Vince Hizon is the former commissioner of the Filsports Basketball Association.
16 Facts About Vince Hizon
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Vince Hizon is currently a motivational speaker while focusing on family and business.
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Vince Hizon was born 25 November 1970 to Jose Palma-Gil Hizon and Harriet M Bowie in Orange County, California.
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Vince Hizon grew up in Stanton, California and attended Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California.
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Vince Hizon spent most of his 11-year pro career for the Ginebra franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association.
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Vince Hizon won 1 PBL title, 4 PBA titles, one Southeast Asian Games gold medal and 1 USBL championship throughout the course of his stellar career.
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Vince Hizon was even named as part of the PBA's Mythical 5 selection in 1997.
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Vince Hizon was known for his clutch three point shooting and his slashing drives to the basket.
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Vince Hizon is popularly known as "The Prince" in Philippine Basketball Association.
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Vince Hizon was a much sought after commercial personality doing numerous advertisements in television and print.
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When Robert Jaworski retired in 1999 from the Ginebra team, Vince Hizon bolted the PBA with the enticing offer of the Iloilo MegaVoltz in the Metropolitan Basketball Association.
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Unhappy with the direction of the league though, Vince Hizon decided to re-join the PBA as a member of the Red Bull Barakos in 2002 and played for two years.
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Vince Hizon's team, coached by the popular Darryl Dawkins, known as 'Chocolate Thunder' in the National Basketball Association, won the USBL crown that year.
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Vince Hizon is married to sports broadcaster and writer Patricia Bermudez-Hizon to whom he proposed on air Araneta Coliseum during halftime of a game in June 2003.
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Since retirement from basketball with the 2006 disbanding of the Valleydawgs, Vince Hizon has shifted his focus to more involvement with numerous environmental projects throughout the Philippines.
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Vince Hizon was voted as the first commissioner of the Filsports Basketball Association, an amateur community-based basketball league in the Philippines.