Two-time PBA Most Valuable Player James Yap of the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters received a rock star treatment from the STI Academic Center Las Piñas community during the institution’s annual sportsfest held for the first time at its newly-established gymnasium in Alabang-Zapote just recently.
Yap graced the affair where he judged the parade of muses and escorts and had fun spending more than an hour with students, faculty members and administrative staff of the institution.
One of the PBA’s 40 Greatest Players, Yap took time less than a day after playing the Elasto Painters’ quarterfinal encounter with the San Miguel Beermen.
The PBA star, who is close to become the first millennial player to reach the league’s 10,000-point club, thanked the entire institution for the warm reception.
“Pasensya na po kayo, medyo wala akong boses, kakantahan ko sana kayo,” said Yap in jest. “Pero masaya po ako; salamat sa pag-imbita niyo sa akin at magandang pagtanggap.”
Despite feeling a little bit under the weather, Yap gamely posed for photo opportunities with high school students doing the tour as well as entertaining questions from the AB Communications Arts students of the institution.
Yap’s mother team, Rain or Shine, also donated paints for the school’s NSTP projects.
In his conversation with deputy administrator Liz Acedo, Yap also vowed to help out the school’s future community services.
