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Stanley Pringle
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Pringle with the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel in 2020
No. 11 – Terrafirma Dyip
Shooting guard
Personal information
Born (1987-03-05) March 5, 1987 (age 38)
San Diego, California, U.S.
Nationality Filipino / American
High school Landstown (Virginia Beach, Virginia)
Listed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight 185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
College
  • Pasco–Hernando State (2005–2007)
  • Penn State (2007–2009)
NBA Draft 2014 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall
Selected by the Globalport Batang Pier
Pro career 2009–present
League PBA
Career history
2009–2010 Leuven Bears
2010–2011 Siarka Tarnobrzeg
2011–2012 Dnipro-Azot
2012–2013 Indonesia Warriors
2014–2019 GlobalPort / NorthPort Batang Pier
2019–2024 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
2024–present Terrafirma Dyip
Career highlights and awards
  • 4× PBA champion (2019 Governors', 2020 Philippine, 2021 Governors', 2022–23 Commissioner's)
  • PBA Best Player of the Conference (2020 Philippine)
  • 7× PBA All-Star (2015–2019, 2023, 2024)
  • 2× PBA Mythical First Team (2018, 2020)
  • 2× PBA Mythical Second Team (2015, 2019)
  • PBA Rookie of the Year (2015)
  • PBA All-Rookie Team (2015)
  • PBA scoring champion (2018)
  • ABL champion (2012)
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Philippines
Southeast Asian Games
Gold 2019 Philippines Team

Stanley Wayne Andres Pringle Jr. (born March 5, 1987) is a Filipino-American professional basketball player. He plays for the Terrafirma Dyip team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Stanley played college basketball for Pasco–Hernando State College and then for Penn State. He was the very first player picked in the 2014 PBA draft.

Early Life and High School Basketball

Stanley Pringle's father was in the US Navy, and his mother is Filipina. Because of his father's work, Stanley lived in Korea and Japan when he was young. He started playing basketball in Japan at age six. He was so good that he often played against older kids.

When his family moved back to Virginia, he joined a local team called the Virginia Beach Heat. Stanley was the main point guard for Landstown High School for four years. In his final year, he scored about 18 points and made 6 assists per game. He helped his team get a great record of 22 wins and only 3 losses. He was named the Virginia Beach Player of the Year. Stanley scored over 1,100 points in his high school career.

College Basketball Journey

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Pringle played for Penn State from 2007 to 2009.

Stanley started his college basketball career at Pasco-Hernando State College. He was the team captain there. In his first year, he was named Freshman-of-the-Year. In his second year, he was named Player-of-the-Year for his conference. He scored almost 19 points per game and made 5 assists.

After two years, he moved to Penn State. During the 2007–2008 season, Stanley played in all 31 games. He scored almost 7 points per game. In 2008–09, he helped his team win the National Invitation Tournament. He averaged nearly 13 points, 3 rebounds, and 3 assists per game. People said he was one of the fastest players in his league. He also had a very high vertical jump, showing how athletic he was. He finished college in 2009.

Playing Basketball Around the World

After college, Stanley played basketball in different countries. In 2009, he joined the Leuven Bears in Belgium. The next year, he played for Siarka Tarnobrzeg in Poland. There, he averaged over 12 points and 2 steals per game. Then, he played for Dnipro Azot in Ukraine, where he averaged 15 points and 4 assists.

In 2012, Stanley played for the Indonesia Warriors. He helped them win the championship! He was a key player, scoring over 18 points and making over 6 assists per game.

PBA Career Highlights

Starting in the PBA

In 2014, Stanley decided to join the 2014 PBA draft. Many experts thought he would be the first player picked, and they were right! On August 24, GlobalPort Batang Pier chose him as the first overall pick. At 27 years old, he was the oldest player to be picked first in the PBA draft at that time. In 2015, he won the Rookie of the Year award. He was also named to the Mythical Second Team.

On September 1, 2017, he scored 30 points in a game, which was his highest score at that time. On June 22, 2018, he scored an amazing 50 points in one game! He also made 9 three-pointers in that game. He even made it to the finals of the 3-point shootout during the 2018 PBA All-Star Week.

Joining Barangay Ginebra San Miguel

In June 2019, Stanley was traded to Brgy. Ginebra. He quickly became a very important player for the team. He helped them win the 2019 PBA Governors' Cup championship. In the finals, he averaged over 18 points per game.

In the 2020 Season, Stanley led Ginebra to win their first Philippine Cup title since 2007. He was named the Best Player of the Conference for his great performance. He was also chosen for the Mythical Five that season. In the 2021 Season, he had to have surgery for a knee injury, which kept him from playing for a while.

Moving to Terrafirma Dyip

On July 13, 2024, Stanley Pringle was traded to the Terrafirma Dyip team. This trade also involved other players and draft picks.

PBA Career Statistics

Here are Stanley Pringle's average statistics from his PBA career:

Legend
  GP Games played   GS Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

As of the end of 2023–24 season

Season-by-season averages

Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2014–15 GlobalPort 31 28.9 .466 .358 .758 5.9 3.9 1.5 .1 14.0
2015–16 GlobalPort 34 38.9 .483 .398 .772 5.8 4.5 .8 .4 19.3
2016–17 GlobalPort 35 37.3 .489 .385 .844 6.1 3.7 .8 .3 18.9
2017–18 GlobalPort / NorthPort 33 39.0 .439 .346 .750 6.7 5.5 1.5 .2 21.0
2019 NorthPort 45 37.9 .456 .373 .765 4.7 4.3 1.5 .2 17.0
Barangay Ginebra
2020 Barangay Ginebra 22 36.1 .443 .383 .891 5.9 3.7 1.0 18.5
2021 Barangay Ginebra 14 37.7 .434 .343 .821 5.6 3.2 1.1 .1 16.5
2022 Barangay Ginebra 58 21.7 .452 .422 .759 2.8 2.0 .6 .0 8.2
2023 Barangay Ginebra 34 22.4 .429 .373 .480 2.4 1.7 1.0 .1 8.4
Career 306 32.2 .458 .378 .777 4.8 3.5 1.1 .1 15.0

Playing for the Philippines

Stanley Pringle has played for the Philippine national basketball team. He played in the 2018 Asian Games Men's Basketball tournament. His team finished in fifth place.

However, under FIBA rules, Stanley cannot play for the main 5-on-5 Philippine national team as a local player. This is because he did not get his Philippine passport before he turned 16 years old.

But Stanley can play for the country's 3x3 basketball team as a local player. The rules for 3x3 are different. In June 2018, Stanley played for the Philippine national 3x3 team. They competed in the 2018 FIBA 3x3 World Cup.

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