Granddaughter of Gen. Paulino Santos is WNCAA’s tallest basketball player
Cassandra Alicia C. Santos may only be all of 16 years but she has already been causing a stir in the playoffs for the Women’s National Collegiate Athletic Association (WNCAA).
A 4th year high school student of the San Beda College Alabang where she is a member of the school’s girls basketball team, Cassandra who stands 5 feet and 9.5 inches tall is their tallest player!
This is of no surprise actually because she is a great granddaughter of Gen. Paulino Santos, who himself stands more than six feet tall.
Cassandara’s father Joel, who is a former Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) player for PRESTO and who now owns one of GenSan’s largest tuna processing firms, the Sta. Cruz Seafoods (one of the sponsors of the MBS2) inside the Gen. Santos Fishport Development Complex is 6’3″ tall. Her mother Patricia, a former flight stewardess is 5’8″!
That also makes her 3 siblings, a brother and two younger sisters taller than most young people their age.
Maybe because of her height, Cassandra has always wanted to play basketball even when she was just a student at the NDDU from Kindergarten to Grade IV and later transferred to the Quantum Academy in Barangay San Isidro when she reached Grade V.
At Quantum, she honed not only her academic skills but also her prowess in playing basketball.
Her parents noticing that she could really excel in the sport, decided to enroll her at the San Beda College Alabang when she was a 3rd year high school student because that school has its own junior girls basketball team which they field at the Women’s National Collegiate Athletic Assosciation.
This year, she finally was able to play for the WNCAA’s 39th season where she awed the spectators not only with her towering presence but also with her fastbreaks and dunks.
The young athlete has finally realized her dream and is forever thankful that she has very supportive parents who gave her a chance to study in Manila and pursue it. She’s dedicating all her achievements to them and to the city that her great granddaddy founded.
Cassandra C. Santos. The 1st WNCAA Varsity Player from GenSan. Another awesome General.
Watch out for more of her soon!
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sheng Says:
She’s really tall, gosh, i wish i have her height!
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Posted on September 19th, 2008 at 1:13 PM
bariles Says:
Me too, sheng. I am only 5’4. I will look like a hobbit beside her. Gosh Avelgosh!!!
Posted on September 19th, 2008 at 1:18 PM
boyette Says:
vel!
I would like to share as far as i can recall some achievements of her father, Joel.
Joel or frondly called Joker in his pals in Dadiangas, now GenSan, was a Notre Dame of Dadiangas Boys High School Varsity. In 1975,we were players in the mini then to midget to juniors division to a popular team Edsans, wherein we bested as commercial champions for 3 years in our division.
Joker, played for awhile at Univ. of Mindanao in Davao City.Played a lot of commercial leagues that include our city during the popular commercial league sponsored by PICPA and BAP. He brought the Lumasal Team owned by the Former Mayor of Maasim, Anacito “Nitoy” Lopez,Sr.the winningest and the champion that bested the Yellow
bus Team,Bibiana Swine Farm,Air Manila,among others.
He then got his break at San Beda College and joined NCCA.
In Phil.Basketball League, He was then first five of the Masagana Team owned by businessman tycon, Danding Coangco and awarded as PBL Sportsman of the year.He joined Phil Baskestball Assos.(PBA) to a team Purefoods, Great taste(Presto) as a power forward and the rest was history.
Kayo na bahala mag intindi at mag rephrase.
boyette d.
Posted on September 20th, 2008 at 8:42 AM
orman Says:
MANA sa tatay sa tangkad,
MANA sa nanay sa ganda,
MANA sa akin sa talino!
hehehehe! walang kokontra!
Posted on September 20th, 2008 at 8:58 AM
jinky borela Says:
IT’S ALL IN THE GENES TALAGA NO. . .CASSANDRA IS ANOTHER STAR IN THE MAKING, FOR SURE, WHO WILL MAKE US GENERALS PROUDER.
Posted on September 20th, 2008 at 9:08 AM
miko Says:
another ACE for gensan in the world of women’s basketball…
goodluck to cass..!
Posted on September 20th, 2008 at 10:55 AM
pixar Says:
hahahaha parehas lang me diay ug heigth….
pagka college nako sa admu daw ko
tapos magbalik pako ug college sa state
kung mahuman ang petition…
pero matangkad rin cya ha!!!
im proud of her sana makita ko sya sa MM.. hehhehehhe
Posted on September 20th, 2008 at 5:22 PM
AforDaboLz Says:
Avel, hindi mo man ako pinadalhan ng article ni pamangking Cass. buti na lang binubusisi ko itong blog mo. he he.
Posted on September 23rd, 2008 at 10:42 AM
archmykel Says:
Wow, she is really tall. Sabagay matatangkad naman talaga ang mga heirs ni General Paulino Santos. By the way, how tall ba c General Paulino Santos?
Posted on September 23rd, 2008 at 1:01 PM
orman Says:
oo nga, how tall ba si gen. paulino santos?
Posted on September 24th, 2008 at 7:53 AM
bariles Says:
Boyette, wow! Fan ka pala ni Joel, I didn’t know that.
Thanks for this short piece of history.
Galing rin ng pinagdaanan pala talaga ng tatay sa larangan ng basketbol.
Posted on September 25th, 2008 at 5:43 PM
bariles Says:
I didn’t know that you’re related to them, sis. From which side of the family?
Posted on September 25th, 2008 at 5:47 PM
bariles Says:
@Jinky, STAR is really the right word. A rising star. If she continues on rising, super-mega tall to the max na talaga sya!
@Miko, Cassandra is definitely an ACE general we should be proud of.
@Pixar, really? How tall are you, too?
@Afordabolz, di ba subscribed ka here? Baka late ang email reminder mo. Hehehe! How tall are your kids Noel?
@Archmykel and @Orman, General Paulino Santos, according to Cassandra’s father, Joel is 6.0 Feet Tall! Haneps!
Posted on September 25th, 2008 at 5:58 PM
anne reporting Says:
thats my cousin!
soooo proud!
Posted on September 26th, 2008 at 6:36 PM
gensanite Says:
aside from MANNY PACQUIAO, we also had young generals who excelled in sports…
there’s this basketball player from far eastern university who plays in the uaap… (ALLERA)
and a couple of years back, there was a sprinter from de la salle university (SOGUILON) who “unofficially” (because there was no complete equipment when he ran) broke the country’s 200m record… he was also a schoolmate from back in high school…
and of course, there’s BARILES… but that’s another story… hehehe…
Posted on September 26th, 2008 at 6:59 PM
maverick Says:
Hopefully someday she can play in the international game.
Posted on October 8th, 2008 at 10:12 AM
rodner/pixar/rodney Says:
cya 5’9ako 6 ft..
Posted on October 15th, 2008 at 6:23 PM
jasper0127 Says:
Grabe ang tangkad nakakainggit congrats Cassandra we are very proud of you keep it up.
Posted on October 21st, 2008 at 8:51 AM
jasper0127 Says:
Im sure mas lalo kang sumikat pag College mo Good Luck to your career.
Posted on October 24th, 2008 at 4:34 PM
slacs l. croder Says:
taas jud ning bataa nu?hapit2 rami katas a
Posted on September 29th, 2011 at 2:38 PM
slacs l. croder Says:
college na ning bataa ni karon?murag wa pamay wncaa tingali
Posted on September 29th, 2011 at 2:40 PM
fahdingding Says:
Diyos ko ka taas na bayhana!
Posted on September 30th, 2011 at 4:08 PM
bariles Says:
fahdingding, higante nga siguro ang lahi nila. Even her uncles are 6-footers!
Posted on October 2nd, 2011 at 9:27 AM