Arwind Santos remains as one of the top defensive players in the PBA even at age 41.
The evergreen big man is hailed by the PBA Press Corps as its Defensive Player of the Year and will be recognized with the prestigious honor during its 2022 Awards Night at the Novotel Manila Araneta Center on June 21.
Santos, who turned a new leaf just two weeks ago, will be receiving his third Defensive Player of the Year trophy after similarly bagging the same award in 2008 and 2011, respectively.
The NorthPort veteran became only the third player to be bestowed the honor after Chris Jackson and Marc Pingris.
At 41, he’s also the oldest to win the accolade given by the men and women regularly covering the PBA beat.
The award is just the latest to be received by the former UAAP MVP out of Far Eastern University, who’s obviously getting a second wind in his PBA career.
He was earlier named part of Season 46 Mythical First Team and member of the All-Defensive team during the Leo Awards.
His inclusion in the All-Defensive Team was his eighth, to be in the company of some of the league’s best defenders of all time such as Pingris, Jerry Codinera, and Glenn Capacio.
