Rey Evangelista

The Honorable
Rey Evangelista
The Honorable Rey Evangelista
Member of the ; Ormoc City Council; from the Lone district
	In office; June 30, 2022
Personal details
Born	December 28, 1971 (age 51); Ormoc City, Leyte, Philippines
Political party	PDP–Laban (2021–present)
	Basketball career
Personal information
Nationality	Filipino
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
College	University of Santo Tomas
PBA draft	1994: 1st round, 2nd overall pick
	Selected by the Coney Island Ice Cream Stars
Playing career	1994–2008
Position	Small forward
Number	7
Career history
As player:
1994–2008	Purefoods
As coach:
2008–2010	B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	As player: 4x PBA champion (1994 Commissioner's, 1997 All-Filipino, 2002 Governors', 2006 Philippine); PBA Best Player of the Conference (2002 Governors'); 5x PBA All-Star (1994–1998); PBA Mythical Second Team (2002); 3x PBA All-Defensive Team (2000–2002); 3x PBA Sportsmanship Award (1995, 1999, 2001); No. 7 retired by Purefoods ; PBL champion (1993 Maharlika); PBL Most Valuable Player (1993 Maharlika); As assistant coach: PBA champion (2010 Philippine);

Last updated November 20, 2023

Rey Evangelista (born December 28, 1971) is a Filipino retired professional basketball player who played for Purefoods franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association during his entire career. He was a one-time Best Player of the Conference awardee in 2002.^[1] He was known as a great defensive player and a left-handed shooter. He is now a politician who serving as a city councilor for Ormoc City.

Player profile

Rey hails from Ormoc, Leyte.^[2] He started out as a volleyball player during his high school days at St. Peter's College. He shifted to basketball because people noticed he is a high leaper and is also good at positional plays. Rey completed a course in Agribusiness at the Visayan State College of Agriculture and played for the VSCA team that was crowned champion of the State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association Region 8 meet.

He tried out at University of Santo Tomas and made it to the Glowing Goldies lineup under coach Aric del Rosario. Rey is a masteral student at UST and a cousin of UST's big boy Raymond Fran. He saw action for Nikon Home Appliances in the Philippine Basketball League in 1993 and turn pro in the following year.

Rey was the second overall pick in the 1994 PBA draft, chosen by Purefoods TJ Hotdogs. In his first season, Rey was the only rookie included in the Philippine team that went to Hiroshima, Japan for the Asian Games.^[3] Most fans and the PBA press corps believes he should be the season's rookie of the year and Rey had a lot of sympathizers when his name was not called during the PBA annual awards night. He spent all of his 14 seasons in the PBA with the Purefoods franchise and retired from active playing in 2008.^[4]

PBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

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Season-by-season averages

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1994	Coney Island / Purefoods	58	28.8	.487	.000	.747	5.5	1.5	.6	.6	9.6
1995	Purefoods	61	28.4	.528	.000	.792	4.6	1.8	.3	.5	8.0
1996	Purefoods	57	26.2	.519	.500	.595	5.4	1.4	.7	.4	7.2
1997	Purefoods	63	23.4	.495	.000	.650	4.5	.9	.5	.3	7.2
1998	Purefoods	59	25.2	.552	.167	.707	4.4	1.5	.6	.3	7.0
1999	Purefoods	41	36.2	.508	.333	.644	6.9	2.0	.9	.7	9.1
2000	Purefoods	55	31.8	.414	.250	.719	7.5	1.6	.8	.5	7.0
2001	Purefoods	44	35.5	.503	.000	.714	7.1	2.1	1.1	.4	10.3
2002	Purefoods	42	27.4	.386	.341	.694	4.1	2.6	.7	.2	7.3
2003	Purefoods	25	27.2	.279	.460	.579	5.9	1.4	1.0	.2	8.0
2004–05	Purefoods	64	24.2	.433	.247	.672	5.2	1.3	.7	.1	6.3
2005–06	Purefoods	27	16.7	.386	.333	.756	3.8	1.0	.6	.2	3.9
2006–07	Purefoods	41	19.6	.454	.143	.699	4.4	.8	.4	.1	5.4
2007–08	Purefoods	28	10.5	.508	.400	.545	2.6	.4	.4	.0	2.9
Career		665	26.4	.466	.313	.693	5.2	1.5	.7	.3	7.3

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References

↑ "Umaatikabong Game 5 ng Alaska at Purefoods". Philstar.com.
↑ "Rey Evangelista back where he belongs as he leaves Big City life". Spin.ph.
↑ "Purefoods trio makes AG five". Manila Standard.
↑ "Long-time Purefoods forward Evangelista retires". GMA News.
↑ "Rey Evangelista Player Profile - PBA-Online.net". PBA-Online.net. Archived from the original on March 16, 2016.

External links

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[1] "Umaatikabong Game 5 ng Alaska at Purefoods". Philstar.com.

[2] "Rey Evangelista back where he belongs as he leaves Big City life". Spin.ph.

[3] "Purefoods trio makes AG five". Manila Standard.

[4] "Long-time Purefoods forward Evangelista retires". GMA News.

[5] "Rey Evangelista Player Profile - PBA-Online.net". PBA-Online.net. Archived from the original on March 16, 2016.

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The Honorable Rey Evangelista

Member of the Ormoc City Council from the Lone district
In office June 30, 2022

Personal details
Born	(1971-12-28) December 28, 1971 (age 51) Ormoc City, Leyte, Philippines
Political party	PDP–Laban (2021–present)
Basketball career
Personal information
Nationality	Filipino
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
College	University of Santo Tomas
PBA draft	1994: 1st round, 2nd overall pick
Selected by the Coney Island Ice Cream Stars
Playing career	1994–2008
Position	Small forward
Number	7
Career history
As player:
1994–2008	Purefoods
As coach:
2008–2010	B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados (assistant)

Career highlights and awards
As player: 4x PBA champion (1994 Commissioner's, 1997 All-Filipino, 2002 Governors', 2006 Philippine) PBA Best Player of the Conference (2002 Governors') 5x PBA All-Star (1994–1998) PBA Mythical Second Team (2002) 3x PBA All-Defensive Team (2000–2002) 3x PBA Sportsmanship Award (1995, 1999, 2001) No. 7 retired by Purefoods PBL champion (1993 Maharlika) PBL Most Valuable Player (1993 Maharlika) As assistant coach: PBA champion (2010 Philippine)