table Tennis, Tennis, Taekwondo, Track and Field, Volleyball), the University also takes part in various sports leagues such as Home and Away Invitational League, Collegiate Champion's League, Shakey's V League, UNIgames, etc
The junior teams are the UST High School Tiger Cubs (to differentiate them with the San Beda Red Cubs), and the Tigresses. The Juniors teams have won ten general championships in their division.
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[edit] Mascot and colors
The gold and white colors came from the university's pontifical status (the flag of Vatican City is colored gold and white), while the change from "Glowing Goldies" to "Growling Tigers" came after the University of the Philippines hosting of the opening ceremonies of the 1991-92 season where UST was represented by an old Dominican friar with band-aids (the Glowing Goldies can't be represented concretely). This has brought embarrassment and a search for a new mascot was held. Athletic director Felicitas Francisco suggested to use the tiger due to its gold and white colors. Francisco still dons her tiger-stripes coat when she attends UST's playoff games.
When it was UST's turn to host for the 1992-93 season, the new growling tiger mascot debuted in the opening ceremonies.
It should be noted that Manila Central University used the tiger mascot (with purple and gold colors) in the UAAP when it joined in 1952; it withdrew from the UAAP and is currently inactive in intercollegiate athletics.
[edit] Basketball
[edit] History
The men's basketball team is tied with UE Red Warriors having the second most number of titles in UAAP basketball, with eighteen, trailing to the FEU Tamaraws, having the most number of basketball championships with nineteen. The UST Growling Tigers is a record holder including a four-year run as champions, from the 1993-94 season, where they've swept the elimination round with an immaculate 14-0 record (automatic champions), up to the 1996-97 season, where they have beaten the La Salle Green Archers for the third consecutive Finals series. The Tigers were led by coach Aric del Rosario from the 1992-93 season up to the 2003-04 season.
From 1964 to 1971, UST met the UE Red Warriors eight times, with the Warriors winning seven encounters. UST contested every championship game from the resumption of games after the Pacific War on 1946 up to 1956. UST also won one NCAA championship, in 1930.
The Tiger Cubs also have a successful basketball program, with Finals series against the Ateneo Blue Eaglets 11 times since 1986. The Tigresses have the most number of women's championships, with ten. The latest coming at the 2006 season, at the expense of the FEU Lady Tamaraws.
On the 1994 season, the men's, women's and juniors' teams won all three UAAP championships in basketball, the only time it had happened in UAAP history (especially during the recent 69th UAAP season, together with their battlecry: "Re-live 96 at Season 69!").
On the 2006 season, the Men's and Women's team captured the basketball championships.
[edit] Current Roster
| No. | Pos | Name | Birthplace | Yr. | Remarks |
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| 6 | SF | Dylan Ababou | Leyte | 4 | |
| 16 | SF | Francis Philip Allera | General Santos City | 5 | |
| 7 | C | Mark Angelo Canlas | Pampanga | 4 | |
| 10 | SG | Daryl Basa | 2 | ||
| 20 | PF/C | Jervy Cruz | Nueva Ecija | 3 | |
| 18 | PG | John Paul "Japs" Cuan | Bicol | 5 | |
| 14 | PF | Khasim Mirza | 2 | ||
| 9 | SF | Mel Gile | Sydney | 3 | |
| 17 | C | Chester Lloyd Taylor | Quezon | 5 |
- Head coach: Pido Jarencio
- Assistant Coaches: Beaujing Acot - defensive coach
Senen Duenas - offensive coach
Emmanuel Calipes - conditioning, endurance coach
Julian Rabbi Tomacruz - Liaison to UST Admin; Team B trainer, statistics
Edwin Escobar - Weights trainer
Rodil "Boy" Sablan - Academic Manager
- Team Physicians: Dr. Consuelo G. Suarez - Rehab Medicine, Sports Medicine
Dr. Raul B. Palma - General Team Physician,neurosports Medicine,Team Psychologist
- Institute of nutrition, Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Interns
- Team manager: Timmy Chiong, Clarence Aytona, Rudy Yu,
[edit] Notable players
- Bogs Adornado, 3-time Most Valuable Player of the Philippine Basketball Association
- Pacifico Arsenio, Sr.
- Gido Babilonia
- Cyrus Baguio, known as the "Master Showman" of the UAAP during his Tiger Days because of his high-flying dunks and clutch plays. Currently playing for Red Bull Barako.
