{{Short description|Filipino basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Clint Escamis | image = Filoil Preseason 2025July02 Clint Escamis.jpg | caption = Escamis in 2025 | image_size = 200px | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lbs = | position = [[Point guard]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|2000|10|13}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Birthday boy Clint Escamis grateful for trust, gifts Mapua win vs. LPU {{!}} NCAA |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/ncaa/sports/basketball/885206/birthday-boy-clint-escamis-grateful-for-trust-gifts-mapua-win-vs-lpu/story/ |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=NCAA |language=en}}</ref> | birth_place = | nationality = Filipino | team = | number = | league = | highschool = [[Malayan High School of Science|Malayan]] ([[Manila]]) | college = [[UE Red Warriors basketball|UE]] (2022)<br>[[Mapúa Cardinals basketball|Mapúa]] (2023–2025) | team1 = [[Abra Weavers]] | years1 = 2024 | highlights = '''As player:''' * [[List of NCAA Philippines basketball champions|NCAA men's champion]] ([[NCAA Season 100 basketball tournaments|2024]]) * NCAA men's Finals Most Valuable Player ([[NCAA Season 100 basketball tournaments|2024]]) * NCAA men's Mythical Five ([[NCAA Season 99 basketball tournaments|2023]], [[NCAA Season 100 basketball tournaments|2024]]) * NCAA men's Most Valuable Player ([[NCAA Season 99 basketball tournaments|2023]]) * NCAA men's Rookie of the Year ([[NCAA Season 99 basketball tournaments|2023]]) * NCAA men's All Defensive Team ([[NCAA Season 99 basketball tournaments|2023]]) * [[List of NCAA Philippines basketball champions|NCAA juniors' champion]] ([[NCAA Season 92 basketball tournaments|2016]]) * NCAA juniors' Most Improved Player ([[NCAA Season 93 basketball tournaments|2017]]) }}
'''Clint Escamis''' (born October 13, 2000) is a Filipino collegiate [[basketball]] player who last played for the [[Mapúa Cardinals basketball|Mapúa Cardinals]] of the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines)|National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA).
== Career ==
=== Playing career === Escamis is both a juniors' and seniors' champion of the NCAA.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/ncaa/sports/basketball/929177/clint-escamis-relishes-renewed-rivalry-with-tony-ynot/story/|title=NCAA Season 100: Clint Escamis relishes renewed rivalry with Tony Ynot|website=GMA News|first=Bea|last=Micaller|date=December 6, 2024|accessdate=December 9, 2024}}</ref> He was a top [[point guard]] of the [[Mapúa Cardinals, Lady Cardinals and Red Robins|Mapua Red Robins]] before getting the coveted rookie of the year-MVP honors in 2023 as a [[Mapúa Cardinals, Lady Cardinals and Red Robins|Cardinal]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2023/10/01/2300402/clint-escamis-happy-be-back-mapua-red|newspaper=Philippine Star|first=Rick|last=Olivares|date=October 1, 2023|accessdate=December 9, 2024|title=Clint Escamis happy to be back in Mapua Red}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/12/10/23/mapuas-clint-escamis-crowned-ncaa-s99-roty-mvp|website=ABS-CBN News|date=December 10, 2023|accessdate=December 9, 2024|first=Rom|last=Anzures|title=Mapua’s Clint Escamis crowned NCAA Season 99 ROTY-MVP}}</ref>
Under coach [[Randy Alcantara]], Escamis led the Cardinals to their first NCAA championship in 33 years in [[NCAA Season 100 basketball tournaments|Season 100]]. He would receive the Finals MVP and Mythical Five awards.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://sports.inquirer.net/597664/redemption-tour-complete-for-escamis-mapua|first=June|last=Navarro|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=December 8, 2024|accessdate=December 9, 2024|title=Redemption tour complete for Escamis, Mapua}}</ref>
Escamis also played in the [[UE Red Warriors, Lady Warriors, Junior Warriors and Lady Junior Warriors|UE Red Warriors]] in the [[University Athletic Association of the Philippines|UAAP]] and briefly for the [[Abra Weavers]] in the [[Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League]] (MPBL) as a Special Guest License player.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/4/6/mpbl-abra-zamboanga-win-opening-games-in-season-6-049|date=April 7, 2024|website=ABS-CBN News|title=MPBL: Abra, Zamboanga win opening games in Season 6|first=Dyan|last=Castillejo|accessdate=December 9, 2024}}</ref>
== Personal details == Escamis grew up admiring [[Kobe Bryant]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/12/08/sports/clint-escamis-redeems-self-honors-idol-kobe-bryant-with-championship/2017842|title=Clint Escamis redeems self, honors idol Kobe Bryant with championship|first=Niel Victor|last=Masoy|newspaper=Manila Times|date=December 8, 2024|accessdate=December 9, 2024}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{navboxes|list= {{Mapúa Cardinals 2024–25 NCAA Men's Senior Basketball Champions}} {{NCAA Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year Award}} {{NCAA Men's Basketball Most Valuable Player Award}} {{NCAA Men's Basketball Finals MVP Award}} }}
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