The Ateneo Blue Eagles are the collegiate varsity teams of the
Ateneo de Manila University
, mottoeng = Light in the Lord
, type = Private, research, non-profit, coeducational basic and higher education institution
, established = December 10, 1859
, religious_affiliation = Roman Catholic (Jesuits)
, academic_aff ...
that play in the
University Athletic Association of the Philippines
The University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), established in 1938, is an athletic association of eight Metro Manila universities in the Philippines. The eight-member schools are Adamson University (AdU), Ateneo de Manila Univers ...
(UAAP), the premiere collegiate league in the Philippines. The collegiate women's varsity basketball team is called the ''Lady Eagles''. The Ateneo collegiate men's varsity basketball team was not always called the Blue Eagles. It got the name Blue Eagles when Ateneo adopted the ''Eagle'' as its mascot in 1938. Prior to that, from 1914 it was known under different names. Beginning with
UAAP Season 84
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in May 2022, Ateneo de Manila University officially decided to unify student athletes and varsity teams under the "Blue Eagles" moniker, regardless of sport, gender, or age group. Ateneo has fifteen collegiate men's varsity teams that participate in fifteen sporting events of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, its mother league. Twenty five years after playing their last game as Blue Eagles, the Board of Directors of the Ateneo Sports Hall of Fame review their playing years as Blue Eagles. Those who meet the criteria are inducted into the Ateneo Sports Hall of Fame.
Team identity
Team monikers
When Ateneo started to participate in intercollegiate sports in 1914, its varsity basketball teams were simply referred to by the school community as the Ateneo Seniors and Ateneo Juniors. They were later dubbed the ''Blue and Whites'' by the sports press in the early 1920s when Ateneo joined sports leagues. When Ateneo adopted the ''Eagle'' as its mascot in 1938, the college team was given a new name: Blue Eagles. The Ateneo Blue Eagles are sometimes called the ''Hail Mary Quintet'' by the sports press. This moniker was given to the Blue Eagles in 1926 when sports press noticed that the team would pray the
Hail Mary
The Hail Mary ( la, Ave Maria) is a traditional Christian prayer addressing Mary, the mother of Jesus. The prayer is based on two biblical passages featured in the Gospel of Luke: the Angel Gabriel's visit to Mary (the Annunciation) and Mary's ...
(as the school’s patroness is the
Immaculate Conception
The Immaculate Conception is the belief that the Virgin Mary was free of original sin from the moment of her conception.
It is one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church, meaning that it is held to be a divinely revealed truth w ...
) during game time-outs and would win by the skin of their teeth.
The first women's varsity basketball team was formed in 1974. It joined the league called Women's National Collegiate Athletic Association (WNCAA) and was named the Blue Eaglettes. This was later changed to Lady Eagles when they transferred to the UAAP. No written article has been found to date to explain why and to provide the exact year this name change happened.
Ateneo is one of the four UAAP member schools that participate in all of the fifteen sporting events of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. Since the Eagle is the mascot of all the varsity teams participating in these sporting events all of them are called Blue Eagles.
However, the Guidon which is the school's official student publications have given them specific names to differentiate them when news about their games are reported. They are as follows:
Mascot and colors
Ateneo has long been involved in intercollegiate sports dating back to 1914. It was a pioneer in Philippine collegiate sports. Ateneo was the first Philippine school to adopt a mascot, and was also the first school to field an organized cheering squad with cheerleaders which was later followed by another first when it introduced a Pep Band to augment the cheerleaders during games.
[Roman A. Cruz, Jr. "The Ateneo Story." ''Aegis.'' 1959]
The choice of an eagle as school mascot holds iconic significance. Conferred with the title "the King", the Blue Eagle is a reference to the "high-flying" Ateneo varsity teams which would "swoop down on the foe and sweep up the fields away" as a dominating force in the field of sports. Furthermore, there is some mythological significance to the eagle as a symbol of power.
