UAAP Season 78

UAAP Season 78
"Tumitindig, Sumusulong"
Host school	University of the Philippines
Overall champions
Seniors	De La Salle Green Archers
Juniors	UST Tiger Cubs
Seniors' champions
Sport	Men	Women
Basketball	FEU	NU
Volleyball	Ateneo	La Salle
Beach volleyball	Ateneo	La Salle
Football	UP	UP
Baseball	La Salle	N/A
Softball	N/A	Adamson
Fencing	UE	UE
Swimming	Ateneo	Ateneo
Badminton	NU	UP
Chess	NU	La Salle
Judo	Ateneo	UST
Table tennis	La Salle	La Salle
Tennis	NU	NU
Track and field	FEU	UST
Taekwondo	UST	UE
Poomsae	UST (Coed)
Cheerdance	NU (Ex - Coed)
Street dance	UP (Ex - Coed)
Juniors' champions
Sport	Boys	Girls
Basketball	NU	N/A
Volleyball	NU	NU
Football	FEU	N/A
Baseball (DS)	Ateneo	N/A
Fencing	UE	UE
Swimming	Ateneo	UST
Chess	FEU	N/A
Judo	UST	UST (DS)
Table tennis	La Salle	La Salle
Track and field	UE	N/A
Taekwondo	UE	N/A
(Ex) = Exhibition; (DS) = Demonstration Sport
< Season 77 UAAP seasons Season 79 >

UAAP Season 78 was the 2015–2016 athletic year of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). It opened on September 5, 2015, almost two months after the usual July opening of the league during previous seasons, due to the shift in the academic calendars of four member universities, i.e. Ateneo, La Salle, UP and UST. It was hosted by the University of the Philippines.^[1]

The eight-member universities of the UAAP competed in fifteen sports to vie for the general championship title.

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremonies of the UAAP Season 78 was held last September 5, 2015 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. "Philippine Archipelago" was the theme for the opening. A festive dance number featuring the rich history of the country and the eight vintas, consisting of eight universities of the UAAP, was performed by UP Dance & Performance groups including UP Streetdance Club, UP Dance Company, UP Dancesport Society, UP Filipiniana Dance Group, ROTC Symphonic Band, Tugma and the UP Pep Squad.

It was well attended with high officials from the UAAP Board and ABS-CBN Sports present. The host's (UP) President Alfredo Pascual and UP Diliman Chancellor Michael Tan formally opened the season. This was followed with the parade of athletes and the awarding presentation of the UAAP Season 77 general championship trophies.

A basketball double header to start off the 1st elimination round, UP vs. UE at 2p.m. and Adamson vs. UST at 4p.m. followed after the opening ceremonies.

The following day at the Mall of Asia Arena, La Salle faced reigning champion NU and FEU battled Ateneo, while Women's Basketball festivities started on the same day at the Blue Eagle Gym.^[2]

A Press conference was also held at Gateway Cubao, few days before the opening.

Sports calendar

First semester

Sport/Division	Event Host	Date	Venue
Volleyball (Juniors)[3]	Adamson	August 29 - October 22, 2015	Adamson University Gym
Basketball (Men)	UP	September 5 - December 2, 2015	SM Mall of Asia Arena, Smart Araneta Coliseum
Basketball (Women)	UP	September 6 - December 6, 2015	Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym
Badminton (Seniors)	FEU	September 19, 2015 – October 17, 2015	Rizal Memorial Badminton Hall
Cheerdance	Special Events Committee	October 3, 2015	SM Mall of Asia Arena
Beach Volleyball (Seniors)	UST	October 9–21, 2015	Sands at SM By The Bay, SM Mall of Asia
Taekwondo (M/W/B)	Ateneo	October 13–14 and 23, 2015	Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym, Filoil Flying V Arena
Poomsae (M/W/B)	Ateneo	October 21, 2015	Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym, Filoil Flying V Arena
Table Tennis (M/W/B)	UE	October 17–18 and 24-25, 2015	Ninoy Aquino Stadium
Swimming (Seniors/Juniors)	NU	October 23–25, 2015	Rizal Memorial Swimming Pool
Basketball (Boys)	FEU	November 14, 2015 - February 2016	Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym, Filoil Flying V Arena
Judo (Seniors/Juniors)	La Salle	November 18–19, 2015	La Salle Greenhills Gym
Football (Boys)	Ateneo	December 5, 2015 - February 7, 2016	Ateneo de Manila University Moro Lorenzo Field

