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PBA: Despite delays by pandemic, Meralco's Bong Quinto gets college degree

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<div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=4263922300298697&amp;set=pcb.4264005810290346" data-width="auto"> </div><p>Meralco&#x27;s Bong Quinto finally earned his college degree more than two years after last playing for his alma mater, Colegio de San Juan de Letran.</p><p>Quinto was supposed to graduate in 2020 but the graduation rites were delayed by the pandemic.</p><p>&quot;Finally!! After 1 year na paghihintay dahil sa pandemic natuloy din ang pinapangarap kong makapagtapos sa pag-aaral,&quot; the 6-foot-1 Meralco guard said in a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Kier10John/posts/4264005810290346">Facebook post</a>. </p><p>Quinto, who took up Marketing Management, thanked the school and his coaches for helping him get through his studies.</p><p>He said it has been an honor to earn a college degree from a prestigious school.</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=4263922566965337&amp;set=pcb.4264005810290346" data-width="auto"> </div><p>&quot;Salamat Letran sa pagbago sa buhay ko. Salamat sa lahat ng mga taong tumulong sa akin para maabot ko ang pangarap ko,&quot; he said.</p><p>Quinto, who was described by his Meralco coach Norman Black as &quot;one of their biggest draft steals,&quot; also thanked his parents and his fiancee.</p><p>&quot;Salamat sa lahat ng sakripisyo na ginawa niyo para mapatapos ako sa pag-aaral. Mama and Papa para sa inyo lahat ng &#x27;yan. At sa mga kapatid kong mababait. Maraming salamat sa suporta at pag mamahal niyo sa akin. Mahal ko kayo lahat!&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;At ang huli syempre ang pinakamamahal kong babae. Joyce Pestaño, maraming salamat sa pagiging magandang halimbawa pagdating sa pag-aaral.&quot;</p><p>The two got engaged last January.</p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1684271" width="100%"></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>Meralco's Bong Quinto finally earned his college degree more than two years after last playing for his alma mater, Letran. </p>

Meralco's Bong Quinto finally earned his college degree more than two years after last playing for his alma mater, Letran.