The Ateneo Men’s Basketball Team remains eligible to compete in UAAP Season 89 despite the tragedy involving two of its members, Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili, during a team-building activity in Dipaculao, Aurora.
In its administrative review, the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Board recognized that the Ateneo men’s basketball student-athletes are themselves victims of this tragedy.
However, the board imposed a lifetime ban on former Ateneo coach Thomas Anthony Baldwin from participating in all UAAP competitions and activities.
Several coaches, team officials, and the team’s physical therapist were also handed suspensions.
Those suspended include team manager Christopher John Quimpo; assistant coaches Dean Caesar Castaño, Sandro Nicholas Romero Soriano, Reynaldo Jacinto Jr., Hernan Ameer Domingo, Caesar Vincent Javellana Elumba, and Grant Dearns; as well as physical therapist John Eric Rueca.
(Photo Courtesy: UAAP)