Second semester

Sport/Division	Event Host	Date	Venue
Baseball (M/B), Softball (W)	La Salle	Boys - January 9, 2016 Men's - February 4, 2016 - April 2016 Women's - January 30, 2016	Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium
Volleyball (Seniors)	UP	January 30, 2016	Filoil Flying V Arena, Smart Araneta Coliseum, Mall of Asia Arena, Philsports Arena
Football (Seniors)	Ateneo	February 7 - May 2016	Moro Lorenzo Field, McKinley Hill Stadium, Rizal Memorial Football Stadium (postseason only)
Chess (Seniors/B)	Adamson	February 7 - March 2016	Henry Sy Sr.Hall in DLSU, Taft Ave, Manila.
Fencing (Seniors/Juniors)	FEU	February 10–13, 2016	Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym
Lawn Tennis (Seniors)	UST	January 30, 2016 - March 2016	Rizal Memorial Tennis Center
Track and Field (Seniors/Boys)	NU	2nd week of February - March 2016	ULTRA Track Oval
Streetdance	Special Events Committee	April 9, 2016	SM Mall of Asia Arena

Basketball

The UAAP Season 78 seniors division basketball tournament will begin on September 5, 2015. The tournament host is the University of the Philippines and the tournament commissioner is Atty. Rene "Rebo" Saguisag, Jr together with his deputies Romy Guevarra, Joe Lipa and Bai Cristobal.^[4] Referees from BRASCU will be hired for officiating. UAAP adopts FIBA rules on technicals, timeouts, among others.

The UAAP Season 78 juniors division basketball tournament will start on November 14, 2015. The tournament venue will be at the Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym. FEU is the tournament host. The Ateneo Blue Eaglets are the defending champions.

At the end of the tournament, the FEU Tamaraws won the Men's Basketball title in a best-of-three game finals series against UST Growling Tigers ended on December 2, 2015.^[5]

Seniors Division

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	UST Growling Tigers	11	3	.786	—	+10
2	FEU Tamaraws	11	3	.786	—	–10
3	Ateneo Blue Eagles	9	5	.643	2
4	NU Bulldogs	7	7	.500	4
5	De La Salle Green Archers	6	8	.429	5	+15
6	UE Red Warriors	6	8	.429	5	–15
7	UP Fighting Maroons	3	11	.214	8	0; −91
8	Adamson Falcons	3	11	.214	8	0; −128

Event host in boldface

  Qualified to the semifinals with a twice-to-beat advantage
  Qualified to the semifinals

Playoffs

	Semifinals #1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
	1	UST	64
	4	NU	55
							1	UST	64	62	62
							2	FEU	75	56	67
	2	FEU	76
	3	Ateneo	74

Awards

• Season Most Valuable Player: Kiefer Isaac C. Ravena (Ateneo de Manila University)
• Finals Most Valuable Player: Rey Mark G. Belo (Far Eastern University)
• Rookie of the Year: Joshua Andrei A. Caracut (De La Salle University)

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie	PO
1	NU Lady Bulldogs	14	0	1.000	—
2	De La Salle Lady Archers	12	2	.857	2
3	UE Lady Warriors	7	7	.500	7
4	Ateneo Lady Eagles	6	8	.429	8	–23
5	UST Tigresses	6	8	.429	8	+23
6	Adamson Lady Falcons	4	10	.286	10	+2
7	UP Lady Maroons	4	10	.286	10	–2
8	FEU Lady Tamaraws	3	11	.214	11