The school used to have live eagles as pets in the former Padre Faura campus and later on at the Grade School campus in Loyola Heights. A live eagle would lead the men's varsity basketball team at the start of a game in the NCAA as the team enters the basketball court for their warm-up with the school Band playing the fight song, "Blue Eagle – The King".
Blue and White, being the colors of the school's patroness, the Blessed Virgin Mary, were chosen as the school's colors. Thus ''blue and white'' are the colors of the uniforms of the varsity teams. Most of the school songs, yells and cheers have the words ''blue and white''.
Athletic associations
Collegiate leagues
The Ateneo de Manila University is a member of the
University Athletic Association of the Philippines
The University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), established in 1938, is an athletic association of eight Metro Manila universities in the Philippines. The eight-member schools are Adamson University (AdU), Ateneo de Manila Univers ...
, the premiere sports league in the country. It fields teams in all fifteen sporting events of the league. Ateneo was a founding member of the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...
, which was established in 1924. It left the NCAA in 1978 due to the league-wide violence prevalent at the time, and then joined the UAAP in the same year.
[History 2006–2007]
Other tournaments
Aside from the UAAP, the Ateneo Blue Eagles also participates during the UAAP preseason in other sports leagues/tournaments such as the Fil-Oil Flying V Preseason Cup, SMART City Hoops Summer Classic, Breakdown Basketball Invitationals, Philippine Collegiate Championship League (PCCL), Premier Volleyball League, Rizal Football Association (RIFA).
Team sports
Basketball
5-on-5 basketball
Rivals
The Blue Eagles have had several rivalries throughout the years. Before the NCAA was founded and into the early years after its foundation (1924), Ateneo's fiercest basketball rivals were the
UP Fighting Maroons
The UP Fighting Maroons are the collegiate varsity teams of the University of the Philippines, primarily off University of the Philippines Diliman, Diliman, which play in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), the premiere ...
(then known as the Maroon and Greens).
=Championships
=
In men's basketball, the Ateneo Blue Eagles have won 24 titles as of 2018, 14 in the NCAA and 10 in the UAAP. The Lady Eagles have won two UAAP titles.
=Other Leagues and Tournaments
=
The Blue Eagles also competed at the 2018
William Jones Cup
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It was named in honor of basketball promoter ...
, an international tournament in Taiwan for both club and national teams.
Year – Champions
* 2005 – Lady Eagles – National Students Basketball Championships / Home and Away Invitational League
* 2006 – Blue Eagles – Fr. Martin Summer Cup
* 2007 – Blue Eagles – Collegiate Champions League
* 2008 – Blue Eagles – Philippine University Games / Nike Summer League
* 2009 – Blue Eagles – Philippine University Games / Philippine Collegiate Champions League
* 2010 – Blue Eagles – Fr. Martin Summer Cup / Philippine Collegiate Champions League
* 2011 – Blue Eagles – Philippine University Games / Filoil Flying V Preseason Cup
=* Notable players
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Japeth Aguilar
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Rich Alvarez
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Rabeh Al-Hussaini
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Ford Arao
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*
Francis Arnaiz
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Early basketball years
Arnaiz had a love for sports and was shooting stuf ...
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Nonoy Baclao
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Aaron Black
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Ryan Buenafe
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Paolo Bugia
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Bernardo Carpio
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Gec Chia
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Chia initially wanted to play tennis, but due to the growing ...
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Justin Chua
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Ricardo Cleofas
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Cleofas played college ball for the Ateneo de Manila University under coach Nilo Verona. He led Ateneo to a runner-up finish in his first year together wit ...
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Baby Dalupan
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Arthur dela Cruz
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Paquito Diaz
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Nico Elorde
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Nico is third the son of Johnny Elorde, a boxing promoter ...
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John Paul Erram
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He star ...
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Macky Escalona
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Larry Fonacier
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Isaac Go
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Early life and ...
