Vergel Meneses Explained

Honorific-Prefix:

The Honorable

Vergel Meneses

Office:

Mayor of Bulakan

1Namedata:

Patrick Meneses

Aika Sanchez

Term Start:

June 30, 2019

Predecessor:

Patrick Meneses

Nationality:

Filipino

Party:

PDP–Laban

Birth Date:

14 January 1969

Birth Place:

Malolos, Bulacan, Philippines

Occupation:

Athlete, politician

Module:

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Height Ft:	6
Height In:	3
Weight Lbs:	195
College:	JRC
Draft Year Pba:	1992
Draft Round Pba:	1
Draft Pick Pba:	1st overall
Draft Team Pba:	Presto Ice Cream
Career Start:	1992
Career End:	2006
Career Position:	Shooting guard / small forward
Years1:	1988–1989
Team1:	RFM-Swift Hotdogs
Years2:	1990
Team2:	Burger City
Years3:	1990–1991
Team3:	Swift Hotdogs
Years4:	1992–1993
Team4:	Presto Ice Cream
Years5:	1993
Team5:	Sta. Lucia Realtors
Years6:	1993–1999
Team6:	Swift Mighty Meaty/Sunkist Orange Juice/Pop Cola Panthers
Years7:	1999–2002
Team7:	Barangay Ginebra Kings
Years8:	2002–2004
Team8:	FedEx Express
Years9:	2004–2006
Team9:	Red Bull Barako
Years10:	2006
Team10:	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
Cyears1:	2009–2018
Cteam1:	JRU
Highlights:	3x PBA champion (1993 Commissioner's, 1995 All-Filipino, 1995 Commissioner's) PBA Most Valuable Player (1995) PBA Most Improved Player 3x PBA Best Player of the Conference (1994 Governors', 1995 All-Filipino, 1995 Commissioner's) 4x PBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (1995, 1998, 2000, 2003) 2x PBA Mythical First Team 1x PBA Mythical Second Team 10× PBA All-Star (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004) 2x PBA Slam Dunk Champion (1992–1993) PBA Scoring Champion PBA's 25 Greatest Players PBA's 40 Greatest Players No. 18 retired by Air21 Express

Vergel Corpuz Meneses (born January 14, 1969) is a Filipino retired professional basketball player and a politician, serving as mayor of the municipality of Bulakan, Bulacan. He previously played in the Philippine Basketball Association and served as the former head coach of the JRU Heavy Bombers of the NCAA Philippines. He is also a former PBA Most Valuable Player and a many-time member of the Philippine national team.^[1]

PBA career statistics

|-| align="left" | 1992| align="left" | Presto| 39 || 26.10 || .511 || .304 || .802 || 2.15 || 1.59 || 0.21 || 0.62 || 17.69|-| align="left" | 1993| align="left" | Sta. Lucia| 22 || 36.82 || .538 || .333 || .822 || 3.18 || 3.55 || 0.27 || 0.73 || 18.55|-| align="left" | 1993| align="left" | Swift| 50 || 29.74 || .583 || .305 || .762 || 2.54 || 2.74 || 0.22 || 0.74 || 15.30|-| align="left" | 1994| align="left" | Swift| 71 || 36.46 || .552 || .209 || .820 || 4.59 || 3.10 || 0.18 || 0.52 || 19.56|-| align="left" | 1995| align="left" | Sunkist| 70 || 36.93 || .500 || .325 || .788 || 3.34 || 5.41 || 0.31 || 0.60 || 20.03|-| align="left" | 1996| align="left" | Sunkist| 37 || 39.81 || .469 || .275 || .764 || 4.00 || 6.65 || 0.70 || 0.46 || 19.59|-| align="left" | 1997| align="left" | Pop Cola| 38 || 35.68 || .473 || .345 || .782 || 3.63 || 5.13 || 0.42 || 0.68 || 17.08|-| align="left" | 1998| align="left" | Pop Cola| 30 || 36.60 || .484 || .280 || .698 || 3.20 || 4.33 || 0.33 || 0.47 || 17.63|-| align="left" | 1999| align="left" | Ginebra| 32 || 38.41 || .413 || .212 || .686 || 3.66 || 4.38 || 0.41 || 0.31 || 16.72|-| align="left" | 2000| align="left" | Ginebra| 32 || 34.00 || .328 || .262 || .619 || 3.53 || 3.38 || 0.31 || 0.19 || 13.34|-| align="left" | 2001| align="left" | Ginebra| 49 || 29.71 || .407 || .322 || .674 || 3.14 || 3.20 || 0.27 || 0.37 || 11.18|-| align="left" | 2002| align="left" | Ginebra/FedEx| 22 || 24.86 || .445 || .344 || .792 || 2.55 || 1.86 || 0.18 || 0.09 || 12.41|-| align="left" | 2003| align="left" | FedEx| 39 || 29.64 || .392 || .223 || .638 || 2.82 || 2.97 || 0.26 || 0.41 || 15.87|-| align="left" | 2004–05| align="left" | FedEx/Red Bull| 51 || 22.49 || .422 || .331 || .584 || 2.02 || 2.12 || 0.22 || 0.10 || 9.29|-| align="left" | 2005–06| align="left" | Talk 'N Text| 8 || 12.00 || .300 || .143 || .500 || 2.50 || 1.50 || 0.12 || 0.00 || 2.50|-| Career| align="left" || 590 || 32.43 || .470 || .287 || .749 || 3.21 || 3.61 || 0.29 || 0.46 || 16.02|-