Event host in boldface

  Qualified to the Finals with a thrice-to-beat advantage
  Qualified to the semifinals with a twice-to-beat advantage
  Qualified to the semifinals first-round playoff
  Qualified to fourth-seed playoff

Playoffs

	4th–seed playoff One–game playoff				First round One–game playoff					Semifinals No. 2 seed has twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-five series with #1 seed possessing 1–0 lead
																1	NU		91	75
										2	La Salle	53	50			4	Ateneo		59	55
					3	UE	62			4	Ateneo	55	62
	UST	53			4	Ateneo	65
	Ateneo	64*

*Game went into overtime

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Afril Bernardino (National University)
• Rookie of the Year: Jack Danielle Animam (National University)

Juniors Division

Boys' tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	NSNU Bullpups	14	0	1.000	—
2	De La Salle Junior Archers	11	3	.786	3
3	Ateneo Blue Eaglets	10	4	.714	4
4	FEU-Diliman Baby Tamaraws	8	6	.571	6
5	Adamson Baby Falcons	7	7	.500	7
6	UPIS Junior Maroons	3	11	.214	11	+13
7	UST Tiger Cubs	3	11	.214	11	–13
8	UE Junior Warriors	0	14	.000	14

Event host in boldface

  Qualified to the Finals with a thrice-to-beat advantage
  Qualified to the semifinals with a twice-to-beat advantage
  Qualified to the semifinals first-round playoff

Playoffs

	Semifinals One-game playoff					Semifinals No. 2 seed has twice-to-beat advantage						Finals No. 1 seed has to win twice; opponent thrice
												1	NU	78	60	96
						2	DLSZ	75				2	DLSZ	58	71	75
	3	Ateneo	84			3	Ateneo	68
	4	FEU-Diliman	68

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Aljun Jay Melecio (De La Salle Zobel)
• Rookie of the Year:

Volleyball

Seniors Division

The UAAP Season 78 seniors division volleyball tournament started on January 31, 2016. The tournament main venue is the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan City while selected games will be played at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City, the Philsports Arena in Pasig City, and the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. The tournament host is the University of the Philippines. Noreen Go is the tournament commissioner while the Deputy Commissioner and Asst. Deputy Commissioner are Sherwin Malonzo and Ivan Isada, respectively. Referees from the Philippine Volleyball Federation (PVF) headed by Nestor Bello will be used for the tournament's officiating purposes.

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Playoffs

	Semifinals #1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
	1	Ateneo	3
	4	UP	0
							1	Ateneo		3	3
							2	NU		1	0
	2	NU	1	3
	3	Adamson	3	1

Awards

• Season Most Valuable Player: Marck Jesus P. Espejo (Ateneo de Manila University)
• Finals Most Valuable Player: Ysrael Wilson B. Marasigan (Ateneo de Manila University)
• Rookie of the Year: James Martin Natividad (National University)

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Playoffs

	Semifinals #1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
	1	Ateneo	3
	4	UP	0
							1	Ateneo	0	3	1
							2	La Salle	3	2	3
	2	La Salle	2	3
	3	FEU	3	0

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Alyssa Valdez (Ateneo de Manila University)
• Finals Most Valuable Player: Kim Kianna Dy (De La Salle University)
• Rookie of the Year: Maria Lina Isabel "Isa" Molde (University of the Philippines)

Juniors Division

The UAAP Season 78 Juniors volleyball tournament will start on August 22, 2015. The tournament venue will be at the Adamson University Gym in San Marcelino St., Ermita, Manila. Adamson is the tournament host. The number of participating schools in the boys' and girls' tournaments both increased to seven. Far Eastern University fielded boys' and girls' volleyball teams beginning season 77. Since there are now seven participating schools, the tournaments will have a Final Four format. The UAAP Board decided to move the high school volleyball tournaments from 2nd semester to 1st semester due to the basketball juniors tournament being moved from the 1st semester to 2nd semester.