- Rudolph "Udoy" Belmonte
- Chris Cantonjos (UAAP MVP 1995)
- Bal David former starting point guard of Ginebra San Miguel (now Barangay Ginebra Kings)
- Aries Dimaunahan, currently playing for the Air21 Express
- Dennis Espino, (currently playing for the Sta. Lucia Realtors)
- Alwin Espiritu
- Allan Evangelista
- Rey Evangelista, currently captaining the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants
- Fely Fajardo
- Gabby Fajardo
- Danny Florencio, one of PBA's 25 greatest players of all time
- Gerard Francisco, currently playing for the Coca-Cola Tigers
- Binky Favis, Coca-Cola Tigers head coach
- Patrick Roy Fran, currently playing for Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
- Niño Gelig, currently playing for the Welcoat Dragons
- Bong Hawkins, star forward of the Tiger Cubs, played for the PHCR Altas in college, and the Alaska Milkmen professionally
- Derrick Hubalde
- Pido Jarencio, present head coach of the men's varsity team
- Edwin Go Lim Tai
- Sammy Sison
- Benjie Gutierrez {shooting guard for Ron Jacobs' NCC team)
- Raymond Fran
- Bobby Jose
- Gilbert Lao, currently playing for the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
- Mel Latoreno
- Christian Luanzon, played for the Alaska Aces and currently playing for the Bacchus Energy Drink Raiders
- Larry Mumar
- Emerson Oreta
- Marvin Ortiguerra
- Edmund Reyes
- Dale Singson, played for the Alaska Aces
- Aris Tubadeza
- Siot Tanquincen, currently head coach of the Magnolia Beverage Masters
- Dondon Villamin
- Richard Yee, currently playing for the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants
[edit] Championships
Defeated championship opponents in basketball:
| Season | Men | Women | Juniors |
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| 1930* | Champions | ||
| 1931* | Champions | ||
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| 1939 |  FEU UP(Co-champions) |
Prior to 1980, the UST Junior Golden Nuggets had 6 championships |
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| 1941 | UP |
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| 1946 | FEU |
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| 1947 | FEU (Co-champions) |
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| 1948 | FEU |
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| 1949 | FEU |
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| 1951 | FEU |
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| 1952 |  NU |
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| 1953 | NU |
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| 1955 | NU |
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| 1959 |  UE |
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| 1964 | UE |
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| 1967 | UE (Co-champions) |
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| 1979 | UP |
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| 1982 |  Ateneo |
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| 1984 | Champions | ||
| 1985 | Champions | ||
| 1987 |  Adamson |
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| 1988 | Adamson |
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| 1989 | Adamson |
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| 1990 | FEU |
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| 1992 | Adamson |
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| 1993 | Adamson Ateneo La Salle FEU NU UE UP14-0 sweep |
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| 1994 | La Salle |
Adamson |
Ateneo |
| 1995 | La Salle |
FEU |
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| 1996 | La Salle |
Ateneo |
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| 1998 | Ateneo |
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| 2001 | Ateneo |
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| 2006 | Ateneo |
FEU |
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| Totals | 19 | 11 | 11 |
Notes: *NCAA
[edit] Season-by-season records
Men's basketball from 1987 to 1992:
- 1987: 7th
- 1988: 7th
- 1989: 7th
- 1990: 5th
- 1991: 3rd
- 1992: 4th
Men's basketball team from the Final Four era (1993)
| Season | Eliminations | Semi-Finals | Finals | Result | Coach | ||||||||
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| 1993-94 | 14 | 0 | 1.000 | Automatic champions | Champions | Aric del Rosario | |||||||
| 1994-95 | 8 | 4 | 0.667 | UE | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | De La Salle | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | Champions | Aric del Rosario |
| 1995-96 | 11 | 3 | 0.786 | FEU | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | De La Salle | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | Champions | Aric del Rosario |
| 1996-97 | 10 | 4 | 0.714 | UP | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | De La Salle | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | Champions | Aric del Rosario |
| 1997-98 | 10 | 4 | 0.667 | De La Salle | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | Eliminated | Semifinalists | Aric del Rosario | |||
| 1998-99 | 7 | 7 | 0.500 | De La Salle | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | Eliminated | Semifinalists | Aric del Rosario | |||
| 1999-2000 | 11 | 3 | 0.786 | Ateneo | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | De La Salle | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | Finalists | Aric del Rosario |
| 2000-01 | 8 | 6 | 0.571 | De La Salle | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | Eliminated | Semifinalists | Aric del Rosario | |||
| 2001-02 | 6 | 8 | 0.429 | Eliminated | Seventh place | Aric del Rosario | |||||||
| 2002-03 | 8 | 6 | 0.571 | De La Salle | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | Eliminated | Semifinalists | Aric del Rosario | |||
| 2003-04 | 5 | 9 | 0.429 | Eliminated | Sixth place | Aric del Rosario | |||||||
| 2004-05 | 4 | 10 | 0.286 | Eliminated | Seventh place | Nel Parado | |||||||
| 2005-06 | 4 | 10 | 0.286 | Eliminated | Sixth place | Nel Parado | |||||||
| 2006-07 | 6 | 6 | 0.500 | UE | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | Ateneo | 2 | 1 | 0.667 | Champions | Pido Jarencio |
| 2007-08* | 8 | 6 | 0.571 | Ateneo | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | Eliminated | Fourth place | Pido Jarencio | |||
*By virtue of UE's sweep, the playoffs were of 3 rounds; UST was eliminated by Ateneo at the first round to advance to the semifinal.
