Jeron Alvin Uy Teng was born on March 21,1994 and is a Filipino professional basketball player for the San Miguel Beermen of the Philippine Basketball Association.
37 Facts About Jeron Teng
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Jeron Teng won a couple UAAP championships as the team captain and has the rare distinction of simultaneously winning two UAAP finals MVP awards.
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Jeron Teng was born on March 21,1994, in Mandaluyong to Alvin and Susan Teng.
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Jeron Teng's father, Alvin Teng, is a former player in the Philippine Basketball Association who won multiple titles as a member of the San Miguel Beermen.
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Jeron Teng's older brother Jeric, was a former collegiate basketball star who played for the UST Growling Tigers.
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Jeron Teng was always very religious growing up and frequented the Pink Sisters Convent to pray and celebrate Mass.
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Jeron Teng eventually won his first of many titles that year in the Metro Manila Tiong Lian Basketball Association, one of the premier elementary and high school basketball leagues in the nation.
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The Jeron Teng brothers were frequently tutored by the power forward Alvin, who recommended that they instead develop skills associated with the guard position.
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Jeron Teng led the Golden Stallions to two MMTLBA championships and won for himself the season MVP award in his three seasons with the team.
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Jeron Teng simultaneously made 37 field goals, and had 24 rebounds and six steals.
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Jeron Teng led the Archers through their chase to return to the Final Four.
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However, the Archers led by Jeron Teng's magic run would be stopped when they lost to one of their notable sports rivals and eventual champions, the far more seasoned Ateneo Blue Eagles.
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Jeron Teng displayed brilliance by severely outplaying the then-reigning MVP Terrence Romeo of the Tamaraws.
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The Tigers won Game 1 of the UAAP Finals, but Jeron Teng led the Archers to the championship by dominating the next two games of the series to defeat the Tigers and give the Archers their first UAAP title since 2007.
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At that time, Jeron Teng had a career high average of 18.1 ppg, alongside 7.1 rpg, 4 apg, while shooting 75 percent from the free throw line.
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Coach Sauler allowed Jeron Teng to thrive through the use of a 14-man rotation system that granted Jeron Teng more opportunities to dominate and take over games for the Green Archers.
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Jeron Teng would be named finals MVP after he dominated the series and captained the team to sweep the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the finals.
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Already a proven star after his first few games, on January 14,2018, Jeron Teng immediately grabbed player of the game honors after scoring 23 points and pulling down nine boards against the Kia Picanto.
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Jeron Teng made his first Finals appearance in the Governor's Cup, where the Aces lost to the Magnolia Hotshots.
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Jeron Teng ended the year a member of the All-Rookie Team.
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Jeron Teng then had a hamstring injury, causing him to rest for two weeks.
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Jeron Teng returned in the Governors' Cup against the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters and had 18 points, 9 rebounds, and 2 assists in the win.
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Jeron Teng then led Converge to their first win in franchise history with 19 points and seven rebounds.
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Jeron Teng returned in the Commissioner's Cup with Ayo, his coach at DLSU, as his head coach .
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Jeron Teng then had a season-high 25 points with nine rebounds and four assists in a win over the Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters.
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Jeron Teng followed that up with 20 points in a win over Rain or Shine.
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Jeron Teng became a restricted free agent on September 1,2023, when his contract with Converge expired.
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On October 18,2023, Jeron Teng signed a two-year contract with the San Miguel Beermen.
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Jeron Teng joined the team where his father, Alvin, formerly played from 1986 to 1994, winning nine championships.
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Jeron Teng was part of the first-ever Philippine team that took part in a 3x3 worldwide competition, along with Bobby Ray Parks Jr.
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Jeron Teng represented the Philippines in the 2017 FIBA 3x3 World Cup on June 17 to 21,2017 in Nantes, France.
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Jeron Teng starred for the 2017 Gilas Pilipinas team and led them all the way to fifth place with noteworthy performances against many of the top nations in basketball.
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In 2014, Jeron Teng first met Jeanine Beatrice Tsoi, a sports commentator, during UAAP Season 77 at De La Salle University.
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Jeron Teng was a hurado for It's Showtime from November 4 to 9,2013.
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Jeron Teng made his acting debut in the top-rated weeknight series Got to Believe.
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Jeron Teng was rumored to be in the cast of Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles 2, the sequel to Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles.
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In 2017, Jeron Teng appeared in Meant to Be which aired on GMA Network as himself.