Adamson Soaring Falcons

The Adamson Soaring Falcons are the collegiate men's varsity teams of Adamson University that play in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines which is the mother sports league of the Falcons. The collegiate women's varsity teams are called the Lady Falcons while the high school varsity teams are called the Baby Falcons and Lady Baby Falcons.

Adamson Soaring Falcons

Adamson University
League	UAAP
Joined	1952 - probationary member 1953 - probationary membership expired 1970 - rejoined as a probationary member 1971 - admitted as a regular member
Location	San Marcelino St., Ermita Manila, Philippines
Team colors	Blue White
Women's team	Lady Falcons
Juniors' team	Baby Falcons
Seniors' general championships
UAAP 1977 1978 1996 1998: none
Juniors' general championships
UAAP: none

The University's varsity teams also participate in other sports leagues such as the Filoil Flying V Preseason Cup, Fr. Martin's Cup, University Games, and Premier Volleyball League.

Team mascot and colors

The school's choice of the falcon as its mascot is symbolic. Just as the falcon soars high before inflicting harm on its prey, so do the varsity teams of Adamson soar high to defeat their opponents in a sporting event.^{[citation needed]}

Blue (navy blue) and White are Adamson's official school color.

Varsity team monikers

Adamson Team Monikers
Sport	Men's Team	Women's Team	Boys' Team	Girls' Team
Basketball	Adamson Soaring Falcons	Adamson Lady Falcons	Adamson Baby Falcons	Adamson Lady Baby Falcons
Volleyball	Adamson Soaring Falcons	Adamson Lady Falcons	Adamson Baby Falcons	Adamson Lady Baby Falcons
Beach volleyball	Adamson Soaring Falcons	Adamson Lady Falcons	Adamson Baby Falcons	Adamson Lady Baby Falcons
Football	Adamson Soaring Falcons	No team	No team	No team
Baseball	Adamson Soaring Falcons	No team	No team	No team
Softball	No team	Adamson Lady Falcons	No team	No team
Judo	No team	No team	No team	No team
Taekwondo	No team	No team	No team	No team
Fencing	No team	No team	No team	No team
Swimming	No team	No team	No team	No team
Track and field	Adamson Soaring Falcons	Adamson Lady Falcons	Adamson Baby Falcons	Adamson Lady Baby Falcons
Badminton	Adamson Soaring Falcons	Adamson Lady Falcons	Adamson Baby Falcons	Adamson Lady Baby Falcons
Tennis	Adamson Soaring Falcons	Adamson Lady Falcons	Adamson Baby Falcons	Adamson Lady Baby Falcons
Table tennis	Adamson Soaring Falcons	Adamson Lady Falcons	Adamson Baby Falcons	Adamson Lady Baby Falcons
Chess	Adamson Soaring Falcons	Adamson Lady Falcons	Adamson Baby Falcons	Adamson Lady Baby Falcons
Cheerleading	Adamson Pep Squad
Streetdance	Adamson CAST		Adamson Cauldron Dance Company

Increasing participation

The mother sports league of the Adamson Falcons is the UAAP, which has tournaments in fifteen sports. Adamson does not participate in all fifteen sports or all divisions of a sport. The school authorities are now addressing this. They have set as a goal the full participation of the school in all tournaments of the UAAP.

In Season 76 (2013–14), Adamson University fielded high school team in the UAAP girls' division. This high school girls' team participates in the sport of volleyball and is called the Lady Baby Falcons. Also, in Season 76, Adamson fielded teams in the swimming tournament's men's and women's divisions. Then, in Season 77 (2014–15), Adamson fielded a football team in the men's division. In Season 79 (2016–17), Adamson fielded a team for the first time in a volleyball tournament. More teams will be fielded shortly to achieve the goal of full participation.

Team sports

Basketball

Men's team

The current Falcon men's basketball team roster for the UAAP Season 85.

