MANILA, Philippines -- Matthew Daves will forego his final year of eligibility with Ateneo de Manila University, and instead turn professional.
Daves is the fifth player to leave the Blue Eagles after UAAP Season 85, joining Ange Kouame, BJ Andrade, Dave Ildefonso, and Jacob Lao. The four players exhausted their collegiate eligibility at the end of Season 85.
The Fil-Canadian Daves joined Ateneo in 2018 after graduating from Central Technical School in Toronto. He was part of the Ateneo teams that won the UAAP title in Seasons 81, 82, and 85.
Daves averaged 1.93 points and 1.13 rebounds in eight minutes of play as a senior, but stepped up in the best-of-3 finals against the University of the Philippines. He had six points in a 15-minute stint in Game 2, and put up four points and two rebounds in Game 3 when they clinched the title.
"To the Ateneo community, I just want to say thank you for accepting and supporting me these last four years," said Daves, who already has obtained a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies.
"Ateneo is my home and I will never forget the memories we all made together."
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