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Gemma Miranda leads the 177 players who will participate in the first WNBL Draft scheduled for October.
Miranda was one of 702 women who ran for the historic inaugural draft of the women’s professional basketball league. Applicants from across the country were screened by the selection committee which reduced the number of applicants to 177.
Miranda dressed as a guest player on the PSI Lady Air Defenders in the WNBL’s first season as an amateur league last year and the outstanding national team won the final MVP.
Other notable names that made it into the draft are 2019 UAAP Finals MVP Monique Del Carmen and former UAAP MVPs Marichu Bacaro, Camille Sambile and Raiza Dy. Fille Claudine Cainglet, Camille Claro, Jocy Positos, Camille Ramos, Angeli Gloriani, Marites Gadian, Tina Deacon and Snow Penaranda also made the list. The full list of recruits can be viewed on the NBL-Pilipinas Facebook page.
After the evaluation process, the recruits will be able to show their talents to the teams during the WNBL Draft Combine that will take place at the Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center in San Fernando, Pampanga. The dates of which are still being finalized.
Each team that already saw action in the WNBL last year has the privilege of protecting six players from its original roster. Armed Forces players, meanwhile, should only submit their rosters to the league as long as they are enlisted for a minimum of one year.