Adamson Soaring Falcons roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Year High School G 0   Ivan Jay C. Maata 6'1" (1.85m) 3rd Malayan High School of Science G 1   Flever Dignadice 6'1" (1.85m) 1st St. Genevieve High School C 23   Mario C. Barasi Jr. 6'7" (2.01m) 1st University of Perpetual Help System DALTA F 99   Joshua Barcelona 6'4" (1.93m) 1st Adamson High School G 22   Jhon Arthur R. Calisay 6'2" (1.88m) 1st Technological Institute of the Philippines G 17   Jed Cedrick T. Colonia 6'2" (1.88m) 4th Sacred Heart School - Ateneo de Cebu C 55   Lenda D. Douanga 6'11" (2.11m) 3rd – G 24   John Mattroven N. Erolon 6'0" (1.83m) 2nd Adamson High School F 15   Joseph Joshua G. Fuentebella 6'3" (1.91m) 3rd Ateneo de Cebu G 28   Ahmad Didat Hanapi 6'1" (1.85m) 3rd Adamson High School F 19   Joaquin Roberto G. Jaymalin 6'1" (1.85m) 2nd Ateneo High School G 7   Jerom R. Lastimosa 5'11" (1.8m) 4th Negros Oriental High School F 29   Vince G. Magbuhos 6'5" (1.96m) 4th University of the East F 26   Wilfrey G. Magbuhos Jr. 6'3" (1.91m) 4th University of the East C 10   Cedrick R. Manzano 6'4" (1.93m) 1st Hua Siong College of Iloilo G 21   Jose Manuel M. Sabandal 5'11" (1.8m) 3rd Adamson High School G 6   Joshua C. Yerro 6'2" (1.88m) 3rd University of Visayas F 4   Adrian Paul Manlapaz 6'2" (1.88m) 3rd Adamson High School G 2   Ray Allen Torres 5'11" (1.8m) 1st University of the Philippines Integrated School F 8   Aaron Flowers 6'4" (1.93m) 3rd Niles West High School	Head coach Nash Racela (2021-present) Assistant coach(es) Rommel Adducul Gilbert Lao Jem Ryan Betia Benjamin Sipin Michael Oliver Team manager Gilbert Cruz Legend (C) Team captain   Injured

List of recent Head Coaches of Men's Basketball Seniors Division

• Luigi Trillo (1999-2004)
• Mel Alas (2005)
• Leo Austria (2006)
• Bogs Adornado (2007)
• Leo Austria (2008-2013)
• Kenneth Duremdes (2014-2015)
• Michael A. Fermin (2015)
• Franz Pumaren (2015–2021)

Women's team

The current Falcon women's basketball team roster for the UAAP Season 85.

No.	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Play yr.	Former School
	Rose Ann Dampios
	Charlene Carcallas
	April Tano
	Jamanah Francine Meniano
	Novie Ornopia
	Nel Leslie Flor
	Oluwakemi Victoria Adeshina
	Elaine Etang
	Dindy Ellaine Medina
	Angeline Alaba
	Angela Alaba
	Kristina Claire De La Cruz
	Jemarie Dumelod
	Jasmin Catulong
	Katrina Mae Agojo
	Crisnalyn Padilla
	Mae-Ann Dionela

Championships

• The Adamson Soaring Falcons won one UAAP men's basketball championship on Season 40 (1977-78).
• The Adamson Soaring Falcons won the championship of the 2003 University Games.
• The Adamson Lady Falcons has won back-to-back women's basketball championships twice, 2003-2004 and 2009-2010.

Notable players

Men's Basketball

• Hector Calma (won the team during UAAP Season 40)
• Marlou Aquino
• Kenneth Duremdes
• Gherome Ejercito
• Eddie Laure
• Ken Bono UAAP MVP 2006 / UAAP Mythical First Team
• Lester Alvarez
• Rodney Brondial
• Jericho Cruz
• Alexander Nuyles UAAP Season 74 Mythical Five
• Celedonio Trollano
• Eric Camson
• Richard Alonzo
• Edward Joseph Feihl
• Jansen Rios
• Louie Alas
• Jerrick Ahanmisi UAAP Mythical Team 2018
• Simon Camacho
• Sean Manganti
• Keith Zaldivar

Women's Basketball

• Ewon Arayi UAAP MVP 2004

Boy's team

Girl's team

Beach volleyball

The school has men's and women's beach volleyball teams.^[1]

Volleyball

Women's division

Notable athletes

• Angela Benting
• Mylene Paat
• Tatan Pantone
• Shiela Marie Pineda
• Pau Soriano
• Jema Galanza
• Trisha Genesis

Rankings

This is the school's ranking in the team sports in UAAP since 1986, the year the UAAP became an eight member-school league.