Boys' tournament

Elimination Round

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Shaun Ledesma (University of the East)
• Rookie of the Year: Noel Kampton (National University)

Girls' tournament

Elimination round

Awards

• Most Valuable Player:
• Rookie of the Year:

Beach volleyball

The UAAP Season 78 beach volleyball tournament began on October 9, 2015. The tournament venue was at the Sands at SM by the Bay SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City, Metro Manila. University of Santo Tomas was the tournament host. Beach volleyball is a single round-robin elimination tournament.

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Playoffs

	Semifinals One-game playoff					Semifinals No. 2 seed has twice-to-beat advantage						Finals #1 seed has 1-0 lead in a best-of-5 series
												1	Ateneo	0	2	0	2
						2	NU	1	1			3	UST	2	1	2	0
	3	UST	2			3	UST	2	2
	4	FEU	1

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Ysrael Wilson Marasigan (Ateneo de Manila University)
• Rookie of the Year: Jude Garcia (Far Eastern University)

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Playoffs

	2nd-seed playoff				Semifinals #1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
					1	FEU	2
					4	Adamson	0
											1	FEU		1	0
											2	La Salle		2	2
	La Salle	2			2	La Salle	0	2
	Ateneo	0			3	Ateneo	2	1

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Kim Fajardo (De La Salle University)
• Rookie of the Year: Jasmine Nabor (National University)

Football

The UAAP Season 78 seniors division football tournament started on February 7, 2016 at the Emperador McKinley Hill Stadium at Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. The other tournament venues will be at the Moro Lorenzo Football Field of Ateneo de Manila University in Katipunan Ave., Loyola Heights, Quezon City and at the FEU Diliman Football Field. The tournament host is Ateneo with Jojo Rodriguez as the tournament commissioner.

Seniors division

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Match-up results

Teams	Round 1							Round 2
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
AdU
AdMU
DLSU
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Win

Draw

Loss

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Finals
	1	UP	3
	4	UST	0
						1	UP	4
						3	Ateneo	1
	2	La Salle	1(4)
	3	Ateneo	1(5)

Bold = winner
* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Daniel Bernan Gadia (UP)
• Rookie of the Year: Darius Diamante (DLSU)

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Match-up results

Teams	Round 1				Round 2
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
AdMU
DLSU
FEU
UP
UST

Win

Draw

Loss

Playoffs

FT: UP 2 v 1 DLSU

Awards

• 'Most Valuable Player:'Molly Manalansan (UP)
• 'Rookie of the Year:'Sara Castaneda (DLSU)

Juniors division

The UAAP Season 78 juniors division football tournament started on December 5, 2015 and ended on February 7, 2016 at the Moro Lorenzo Football Field in the Ateneo de Manila campus in Loyola Heights, Quezon City. FEU-Diliman was crowned as the champion of the tournament.^[6]

Boys' Tournament

Elimination round

Playoffs

Final

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Kieth Absalon (Far Eastern University)
• Rookie of the Year: Roberto Ripoll (Far Eastern University)
• Best Striker: Chester Gio Pabualan (Far Eastern University)
• Best Midfielder: Chester Gio Pabualan (Far Eastern University)
• Best Defender: Roberto Ripoll (Far Eastern University)
• Best Goalkeeper: Gavin Rosario (Ateneo de Manila University)
• Fair Play Award: De La Salle-Zobel

Baseball

Men's tournament

The UAAP Season 78 Seniors division baseball tournament began on February 4, 2016 at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium in Malate Manila.^[7] The tournament host is La Salle.

Elimination round

Scores

Results to the right and top of the black cells are first round games, those to the left and below are second round games. Superscript is the number of innings played before the mercy rule applied.

