Bryan Bagunas

Bryan Bagunas (born October 10, 1997 in Batangas City) is a Filipino volleyball player[1] who plays for Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler and the Philippine national team.

Bryan Bagunas
Personal information
NationalityFilipino
Born (1997-10-10) October 10, 1997
Batangas City, Batangas, Philippines
Height195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
College(s)National University (2014–2019)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside Spiker
Current club Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler
Number1
Career
YearsTeams
2018 Sta. Elena–NU
2019 Philippine Air Force Air Spikers
2019– Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler
National team
2014–present Philippines
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Philippines
Southeast Asian Games
2019 Manila Team
ASEAN University Games
2018 Napyidaw Team

Early life

Bryan Bagunas was born on born October 10, 1997 in Batangas City. Prior to his college education, he was more into basketball than volleyball. Bagunas started playing volleyball in his second year of high school education and participated in both basketball and volleyball events in his school's intramurals. He also participated in various municipal and national volleyball tournaments prior into being scouted for the National University.[2]

Career

Collegiate

Bagunas played for the men's volleyball team of the National University (NU) at the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP).[3] He helped NU win the UAAP Seasons 80 and 81 men's volleyball titles and was also named the Finals MVP for both seasons. He was also a three-time Best Server (from UAAP Season 79 to 81) and the UAAP Attacker and Season MVP for Season 81.[1]

Bagunas also represented NU at the 2018 Premier Volleyball League Collegiate Conference, where he aided the team's title win over the University of Santo Tomas and was also named as the 1st Best Outside Spiker and Finals MVP.[4]

Club

In the club level, Bagunas played for Sta. Elena at the 2018 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference where Bagunas was named the 2nd Best Outside Spiker and Conference MVP.[5] He also played for the Go for Gold-Philippine Air Force Jet Spikers of the Spikers' Turf.[3]

In mid-2019, Bagunas announced that he has signed to play for Japanese club, Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler of V.League 1.[3] His first match with the club was against the JT Thunders. According to Bagunas, training with the Japanese club leaned towards technique compared to training with Philippine-based teams which he described focus on physicality particularly on managing one's power in executing hits.[2]

Awards

Individual Awards

International

Bagunas was part of the Philippine men's national team that represented the country at the Southeast Asian Games; in the 2017 and 2019 Southeast Asian Games.

Bagunas's first participation in the Southeast Asian Games was in the 2017 edition where the Philippine national team failed to clinch a podium finish.[2] Likewise in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, there was some issue in the preparations with Bagunas having limited time to train with his national team teammates since he simultaneously had to fulfill his obligations to participate in a training camp with his Japanese club, Oita Miyoshi. Despite of this, the national team was able to secure a finals appearance in 42 years and clinch a silver medal finish after losing to Indonesia in the final.[6]

NU represented the Philippines at the 2018 ASEAN University Games in Myanmar. Bagunas was part of that Philippine squad which won the men's volleyball title by beating Thailand's representatives in the gold medal match. This surpassed the Philippines' bronze medal finish in the 2016 edition held in Singapore.[7]

References
  1. "アジア枠外国人選手加入のお知らせ" [Notice of Joining of an Asian Foreign Player] (in Japanese). Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  2. "Bagunas gives men's volleyball a boost in the Philippines". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 25 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  3. Del Rosario, Denver (20 June 2019). "Bryan Bagunas to play for Japan volleyball club Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler". Fox Sports Asia. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  4. Escarlote, Mark (September 12, 2018). "PVL: Pablico wins MVP award". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
  5. "Agilas snare S Turf crown, edge Power Hitters in 5". The Manila Times. December 16, 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
  6. Ulanday, John Bryan (12 December 2019). "Bagunas, Espejo bring volley acts overseas". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  7. "NU-Philippines wins men's volleyball gold in ASEAN University Games". ABS-CBN News. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
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