Bryan Bagunas

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Bryan Bagunas
Personal information
Full nameBryan Berroya Bagunas
NationalityFilipino
Born (1997-10-10) October 10, 1997 (age 26)
Batangas City, Batangas, Philippines
Height195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Spike368 cm (145 in)
Block345 cm (136 in)
College / University National University (2014–2019)
Volleyball information
Position Outside Spiker
Current clubWin Streak
Number1
Career
YearsTeams
2018 Sta. Elena–NU
2019 Philippine Air Force
2019–2022 Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler
2022–presentWin Streak
National team
2014–present Philippines
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Southeast Asian Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Manila Team
ASEAN University Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Napyidaw Team

Bryan Berroya Bagunas (born October 10, 1997) is a Filipino volleyball player [1] who plays for Taiwanese club Win Streak and the Philippine national team.

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Early life

Bagunas was born on October 10, 1997, in Batangas City. Prior to his college education, he was more into basketball than volleyball. Bagunas started playing volleyball in his second year of high school education and participated in both basketball and volleyball events in his school's intramurals. He also participated in various municipal and national volleyball tournaments prior into being scouted for the National University. [2]

Career

Collegiate

Bagunas played for the men's volleyball team of the National University (NU) at the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). [3] He helped NU win the UAAP Seasons 80 and 81 men's volleyball titles and was also named the Finals MVP for both seasons. He was also a three-time Best Server (from UAAP Season 79 to 81) and the UAAP Attacker and Season MVP for Season 81. [1]

Bagunas also represented NU at the 2018 Premier Volleyball League Collegiate Conference, where he aided the team's title win over the University of Santo Tomas and was also named as the 1st Best Outside Spiker and Finals MVP. [4]

Club

Sta Elena and Philippine Air Force

In the club level, Bagunas played for Sta. Elena at the 2018 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference where Bagunas was named the 2nd Best Outside Spiker and Conference MVP. [5] He also played for the Go for Gold-Philippine Air Force Jet Spikers of the Spikers' Turf. [3]

Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler

In mid-2019, Bagunas announced that he has signed to play for Japanese club, Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler of V.League 1. [3] His first match with the club was against the JT Thunders. According to Bagunas, training with the Japanese club leaned towards technique compared to training with Philippine-based teams which he described focus on physicality particularly on managing one's power in executing hits. [2] He left Oita Miyoshi in June 2022. [6]

Win Streak

He would join Taiwanese club Win Streak in August 2022 to play for them at the Datuk Bandar Cup Win+ Streak Invitational Championship in Malaysia [6] and later the Top Volleyball League in Taiwan. [7]

Imus City

In February 2023, Bagunas signs up with the Imus City–AJAA Spikers and is set to join the team's campaign in the 2023 Spikers' Turf Open Conference in March 2023 following the conclusion of his stint with Win Streak. [8]

National team

Bagunas was part of the Philippine men's national team that represented the country at the Southeast Asian Games; in the 2017 and 2019 Southeast Asian Games.

Bagunas's first participation in the Southeast Asian Games was in the 2017 edition where the Philippine national team failed to clinch a podium finish. [2] Likewise in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, there was some issue in the preparations with Bagunas having limited time to train with his national team teammates since he simultaneously had to fulfill his obligations to participate in a training camp with his Japanese club, Oita Miyoshi. Despite this, the national team was able to secure a finals appearance in 42 years and clinch a silver medal finish after losing to Indonesia in the final. [9]

NU represented the Philippines at the 2018 ASEAN University Games in Myanmar. Bagunas was part of that Philippine squad which won the men's volleyball title by beating Thailand's representatives in the gold medal match. This surpassed the Philippines' bronze medal finish in the 2016 edition held in Singapore. [10]

Personal life

Bagunas is engaged with longtime girlfriend Nicole Tracy Tan since April 2022. [11] And they got married on June 6, 2022. [12]

Clubs

Awards

Individual awards

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References

  1. 1 2 "アジア枠外国人選手加入のお知らせ" [Notice of Joining of an Asian Foreign Player] (in Japanese). Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler. June 20, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Bagunas gives men's volleyball a boost in the Philippines". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. April 25, 2020. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Del Rosario, Denver (June 20, 2019). "Bryan Bagunas to play for Japan volleyball club Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler". Fox Sports Asia. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  4. ↑ Escarlote, Mark (September 12, 2018). "PVL: Pablico wins MVP award". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Agilas snare S Turf crown, edge Power Hitters in 5". The Manila Times . December 16, 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Bagunas joins Taiwanese club". Daily Tribune. August 24, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Bryan Bagunas to join Imus in Spikers' Turf after overseas stint". Rappler. February 3, 2023. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
  8. ↑ Agcaoili, Lance (February 3, 2023). "Bryan Bagunas signs with Imus in Spikers' Turf". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
  9. ↑ Ulanday, John Bryan (December 12, 2019). "Bagunas, Espejo bring volley acts overseas". The Philippine Star. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  10. ↑ "NU-Philippines wins men's volleyball gold in ASEAN University Games". ABS-CBN News. December 14, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  11. ↑ Agcaoili, Lance (February 4, 2023). "Bryan Bagunas to miss SEA Games due to wedding". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Bryan&Tracy Weddomg". Instagram. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
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