Team	AdU	ADMU	DLSU	NU	UP	UST
Adamson		3-7	0-10			11-2
Ateneo	10-5		7-14	8-4	26-9	5-4
La Salle		16-19		7-8	7-4	14-9
NU		3-5			5-3	6-8
UP	10-3	10-11	5-14	6-8		4-5
UST	6-11	3-6	2-3	8-6	8-7

Win

Loss

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Julius Diaz (UST)
• Rookie of the Year: Julius Diaz (UST)
• Best Hitter: Paulo Gonzalo Salud (DLSU)
• Best Slugger: Jose Miguel San Juan (UP)
• Most Runs Batted-In (12): Jonathan Park (DLSU), Jerome Yenson (AdU), Julius Diaz (UST)
• Most Home-runs (1): Marco Luis Mallari (ADMU), Jose Maria Tantuico (ADMU), Ariel Aligno (UST), Kirk Daquis (UST), Mark Steven Manaig (AdU)
• Most Stolen Bases (8): Marquis Rey Alindogan (ADMU)
• Best Pitcher: Juan Paulo Macasaet (ADMU)

Boys' tournament

The UAAP Season 78 Juniors division (demonstration sport) baseball tournament will begin on January 9, 2016 at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium in Malate Manila. The tournament host is La Salle.

Elimination round

Scores

Results to the right and top of the black cells are first round games, those to the left and below are second round games. Superscript is the number of innings played before the mercy rule applied.

Team	AdMU	DLSZ	UST
Ateneo		10-3	11-8
La Salle	8-13		11-1
UST	8-13	–

Win

Loss

Finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ateneo Blue Eaglets	3–2	De La Salle Junior Archers

Awards

• Most Valuable Player:
• Rookie of the Year:

Softball

The UAAP Season 78 softball tournament began on January 30, 2016 at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium in Malate Manila. The tournament host is La Salle.

Elimination round

Scores

Results to the right and top of the black cells are first round games, those to the left and below are second round games. Superscript is the number of innings played before the mercy rule applied.

Team	AdU	ADMU	DLSU	NU	UE	UP	UST
Adamson			4-0	5-2	6-2	7-4	10-04
Ateneo			1-6	1-2	1-106	0-114	0-86
La Salle	2-4			2-105	3-4	1-3
NU	3-7				6-0	3-2	6-5
UE			3-1	2-125			0-4
UP		8-1	2-4				2-1
UST	6-2	5-6		6-0		6-1

Win

Loss

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Queeny Sabobo (Adamson University)
• Rookie of the Year:

Badminton

The UAAP Season 78 badminton tournament began on September 19, 2015. The tournament venue was the Rizal Memorial Badminton Hall in Vito Cruz St., Malate, Manila. Badminton is a single round-robin elimination tournament. Far Eastern University was the tournament host.

Seniors division

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Playoffs

	Semifinals One-game playoff					Semifinals No. 2 seed has twice-to-beat advantage						Finals #1 seed has 1-0 lead in a best-of-5 series
												1	NU		3	3
						2	La Salle	3				2	La Salle		0	1
	3	Ateneo	3			3	Ateneo	0
	4	UP	2

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Peter Gabriel Magnaye (National University)
• Rookie of the Year: Keeyan Gabuelo (National University)

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Playoffs

	Semifinals One-game playoff					Semifinals No. 2 seed has twice-to-beat advantage						Finals #1 seed has 1-0 lead in a best-of-5 series
												1	UP		3	3
						2	La Salle	1	1			3	Ateneo		1	1
	3	Ateneo	3			3	Ateneo	3	3
	4	FEU	1

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Paola Beatriz Bernardo (University of the Philippines)
• Rookie of the Year: Eleanor Christine Inlayo (University of the Philippines)

Table tennis

The UAAP Season 78 table tennis tournament began on October 17, 2015. The tournament venue was Ninoy Aquino Stadium. University of the East was the tournament host.

