This document summarizes the basketball history and icons of Sariaya, Quezon. It discusses prominent basketball players from Sariaya like Reynoso who played for the Philippine national basketball team in the 1920s-1930s and was considered one of the best guards of the early 1930s. It also profiles Coach Leo Austria, a famous Philippine basketball player and coach, who was born in Sariaya in 1958 and got his start playing in Sariaya's youth basketball leagues. Coach Leo had a successful professional career and still maintains strong ties to Sariaya, where he finished school and frequently visits family who remain in the town. The document emphasizes the importance of basketball to Sariaya and its role in the history of

1. SARIAYA BASKETBALL
ICONS
By:
Prof. Marie Eloisa Q. De Leon-Ulanday
UP College of Human Kinetics

2. Interview with Ester D. Alcala, Angelina I. Dedace, and
Ernesto O. Dedace,

4. What is it about basketball that
Sariayahins could boast of?
Did it have any significance in
the history of Philippine
basketball?

5.  1923 UP High School
 NCAA league (College)
 1930 Tokyo
 Member of the National Team to
represent the country in the FEAAG
- 1927 Shanghai, 1930 China, and in
1934 Philippines
 After retiring from competitive
basketball, Reynoso served as either
head or member in several socio-
cultural organizations in Sariaya.
„One of the best basketball guards in the
early 30s.‟ – E.R. Ticzon (sports
columnist)

6.  born March 14, 1958
 joined the town’s league in the junior and senior
division

8.  Born March 14, 1958
 Joined the town’s league in the junior and senior
division
 Selected to play in the inter-town meet
 Later played in the Lucena City team which will
represent the Southern Tagalog Regional Athletic
Association that took place in Puerto Princesa,
Palawan.
 Lyceum of the Philippines University
 Philippine Amateur Basketball League (PABL)
 Most Valuable Player of the Ambassador's Cup, 1984
 Drafted to play with the Shell team under the
Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), 1985.
Awarded rookie of the year.

9.  Played for Pepsi and acted as playing coach for
Chowking.
 Coached Wellcoat, Shell and then Adamson University
 Also represented the country in several international
basketball events.

13.  Parents and Grandparents are from Sariaya
 Relatives still living in Sariaya
 Several ancestors of Reynoso served as town officials
 Coach Leo still frequently goes to Sariaya, almost on all
occasions.
 Coach Leo finished high school and elementary in
Sariaya
 Other Achievements:
 Both received an award from the Quezon Medalya ng
Karangalan

20. “Napakahalaga sa career ko bilang manlalaro ang plaza na iyan
dahil dyan ako nagumpisa at natuto. Halos everyday ako
naglalaro kahit bumabagyo.” - Coach Leo Austria

21. THANK YOU
GOD BLESS