This week’s Student Athlete is Rabeh Al-Hussaini, the Most Valuable Player of the 71st UAAP Men’s Basketball. Name: Rabeh Al-Hussaini Birthday: August 11, 1988 Weight: 240 lbs Height: 6’7 Former Team: Philippine Christian University Baby Dolphins Current Team: Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles Jersey no: 19 How did you start playing your sport? I started when I was twelve (12). I never really intended to play that sport though. [...]

“You play a sport in college!? Wow!” This is a phrase I eventually became accustomed to hearing from family and friends throughout the years I played table tennis in high school and college. And like many of you, this is also a phrase I took for granted. When you have been an athlete your entire life, from grade school to high school, rotating between multiple sports or focusing much of [...]