Seniors division

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Playoffs

	Semifinals #1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
	1	La Salle	3
	4	NU	2
							1	La Salle		3	3
							2	UST		1	2
	2	UST	3
	3	FEU	1

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Walden Ledesma (De La Salle University)
• Rookie of the Year: Carlo Mateo (De La Salle University)

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Playoffs

	Semifinals One-game playoff					Semifinals No. 2 seed has twice-to-beat advantage						Finals #1 seed has 1-0 lead in a best-of-5 series
												1	La Salle		3	3
						2	FEU	2	3			2	FEU		0	1
	3	UP	2			3	UST	3	1
	4	UST	3

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Ian Lariba (De La Salle University)
• Rookie of the Year: Emy Rose Dael (De La Salle University)

Taekwondo

The UAAP Season 78 taekwondo tournament began on October 23, 2015. The tournament venue was the Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym in Loyola Heights, Quezon City, Metro Manila. Taekwondo is a single round-robin elimination tournament. Ateneo de Manila University was the tournament host.

Seniors division

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Joaquin Mendoza (University of Santo Tomas)
• Rookie of the Year: Kyle Arsenal (De La Salle University)

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Karen Celis (University of the East)
• Rookie of the Year: Baby Jessica Canabal (University of the East)

Juniors division

Boys' tournament

Elimination round

Awards

• Most Valuable Player:
• Rookie of the Year:

Judo

The UAAP Season 78 Judo Championships was held from November 18–19, 2015 at the La Salle Greenhills Gym . The tournament host was De La Salle University.

Seniors division

Juniors division

Swimming

The UAAP Season 78 Swimming Championships was held on October 22–25, 2015 at the Rizal Memorial Swimming Pool in Vito Cruz St., Malate, Manila. The tournament host was National University and tournament commissioner was Richard G. Luna.

Team ranking is determined by a point system, similar to that of the overall championship. The points given are based on the swimmer's/team's finish in the finals of an event, which include only the top eight finishers from the preliminaries. The gold medalist(s) receive 15 points, silver gets 12, bronze has 10. The following points: 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 are given to the rest of the participating swimmers/teams according to their order of finish.

Pos.	Pts.
1st	15
2nd	12
3rd	10
4th	8
5th	6
6th	4
7th	2
8th	1

Seniors division

Juniors division

Performance sports

Cheerdance

The UAAP Season 78 cheerdance competition was held on October 3, 2015 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. It was hosted by Boom Gonzalez and Sofia Andres and was well attended by 25, 388 spectators inside the arena, Cheerdance competition is an exhibition event. Points for the overall championship are not awarded to the participating schools.

Team standings

Rank	Team	Order	Tumbling	Stunts	Tosses	Pyramids	Dance	Penalties	Points	Percentage
1	NU Pep Squad	4	91.50	70.50	84.00	88.00	340.00	–6	668.00	83.50 %
2	UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe	8	85.50	63.00	69.00	83.00	354.00	–3	651.50	81.44 %
3	UP Pep Squad	1	77.00	68.50	56.00	85.00	324.00	0	610.50	76.31 %
4	FEU Cheering Squad	7	83.50	60.00	58.00	82.00	306.00	–6	583.50	72.94 %
5	UE Pep Squad	5	80.00	55.00	67.00	84.00	306.00	–9	583.00	72.88 %
6	DLSU Animo Squad	2	66.50	66.00	49.00	65.00	300.00	–8	538.00	67.25 %
7	Adamson Pep Squad	6	70.50	58.00	55.00	77.00	281.00	–28	513.50	64.19 %
8	Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion	3	55.00	45.00	39.00	68.00	232.00	–27	412.00	51.50 %

Order refers to order of performance.

Stunner Awardee: No Stunner Awardee for this year

• Special awards from sponsors:
  • Purefoods Eats So Easy Move: Adamson
  • Oishi Oh Wow Surprising Move: FEU
  • Smart Fearless Jump: UST
  • Yamaha Best Toss: UP
  • PLDT Famtastic Pyramid: UP

Group stunts competition

Champion	2nd place	3rd place
UST	NU	FEU

Street dance

The 4th UAAP Street Dance Competition was held on April 9, 2016 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City hosted by Upfront at the UAAP host Justin Quirino and Myx VJ Ai dela Cruz. Street dance competition is an exhibition event. Points for the general championship are not awarded to the participating schools. NU Underdawgz has decided to forgo their participation in this season's streetdance competition.

