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After another championship, what's next for Jack Animam?

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Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News 

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/sports/03/25/animam.jpg"/><figcaption>Jack Animam has represented the Philippines in several international tournaments, including the 2019 FIBA Asia Women&#x27;s Championship. <em>FIBA.basketball</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA, Philippines -- Filipina basketball star Jack Animam is keeping all her options open as she ponders her next step in her career, after extending her personal winning streak to a stunning 96 games.</p><p>Undefeated in her UAAP career with the National University (NU) Lady Bulldogs, Animam kept on winning when she took her talents to Taiwan&#x27;s Shih Hsin University (SHU). She steered the team to a perfect 18-0 season, capped by a 70-51 rout of Taiwan Normal University on Sunday to secure the championship.</p><p>&quot;Yes, I&#x27;m a champion, again,&quot; a smiling Animam said in an appearance on &quot;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/289088151927844/videos/808613403070061">The Game</a>,&quot; Wednesday night.</p><p>Animam won five UAAP championships with the Lady Bulldogs, and added another from the University Basketball Association in Taiwan. </p><p>She also owns two gold medals from the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, in 3x3 and 5-on-5. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/03/21/21/jack-animam-gains-another-title-as-shih-hsin-claims-uba-crown">READ: Jack Animam gains another title, as Shih Hsin claims UBA crown</a></li></ul><p>What, then, is next for the 6-foot-5 cager?</p><p>&quot;As of now, there&#x27;s no definite plans yet,&quot; she admitted.</p><p>&quot;I&#x27;m still exploring my options, and I&#x27;m open to anything. I&#x27;m not closing my doors. I&#x27;m just here,&quot; she added. &quot;Just always ready to go out there.&quot;</p><p>The one thing that Animam is quite certain of is that while she dreams of making it to the WNBA, she still has a long way to go before she gets there.</p><p>No homegrown Filipinas has yet to reach the league. Filipino-American guard <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/02/09/21/wnba-fil-am-chanelle-molina-signed-by-indiana-to-training-camp-contract">Chanelle Molina</a>, who was born and raised in Hawaii, is looking to be the first player of Philippine descent to make it to the WNBA after inking a training camp contract with the Indiana Fever.</p><p>&quot;The WNBA is always a dream,&quot; Animamsaid. &quot;Kung makikita ko &#x27;yung sarili ko, I know I still have a long, long, long way to go.&quot;</p><p>&quot;But right now, I&#x27;m trying to focus on the things within my reach, you know? Eventually, you know, (the) hopefully will lead me there, to the WNBA,&quot; she added. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/03/23/21/fiba-shines-spotlight-on-jack-animams-basketball-journey">READ: FIBA shines spotlight on Jack Animam&#x27;s basketball journey</a></li></ul><p>Regardless of where she goes next, the 22-year-old Animam is determined to keep representing the Philippines, and in particular, Filipina players. </p><p>Even when she was still in college, Animam was already among the most vocal advocates of women&#x27;s basketball in the country, and she kept that spotlight on the sport during her stint in Taiwan.</p><p>&quot;At the back of my mind, everyone back home is watching me, especially all the women&#x27;s basketball players in the Philippines, and the young generation,&quot; Animam said of the pressure she feels as arguably the face of women&#x27;s basketball in the Philippines.</p><p>&quot;I always upheld myself to always play my game, always play my best every game because I wanted to show them that, you know, we Filipinas can play ball anywhere in the world (that) we wish to play,&quot; she stressed. </p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DrcKEXVvqMs?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Filipina basketball star Jack Animam is keeping all her options open as she ponders her next step in her career, after extending her personal winning streak to a stunning 96 games.<br /> </p>

Filipina basketball star Jack Animam is keeping all her options open as she ponders her next step in her career, after extending her personal winning streak to a stunning 96 games.

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After another championship, what's next for Jack Animam?

Camille B. Naredo,

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Published Mar 25, 2021 01:21 PM PHT

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Updated Mar 25, 2021 02:57 PM PHT

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