Rene Andrei Saguisag, Jr. is UAAP New Executive Director
It’s
UAAP season once again. Starting August 7, 2017, a new Executive Director was
appointed as announced by the University Athletic Association of the
Philippines (UAAP) Chairman of the Board of Trustees Dr. Michael Alba. Atty.
Rene Andrei Saguisag, Jr., is the Association’s new Executive Director.
Dr.
Alba, President of Far Eastern University, the host school of UAAP Season 80,
considers Atty. Saguisag’s recruitment as one of the early, exciting
developments in the ongoing reorganization of the country’s premier amateur
athletic league. “Along with the heads of the member universities now acting as
the trustees, for the first time in 80 years, the Association will have an
executive director to oversee its operations,” Dr. Alba said.
Rebo,
as Atty. Saguisag is more familiarly called, is not new to the UAAP, having
been Commissioner of Basketball in Seasons 78 and 79. He will also be serving
in the same capacity in the forthcoming season, concurrent to his new
appointment.
As
executive director, Atty. Saguisag is charged to perform, direct, manage, and
oversee a variety of assignments. These include implementing policies;
providing support to the Board of Trustees, the Board of Managing Directors,
and the UAAP Committees; supervising operations; and undertaking special
projects.
He
has a JD degree from the Ateneo Law School and is a BS in Sports Science
graduate of the University of the Philippines.
His
other sports engagements include being Deputy Commissioner of Basketball in
Season 93 of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and
Commissioner of the Makabansa Basketball League 2017.
Of
his appointment, Atty. Rebo says, “It’s definitely an opportunity that any
sports lover will find hard to resist. I also feel that it is another place
where I can be passionate and be of help if in a modest way.” Waxing
philosophical, he adds, “Nobody knows how long I’ll be here, but I do want my
stay to mean something. In Season 80, we Go for Great. I am more than grateful
and appreciative.”
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