UAAP Season Basketball Volleyball Baseball Softball M W M W M W 49 (1986–87) 1st 50 (1987–88) 4th 5th 1st 51 (1988–89) 4th 6th - 52 (1989–90) 6th 7th 1st 1st 53 (1990–91) 6th 7th - 54 (1991–92) 4th 5th 1st - 55 (1992–93) 2nd 4th 1st - 56 (1993–94) 2nd 3rd 1st - 57 (1994–95) Suspended 58 (1995–96) 6th 8th - - 59 (1996–97) 7th 5th 6th 7th 5th - 60 (1997–98) 7th 6th 1st 1st 61 (1998–99) 7th 4th 5th 5th 1st 1st 62 (1999–00) 5th 3rd - 1st 63 (2000–01) 8th 3rd - 1st 64 (2001–02) 8th 8th - - 65 (2002–03) 7th 8th - - 66 (2003–04) 4th 7th - 1st 67 (2004–05) 5th 5th - 1st 68 (2005–06) 6th 2nd 4th 2nd 5th 1st UAAP Season Basketball Volleyball Football Baseball Softball M W M W M M W 69 (2006–07) 4th 5th 6th 3rd – 2nd 1st 70 (2007–08) 7th 4th 3rd 2nd – 1st 2nd 71 (2008–09) 7th 4th 5th 4th – 1st 1st 72 (2009–10) 5th 1st 8th 4th – 1st 2nd 73 (2010–11) 3rd 1st 5th 3rd – 3rd 1st 74 (2011–12) 3rd 2nd 3rd 5th – 5th 1st 75 (2012–13) 6th 3rd 4th 3rd – 6th 1st 76 (2013–14) 7th 4th 4th 4th – 6th 1st 77 (2014–15) 8th 6th 4th 7th 8th 6th 1st 78 (2015–16) 8th 6th 3rd 7th 7th 4th 1st 79 (2016–17) 4th 4th 5th 8th 8th 4th 1st 80 (2017–18) 3rd 5th 5th 5th 8th 1st 1st 81 (2018–19) 3rd 4th 8th 8th 6th 4th 1st 82 (2019–20) 6th 4th C C C C C 83 (2020–21) CANCELLED DUE TO COVID PANDEMIC 84 (2021–22) 5th NT NT 5th NT NT NT 85 (2022–23) 4th 5th

Note: 1. The rankings from 2003-2005 consider the forfeited games of DLSU. UAAP Season 68 suspension of De La Salle University-Manila. 2. NT: No Tournament held due to pandemic. 3. C: Cancelled due to pandemic.

Number of championships

The following table shows the number of championships of Adamson University in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP).

UAAP Championships
Sport	Men's Team	Women's Team	Boys' Team	Girls' Team
Basketball	1	6	8	—
Volleyball	3	0	0	1
Beach volleyball	0	3	0	'0'
Football	0	0	0	—
Baseball	12	—	0	—
Softball	—	18	—	—
Judo	0	0	0	0
Taekwondo	0	0	0	0
Fencing	0	0	0	0
Swimming	0	0	0	0
Track and field	3	2	1	0
Badminton	0	0	0	0
Tennis	6	0	0	0
Table tennis	1	0	1	0
Chess	4	0	3	0
Cheerleading	1
Streetdance	0
Total	30	29	15	0

References

1. Cruz, Danine (September 24, 2018). "LOOK: UAAP Season 81 Beach Volleyball Lineups". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved September 25, 2018.