Calvin Abueva

He won the Most Valuable Player award during the 87th season of the NCAA by leading the league in scoring (20.6), rebounding (13.7), and was fourth in assists (3.9) although he also had an alarming league-high 5.6 turnovers.

In his 4th and final year in the NCAA, Abueva was a Shoo-in to win his second and rare back-to-back MVP award.

He performed beyond reality as he made numerous dominating performances.

Calvin Abueva (born February 4, 1988) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Magnolia Hotshots of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

He started his collegiate career in NCAA playing for the Stags in 2009.

Abueva caught national acclaim as Jimbo Aquino’s key support when the San Sebastian Stags coached by Ato Agustin held off the San Beda Red Lions to claim the NCAA title in 2009.

When Aquino moved out of SSC, he amply took over.

He became the leader of a menacing trio that also consisted of Ronald Pascual and Ian Sangalang.

He was picked second overall by the Alaska Aces during the 2012 PBA Draft.

He was nicknamed "The Beast" due to the all-around threat he brings at both ends of the court, he dominated the nation's collegiate ranks by posting excellent numbers during his tenure with the San Sebastian College – Recoletos Stags in the NCAA.

He also became the first player in collegiate basketball history to lead a college league in points,

rebounds, and assists.

Due to his versatility, him being frequently listed between 6'2 or 6'3, and his position as an undersized power forward for the Aces, Abueva has been frequently compared to the legendary import Sean Chambers.

Abueva studied at the San Sebastian College.

He recorded 16 double-double's and 4 triple-double's, a league record but on August 25, 2012 in game against Lyceum, Abueva punched Lyceum's Vence Laude at the back of the head during a scuffle with 6:08 minutes left in the third quarter.

He was then merited a disqualifying foul.

A disqualifying foul automatically merits a one-game suspension.

But worse, the suspension meted on the league's best player makes him ineligible to win any individual award this season If not for the misconduct, Alaska's No. 2 pick in the recent PBA draft would have handily won the MVP derby as he leads the current statistical race by a wide margin.

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Abueva played for the NLEX Road Warriors in the PBA Developmental League.

Playing with the talent-laden Road Warriors, he helped NLEX to win three straight championships.

Abueva was not able to suit up in Alaska's first three assignments as he still needed to finish his duties with his school in the NCAA.

In his highly anticipated debut game, Abueva made an immediate impact as he came through with a beastly performance against the Petron Blaze Boosters.

Still smarting from his alma mater's NCAA final four loss to Letran 4 days before, he showed that he definitely is ready for the big leagues, finishing with 12 points and 16 rebounds in just 27 minutes.

Abueva was still awarded as the 2012–13 PBA Rookie of the Year despite the season ending struggles.

Abueva's struggles seemed to continue towards the next season.

He felt that his penchant for fouling out and getting into foul trouble early in the game limited his chances of helping the Aces down the stretch on most of their games.

Although Abueva claims he had tried to taper off his overeagerness on the defensive-end so he can stay out of foul trouble.

His coach Luigi Trillo, however, had different take.

He felt Abueva may have been “shackled” this season compared to last, thinking that teams may have allowed Abueva to play his game last season.

He felt that team's may have found ways to neutralize "The Beast" after trying to study his game.

Pointing that after having a monstrous debut, teams' started to try to figure him out.

Despite the seeming limitations, he still tried his best to contribute to help Alaska win.

He averaged about 20 mins of playing time with 9.2 points, 7.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists; worse than his numbers last season.

In his third season, Abueva started to become an "Angry Beast".

Early in the season, he was one of the front-runners for the Best Player of the Conference title in the 2013 PBA conferences.

Despite leading the statistical points in the past 2013 Philippine Cup and 2013 Commissioner's Cup conferences, he did not gain the Best Player of the Conference award.

Nevertheless, his stellar performance in the first two conferences put him on the Rookie-MVP discussion, in which was only achieved by Benjie Paras.

He was a big factor for the Alaska Aces' in winning the 2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup Championship.

However, a dip in his performance as well as Alaska's quick exit in the season-ending Governors' Cup has eroded his claim to both awards.