The Blue Phenomenons
The sports press and Ateneo fans have dubbed some outstanding student athletes of Ateneo as phenomenons or "phenoms". These athletes earned this moniker because they had outstanding athletic careers in their chosen field of sports in high school. They were team captains, UAAP MVPs and members of their school's champion UAAP high school varsity team. In collegiate varsity, they were all in the starting line-up in their rookie year. Todate, there are three Ateneo student athletes who have been dubbed as "Phenoms":
- Kiefer Isaac Ravena, GS 2007 HS 2011 BS Candidate 2015 - Basketball
- Michael Jeremy "Mikko" Mabanag, HS 2011 BS Candidate 2015 - Football
- Alyssa "Aly" Valdez, AB Candidate 2014 - Volleyball
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Famous quotes containing the word blue:
“The traveller who has gone to Italy to study the tactile values of Giotto, or the corruption of the Papacy, may return remembering nothing but the blue sky and the men and women who live under it.”
—E.M. (Edward Morgan)