Val Acuña

Hezy Val B. Acuña II (born August 8, 1986) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the GenSan Warriors franchise of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) and Pilipinas Super League (PSL).

Acuña is a six-time professional champion in both the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) and ASEAN Basketball League (ABL). He also earned a championship in the MPBL during its amateur era, earning a Finals MVP nod in 2018.

Collegiate career

Acuña played straight out of the University of the East Red Warriors in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, where he played for five seasons (2004 and 2006 to 2009). He was also part of the Warriors team that finished runner-up to the Ateneo de Manila Blue Eagles in the 2009 season, where he averaged 19.2 points 7.2 assist and 11.2 rebounds in almost 32 minutes.

Professional career

Acuña was selected in the 2010 PBA draft by the B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados third overall in the second round over Ford Arao and Jai Reyes. He previously played for the Philippine Patriots in the ABL.

In 2015, Acuña returned to the ABL after signing a contract with the Pacquiao Powervit Pilipinas Aguilas (now the Pilipinas MX3 Kings).

Career statistics

PBA

Template:PBA player statistics start |- | align=left | Template:Pbay | align=left | B-Meg Derby Ace | 6 || 6.7 || .200 || .364 || .833 || .7 || .3 || .0 || .2 || 2.8 |- | align=left | Template:Pbay | align=left | B-Meg | 14 || 1.6 || .273 || .286 || — || .3 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .6 |- | align=left | Template:Pbay | align=left | San Mig Coffee | 11 || 4.7 || .467 || .300 || 1.000 || .5 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 1.7 |- | align=left | Template:Pbay | align=left | San Mig Super Coffee | 13 || 7.2 || .326 || .231 || .571 || .5 || .6 || .2 || .0 || 3.1 |- | align=left | Template:Pbay | align=left | Blackwater | 22 || 13.8 || .289 || .304 || .565 || 2.0 || .6 || .5 || .0 || 4.7 |-class=sortbottom | align=center colspan=2 | Career | 66 || 7.7 || .303 || .293 || .632 || 1.0 || .4 || .2 || .0 || 2.8

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MPBL

Template:MPBL player statistics start |- | align=left | 2018 | align=left | Batangas City | 17 || 17 || 23.9 || .407 || .379 || .700 || 2.9 || 1.2 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 13.4 |- | align=left | 2018–19 | align=left | Batangas City | 29 || 24 || 17.5 || .326 || .301 || .563 || 2.1 || 0.9 || 0.5 || 0.1 || 8.0 |- | align=left rowspan=2 | 2019–20 | align=left | Batangas City | 13 || 12 || 23.4 || .286 || .256 || .714 || 3.3 || 1.1 || 0.6 || 0.0 || 7.7 |- | align=left | Valenzuela | 13 || 7 || 23.3 || .374 || .342 || .762 || 2.9 || 0.9 || 0.9 || 0.3 || 13.1 |- | align=left | 2023 | align=left | Muntinlupa | 15 || 8 || 17.4 || .338 || .317 || .870 || 1.9 || 1.5 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 9.7

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External links

• Val Acuña Player Profile - RealGM
• Val Acuña - Genius Sports (MPBL)