[edit] Volleyball
In UAAP Volleyball, the Tiger Spikers and the Lady Tiger Spikers of the Juniors' and Seniors' have 27 championships. A notable rivalry is between the De La Salle Lady Spikers, with whom they faced in the Shakey's V-League, with UST winning the first Finals series and La Salle winning the next two.[1]
[edit] Notable players
- Roxanne Pimentel - member of the national team for 13 years now and has won a lot of MVP awards
- Joanna Marie Botor-Carpio - member of the national team for 13 years now
- Mary Jean Balse - youngest player to be in the national Team at the age of 18
- Rubie de Leon
- Kate Co Yu Kang - has won a lot of Best Digger and Best Attacker awards in both UAAP and Shakey's V-League, she is very impressive, has a very strong defense and also has a very strong offense
- Joyce Pano
- Venus Bernal - Best Scorer and Most Valuable Player at UAAP 69th season, known for her Butterfly Approach (it's a BUTTERFLY approach because of the swing of her arms and her speed in running, plus her high jumps and her quality hard - hitting spikes!)
- Denise Patricia Tan - Best setter at UAAP 69th season
- Ma. Angeli Tabaquero
- Lilet Mabbayad
- Cherry Anne Balse - sister of Mary Jean Balse, current Libero of UST, the succesor of Kate Co Yu Kang
[edit] UAAP Season 70 line-up
- Venus Bernal - Open Spiker, Team Captain
- Mary Jean Balse - Middle Blocker / Hitter
- Ma. Angeli Tabaquero - Open Spiker
- Rhea Katrina Dimaculangan - Reserved Setter
- Hannah Mance - Middle Blocker / Hitter
- Joanna Torrijos - Utility
- Denise Patricia Tan - Setter
- Jessica Curato / Michelle Del Rosario / Kimberly Lazaro - Libero
[edit] Season-by-season records
Women's volleyball from 1987:
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- 2007-2008: 3rd
[edit] Football
[edit] Season-by-season records
Men's rankings from 1987:
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[edit] Baseball
The UST Golden Sox is one of the top baseball teams in the UAAP, having won two (2005, 2007) of the last four titles in four straight finals appearances since 2004. Sometimes dubbed as the Golden Sox, they have one of the top pitching prospects in the country in Jonjon Robles, who won the UAAP MVP last season after leading them to the title. He is also a multi-time Best Pitcher Awardee.
UST is currently well represented by the Makati Mariners squad in the Baseball Philippines, even reaching the finals of the tournament's pilot series.
[edit] Cheerdance
The pep squad, the UST Yellow Jackets, and the official dance troupe, the Salinggawi Dance Troupe have won the UAAP Cheerdance Competition a league-leading eight times and holds the record for the longest championship run for five consecutive years (2002 to 2006). Their closest rival is the UP Pep Squad, which has been a consistent runner-up until 2007 when they snatched the title by a very thin margin from the Salinggawi Dance Troupe, which finished second.
| Year | Award |
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| 1995 | Champion |
| 1996 | Champion |
| 1997 | Champion |
| 1998 | did not participate |
| 1999 | 2nd Place |
| 2000 | 2nd Place |
| 2001 | 3rd Place |
| 2002 | Champion |
| 2003 | Champion |
| 2004 | Champion |
| 2005 | Champion |
| 2006 | Champion |
| 2007 | 2nd Place |
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UAAP • Growling Tigers - 2006 men's team • Salinggawi Dance Troupe • Yellow Jackets • Shakey's V-League |
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Arch of the Centuries • Central Library • España Boulevard • Benavides Park • Museum of Arts and Sciences • Beato Angelico Art Gallery • University Medical Museum • UST-Botanical Garden • Quadricentennial Park |
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Student life |
The Varsitarian • Aegis Juris • Alpha Kappa Rho • Alpha Phi Omega • Gamma Epsilon • Regina Legis et Juris • UST Symphony Orchestra |
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Miscellaneous |
List of University of Santo Tomas people • University of Santo Tomas Hospital • University of Santo Tomas Publishing House |
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