Collegiate record

Season	Team		Eliminations				Playoffs
Season	Team		W	L	PCT	Finish	PG	W	L	PCT	Results
		16	12	4	.750	3rd	2	1	1	.500	Stepladder round 2
2011	JRU	18	9	9	.500	4th	1	0	1	.000	Semifinals
2012	JRU	18	10	8	.556	5th	1	0	1	.000	4th-seed playoff
2013	JRU	18	6	12	.333	8th	–	–	–	–	Eliminated
2014	JRU	18	12	6	.667	3rd	2	1	1	.500	Semifinals
2015	JRU	18	12	6	.667	4th	2	0	2	.000	Semifinals
2016	JRU	18	9	9	.500	5th	–	–	–	–	Eliminated
2017	JRU	18	11	7	.622	3rd	1	0	1	.000	Stepladder round 1
2018	JRU	18	3	15	.167	10th	–	–	–	–	Eliminated
Totals			84	76	.525		9	2	7	.222	0 championships

Achievements

Philippine Basketball Association

Most Valuable Player (1995)
4-time All-Star Game MVP (1995, 1998, 2000, 2003)
10-time All-Star (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004; in 1999, he was voted as a starter but failed to play due to an injury)
2-time Mythical First Team Selection (1994, 1995)
Mythical Second Team Selection (1993)
Most Improved Player (1993)
2-time Slam Dunk Champion (1992, 1993)
3-time Best Player of the Conference (1994 Governors Cup, 1995 All-Filipino Cup, 1995 Commissioners Cup)
PRO Basketball Player of the Year (PSA Awards and SCOOP Awards in 1995)
Member of the PBA's 25 Greatest Players
Member of the PBA's 40 Greatest Players
Member, 5,000-point and 9,000 point clubs
Member, 2,000-assists club
PBA Commissioner's Cup champions (1993, 1995)
PBA All-Filipino Cup champions (1995)

Philippine Basketball League

Member of the PBL's 12 Greatest Legacy Team (2000)
Member of the PBL's Top 20 Players of All-Time (2003)

Philippine national team

1989 Asian Youth Championship, Bronze Medal (Manila, Philippines)
1989 South East Asian Games, Runner-up (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
1991 South East Asian Games, Champion (Manila, Philippines)
1998 William Jones Cup, Champion (Taipei, Taiwan)
1998 Asian Games, Bronze Medal (Bangkok, Thailand)
1998 US Tour versus US NCAA Division I teams
1998 Member of the PBA Selection in the "Shaq-a-Rap Tour"
2004 4th Shell Rimula Invitational Basketball Tournament (Darussalam, Brunei)

External links

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/07/16/13/meneses-joins-air21-coaching-staff
http://www.mypbl.com/20PBLplayers.shtml
http://www.hometeamsonline.com/teams/?u=PBALEGENDS&s=basketball&t=c
http://www.chanrobles.com/ncaabasketballrivalries.html

Notes and References

Web site: PBA 25 Greatest . August 28, 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070310215251/http://www.pba.ph/25greatest.php?selected=8 . March 10, 2007 .