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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1787759861223IMG_1371.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">ANTA Philippines signs Letran’s Chad Gammad, UST’s Carl Manding, and UE women’s Rachel Lacayanga as its athlete-ambassadors ahead of the NCAA and UAAP’s collegiate basketball season. <em>Kennedy Caacbay, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Sportswear brand ANTA Philippines has signed collegiate basketball players as its newest athlete-ambassadors ahead of NCAA Season 102 and UAAP Season 89.</p><p>The newest batch of ANTA athletes include Letran Knights’ Chad Gammad, who was recently propelled to the spotlight after his relationship with PBA courtside reporter Apple David was publicized.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/basketball/2026/2/18/kyrie-irving-honors-mentor-kobe-bryant-with-new-signature-shoe-1418"><strong>RELATED: Kyrie Irving honors mentor Kobe Bryant with new signature shoe<br/></strong></a></div><p>Joining Gammad are UST Growling Tigers’ Carl Manding and UE Lady Warriors’ Rachel Lacayanga.</p><div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FabscbnNEWS%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02hKFNKXBsmKjuqHah7FSBsKPYxVpn5ZFqe5Q4H9eYpU4JKm5SNsrGH3cHCHck8BTxl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500" width="500" height="728" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>The athletes shared Wednesday how special it was to be carrying ANTA’s brand, despite only being college players.</p><p>“It means a lot, representing ANTA. It&#x27;s a great feeling,” said Gammad.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/basketball/2026/5/21/anta-announces-kyrie-irving-s-southeast-asia-return-will-ph-be-included-1843"><strong>RELATED: ANTA announces Kyrie Irving’s Southeast Asia return<br/></strong></a></div><p>“It feels great because I&#x27;ve also been wearing Kyrie [Irving&#x27;s] shoes ever since I was young,” said Manding, who draws inspiration from NBA star Kyrie Irving. “When he moved to ANTA, I was also able to wear his first shoes right when it came out. It&#x27;s a great blessing.”</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2092614628841083272&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Aod2-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2026-08-26T11%3A46%3A21.123172%3Ab57c6da8-9916-48fa-982d-0f4cbd21233c%26action%3Dedit&amp;sessionId=dd6024cdef7f4e6913c13f00ee4cc375f63e4564&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:550px;height:801px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="2092614628841083272"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>“Sobrang grateful po ako and thankful po na ako po &#x27;yung pinagkatiwalaan nila na i-represent &#x27;yung brand po,” said Lacayanga.</p><p>Although further details were not disclosed, the brand&#x27;s marketing manager Mikko Abello said that their deals include a multi-year partnership.</p><p>“We want to go into it for the long goal—we want to support them even beyond their college careers,” said Abello.</p>

<p>Sportswear brand ANTA Philippines has signed collegiate basketball players as its newest athlete-ambassadors ahead of NCAA Season 102 and UAAP Season 89.</p>

Sportswear brand ANTA Philippines has signed collegiate basketball players as its newest athlete-ambassadors ahead of NCAA Season 102 and UAAP Season 89.

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ANTA PH signs Letran’s Gammad, UAAP players ahead of collegiate hoops season

Kennedy Caacbay,

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Published August 27, 2026 12:05 AM PHT

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Updated August 27, 2026 12:12 AM PHT

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