Rank	Team
01 !	UP Street Dance Club
02 !	La Salle Dance Company–Street
03 !	UST Hype Crew
4	Company of Ateneo Dancers
	Adamson CAST
	FEU Dance Company
	UE Armada

Host team in boldface.

General championship summary

The overall champion is determined by a point system. The system gives 15 points to the champion team of a UAAP event, 12 to the runner-up, and 10 to the third placer. The following points: 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 are given to the rest of the participating teams according to their order of finish.

Pts.	Position
15	Champion
12	2nd
10	3rd
8	4th
6	5th
4	6th
2	7th
1	8th
—	Did not join
*	Ongoing

Seniors' division

Medal table

Rank	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	De La Salle Green Archers	6	3	10	19
2	UST Growling Tigers	4	11	1	16
3	Ateneo Blue Eagles	5	5	5	15
4	UP Fighting Maroons	3	3	5	11
5	NU Bulldogs	5	1	3	9
6	FEU Tamaraws	2	4	2	8
7	UE Red Warriors	3	2	2	7
8	Adamson Falcons	1		1	2
Total		29	29	29	87

General championship tally

																															Total
Rank	University	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	C	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	C	Overall
1	La Salle	6	10	4	15	2	15	12	10	10	15	15	15	4	8	12	10	8	8	6	10	10	10	10	10	6	15	4	10	12	124	148	10	282
2	UST	12	6	2	4	12	6	8	8	12	6	12	10	6	12	6	6	12	15	12	12	15	12	15	12	15	6	12	8	6	135	130	15	280
3	Ateneo	10	12	15	12	15	10	15	15	2	1	1	1	8	10	10	12	4	2	4	4	6	4	6	15	8	12	2	12	10	129	103	6	238
4	UP	2	2	8	8	4	4	10	12	1	10	6	8	12	6	8	15	10	6	10	8	8	6	12	8	10	4	8	15	15	106	118	12	236
5	FEU	15	1	6	10	8	12	—	—	8	12	10	12	—	—	4	8	15	12	8	6	4	8	8	—	—	—	—	6	8	84	89	8	181
6	NU	8	15	12	6	10	2	6	—	15	8	8	6	15	15	15	4	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	—	—	10	10	4	—	105	68	4	177
7	UE	4	8	1	1	1	1	4	6	6	4	4	4	10	—	1	1	6	10	15	15	12	15	—	6	12	—	6	1	—	71	83	0	154
8	Adamson	1	4	10	2	6	8	2	—	4	2	2	2	—	—	2	2	2	4	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	8	15	2	—	43	43	0	86

Juniors' division

Medal table

Rank	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	UE Junior Warriors	4	2	1	7
2	NSNU Bullpups	3	1	1	5
3	UST Tiger Cubs	2	4	1	7
4	De La Salle Junior Archers	2	3	3	8
5	FEU-Diliman Baby Tamaraws	2	1	1	2
6	Ateneo Blue Eaglets	1	3	1	5
7	UPIS Junior Maroons			2	2
8	Adamson Baby Falcons			1	1
Total		14	14	11	37

General championship tally

																Total
Rank	High School	B	B	G	B	G	C	B	G	B	B	G	B	B	B	B	G	C	Overall
1	UST	2	8	12	10	15	12	8	8	6	12	12	10	15	8	79	47	12	138
2	UE	1	12	8	8	8	8	10	12	15	15	15	15	6	—	82	43	8	133
3	La Salle	12	4	10	12	12	2	15	15	4	—	—	—	10	10	67	37	2	106
4	NU	15	15	15	4	6	10	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	46	21	10	77
5	FEU-D	8	10	6	—	—	15	—	—	—	—	—	12	8	15	53	6	15	74
6	Ateneo	10	6	—	15	—	4	—	—	12	—	—	—	12	12	67	0	4	71
7	UPIS	4	2	2	6	10	—	—	6	10	—	—	—	4	—	26	18	0	44
8	Adamson	6	—	4	—	—	6	—	10	8	—	—	—	—	—	14	14	6	34