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Frank Golla
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Wesley Gonzales
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Alfonzo Gotladera
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Vince Hizon
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JC Intal
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Padim Israel
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He enrolled at Ateneo de Manila University in 1973 and saw action for Ateneo's varsity five. In his third year, he was asked to ...
*
Robert Jaworski Jr.
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Angelo Kouame
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Doug Kramer
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Kramer set a career-high 19 rebounds along with 3 blocks and 16 points ...
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Jojo Lastimosa
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Moro Lorenzo
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Lorenzo played college basketball for the Ateneo de Manila. T ...
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Honesto Mayoralgo
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Magnum Membrere
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Emman Monfort
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Chito Narvasa
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Ogie Narvasa
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Chris Newsome
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Newsome was born in San Jose, Ca ...
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Ed Ocampo
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Ambrosio Padilla
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Von Pessumal
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College career
Pessumal played college ball at the Ateneo ...
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Kris Porter
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Francisco Rabat
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Rabat was also a member of the Philippine national basketball team and was part of the squad that won the bron ...
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Olsen Racela
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Dwight Ramos
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Ning Ramos
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Kiefer Ravena
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Thirdy Ravena
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Chot Reyes
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Jai Reyes
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Jun Ross
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Nico Salva
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*
Marte Samson
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Greg Slaughter
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LA Tenorio
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Richie Ticzon
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P ...
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Juami Tiongson
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Chris Tiu
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Arvin Tolentino
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Enrico Villanueva
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3x3 Basketball
Ateneo won the
UAAP Season 81
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Eight member universities of the UAAP competed in the league's fifteen sports to vie for ...
3x3 Basketball tournament on its second and final year as a demonstration sport before it became an official sport in
UAAP Season 82
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The eight member universities of the UAAP competed in the league's sixteen ...
.
Volleyball
The Ateneo Volleyball Program enjoyed a modest success in the NCAA, having won a total of nine championships during a ten-year period from 1967 to 1976. The men's team had two titles and one from the women's, while the juniors team had won six titles. Ateneo dominated NCAA volleyball in the mid-1970s. In the UAAP, Ateneo has won five championships so far since transferring from the NCAA in 1978. These titles were won by the Lady Eagle Spikers in Season 76 (2013–14) and Season 77 (2014–15) and by the Blue Eagle Spikers in Season 77 (2014–15), Season 78 (2015–16) and Season 79 (2016–17), finally ending a title drought of more than 30 years in UAAP volleyball.
Championships
Double Championships
UAAP Finals Appearances
= The Ateneo Blue Eagles Volleyball Team
=
The men's volleyball team were back-to-back champions in NCAA Seasons 51 and 52, and were 3-peat champions in UAAP Seasons 77 to 79. The Blue Eagles were also able to achieve a perfect season in the
UAAP Season 79
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men's volleyball tournament.
= The Ateneo Lady Eagles Volleyball Team
=
Notable volleyball players
= Men's Division
=
*
Marck Jesus P. Espejo
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Ish Polvorosa
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Polvorosa was born and raised in Imus, Cavite. He graduated as second honorable mention at Anabu I ...
= Women's Division
=
*
Alyssa Valdez
*
Bea De Leon
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Maddie Madayag
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Kat Tolentino
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Personal life
Tolentino came from a Filipino-Canadian spor ...
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Dennise Lazaro
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Jia Morado
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Amy Ahomiro
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Fille Cainglet
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Dzi Gervacio
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Career
Gervacio won the WNCAA Juniors D ...