Closing ceremony

The UAAP Season 78 closing ceremony was held at the Bahay ng Alumni of the UP-Diliman Campus. The highlight of the 5 p.m. event is the announcement of the league's Athlete of the Year. All MVPs from 15 sporting disciplines of the UAAP are eligible to win the Athlete of the Year award. The UAAP were given out special citations to student-athletes who excel in their academics and some who represent the country in local and international competitions.^[8]

The closing ceremony has also featured the turn-over of the flag of the UAAP to Season 79 host University of Santo Tomas.^[8]

• Co-Athletes of the Year (Seniors)^[9][10]
  • Team Sports Category:
    • Alyssa Valdez (Ateneo / Women's Volleyball)
    • Queeny Sabobo (Adamson / Softball)
  • Individual Sports Category:
    • Jessie Khing Lacuna (Ateneo / Men's Swimming)
    • Ian Lariba (La Salle / Table Tennis)
• Athlete of the Year (Juniors)
  • John Lloyd Osorio (UE / Track and Field)
• Athlete Scholars Citations:^[11]
  • David Camacho (Adamson / Men's Basketball)
  • Alex Toni Steven Ngui (Ateneo / Men's Swimming)
  • David Angelo Diamante (La Salle / Men's Football)
  • Mary Remy Palma (FEU / Women's Volleyball)
  • Cyrene Torres (NU / Women's Table Tennis)
  • Karen Cells (UE / Women's Taekwando)
  • Janna Dominique Oliva (UP / Poomsae)
  • Noelito Jose, Jr. (UST / Men's Fencing)

Broadcast coverage

Starting from Season 78 until Season 82, ABS-CBN Sports will still the broadcast coveror of the UAAP. ABS-CBN Sports+Action, Balls HD 195 for the basketball tournament only and ABS-CBN Sports+Action International will cover the games on a live basis, with Finals games on ABS-CBN Channel 2 and ABS-CBN HD 167 and replays on ABS-CBN Sports+Action, they also introduced the newest batch of courtside reporters for the broadcast coverage. Laura Lehmann and Jeanine Tsoi, had returned as the courtside reporters for Ateneo and La Salle, with 6 new faces.^[12]

The High Definition channel will be aired on Balls HD 195 for the basketball tournament only after the said channel was ceased off. The HD channel has been transfer to ABS-CBN Sports+Action HD 166 for the volleyball tournament.

Aside from the refreshed line-up of the panel, including returnee Mico Halili (current anchor of CNN Philippines SportsDesk) who last worked with ABS-CBN Sports in the MBA Games and the league until Season 65 (2002),^[13] Anton Roxas and Allan Gregorio will not return to the UAAP basketball panel since they been returned to the NCAA basketball panel but Roxas will return for the UAAP volleyball panel. Noreen Go will also not return to the volleyball panel since she was chosen as a commissioner of the UAAP Volleyball tournament season 78. The coverage will have a pre-game show called "Upfront at the UAAP" every gamedays at 1:30pm, the show will delivered the latest updates and features in all of the sports disciplines of the league.

Additional Cast:

• Opening Ceremony Host: Boom Gonzales
• Tumitinding Sumusulong: The UAAP Season 78 Primer Host: TJ Manotoc
• UAAP Season 78 Cheerdance Competition Host: Boom Gonzales and Sofia Andres
• UAAP Season 78 Beach Volleyball Finals Crew: Ian Laurel and Mozzy Ravena
• UAAP Season 78 Baseball and Softball Finals Crew: Anton Roxas and Kiko Diaz
• UAAP Season 78 Men's and Women's Tennis Finals Crew: Dyan Castillejo and Eric Tipan
• UAAP Season 78 Streetdance Competition Hosts: Justin Quirino and Ai dela Cruz

See also

• NCAA Season 91

References