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Gretchen Ho
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Jamenea Ferrer
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Deanna Wong
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Charo Soriano
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Pauline Gaston
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Football
The Ateneo varsity football teams have won a total 19 championships, 9 in the NCAA and 10 in the UAAP. In the NCAA, the seniors have won 6 titles. The Blue Booters were the first to win a football championship in the NCAA when they won the title on the maiden season of the NCAA in 1924. They also won their first back-to-back (1953 and 1954) championship in the NCAA. In the UAAP, the seniors (men) have won 8 titles. The Blue Booters were three-peat champions after winning in Seasons 2003–04, 2004–05 and 2005–06, a record that still holds today. Football was introduced in the UAAP Juniors Division as a demonstration sport in season 70 (2007–08) and declared a regular sport in season 72 (2009–10)
Football Championships
Blue Booters
''NCAA Season'' (6)
* 1924–25
* 1941–42
* 1951–52
* 1953–54
* 1954–55
* 1967–68
Blue Booters
''UAAP Season'' (8)
* 1995–96
* 1998–99
* 2003–04
* 2004–05
* 2005–06
* 2012–13
* 2016–17
* 2018–19
Lady Blue Booters
''UAAP Season''
Notable football players
;Men's Division
*
Virgilio "Baby" Dalupan
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Luis "Moro" Lorenzo
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Edgardo "Ed" Ocampo
Baseball
Baseball Championships
Notable baseball players
=Men's Division
=
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Ambrosio "Paddy" Padilla
=Women's Division
=
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Laura Lehmann
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Rankings
This is Ateneo's ranking in the team sports in the UAAP since 1986, the year the UAAP became an eight member-school league:
Championships
Overall/General Championships
Ateneo has not won a UAAP General Championship in the seniors division since joining the UAAP in 1978. Its best finish was a third place in Season 75 (2012–13) and Season 79 (2016–17).
*Seniors:
**NCAA (1) – 1968–69
;3x3 Basketball Championships
*Blue Eagles: (''Tournaments from 2017–18 until 2018–19 were classified as a Demonstration Sport'')
**UAAP (1) – 2018–19
;Basketball Championships
*Blue Eagles:
**NCAA (14) – 1928–29, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1937–38, 1941–42, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1961–62, 1969–70, 1975–76, 1976–77
**UAAP (11) – 1987–88, 1988–89, 2002–03, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
*Lady Eagles:
**UAAP (2) – 2005–06, 2007–08
;Baseball Championships
*Blue Batters:
**NCAA (2) – 1927–28, 1965–66
**UAAP (4) – 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17
;Football Championships
*Blue Booters:
**NCAA (6) – 1924–25, 1941–42, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1967–68
**UAAP (8) – 1995–96, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2012–13, 2016–17, 2018–19
;Volleyball Championships
*Blue Spikers:
**NCAA (2) – 1975–76, 1976–77
**UAAP (3) – 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
*Lady Spikers:
**NCAA (1) – 1976–77
**UAAP (3) – 2013–14, 2014–15, 2018–19
;Badminton Championships
*Blue Shuttlers:
**UAAP (6) – 1995–96, 1996–97, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2011–12, 2013–14
*Lady Shuttlers:
**UAAP (5) – 2003–04, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2018–19, 2019–20
;Lawn Tennis Championships
*Blue Netters:
**NCAA (1) – 1939–40
**UAAP (1) – 2000–01
;Fencing Championships
*Lady Fencers:
**UAAP (2) – 2006–07, 2018–19
;Swimming Championships
*Blue Tankers:
**UAAP (7) – 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
*Lady Tankers:
**UAAP (6) – 2008–09, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
;Judo Championships
*Blue Judokas:
**UAAP (8) – 1997–98, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18
;Athletics (track and field) Championships
*Blue Tracksters: (''Tournaments from 1925–26 until 1952–53 consisted of events in relay and track and field'')
**NCAA (9) – 1925–56 (relay), 1934–35 (relay), 1949–50 (T/F), 1960–61, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70
Sports traditions
The Ateneo has several traditions related to sports. Most of these traditions have been introduced by the American Jesuits after they took over the administration of Ateneo in 1912.
References
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Ateneo de Manila University
College sports teams in Metro Manila
Premier Volleyball League (Philippines)
Spikers' Turf
Shakey's V-League
University Athletic Association of the Philippines teams