Jay Washington

Jay Washington

No. 23 – GlobalPort Batang Pier
Position	Power forward / Center
League	PBA
Personal information
Born	November 10, 1981 San Antonio, Zambales, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino / American
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school	Osbourn High School, Manassas, VA. & Masters School, Dobbs Ferry, NY
College	Eckerd (2001–2004)
PBA draft	2005 Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall
Selected by the Air21 Express
Playing career	2005–present
Career history
2005–2008	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
2008–2013	San Miguel Beermen / Petron Blaze Boosters
2013–2014	GlobalPort Batang Pier
2014–2015	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
2015–present	GlobalPort Batang Pier
Career highlights and awards
3× PBA champion (2009 Fiesta, 2011 Governors', 2015 Commissioner's) 3× PBA Mythical First Team (2007, 2009, 2010) PBA Mythical Second Team (2011) 2× PBA Best Player of the Conference (2010 Fiesta, 2010–11 Philippine) 3× PBA All-Star (2009, 2011, 2013)
Medals Men's Basketball Representing  Philippines FIBA Asia Cup 2014 Wuhan Team

Anthony Jay Washington Vea (born November 10, 1981) is a Filipino-American professional basketball who plays for the GlobalPort Batang Pier in the PBA.^[1]

College career

Born in Zambales, Philippines, Washington played for the Eckerd College Tritons during his college career.^[2] In 2002, he had per-game averages of 20.5 pts (on 36% 3PT shooting) and 3.9 rebs in 32 games. He then raised his averages to 21.7 pts and 5.5 rebs in 32 games the next season.^[3] For his senior season, Washington was named to the Sunshine State Conference All Tournament Team.^[3] Washington also suited up for the Gwinnett Grizzlies at the 2004 LA Summer Pro League.^[3]

Professional career

Washington was selected 1st overall draft pick in 2005 PBA draft by the FedEx Express and was traded to the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals during draft day. Despite putting good numbers, high expectations and the deep rotation of Talk 'N Text led him to being traded to the San Miguel Beermen in 2008 in exchange for the draft rights of 2008 3rd overall pick Jayson Castro. During the 2010 PBA Fiesta Conference, he was awarded the Best Player of the Conference. He is a three time Mythical First Team Awardee in the PBA. He was then awarded another Best Player of the Conference Award during Game 4 of the 2010–11 PBA Philippine Cup Finals.

On June 11, 2013, Washington was sent to the GlobalPort Batang Pier after a trade that also sent Japeth Aguilar from GlobalPort to Barangay Ginebra.^[4]

On September 22, 2014, he was traded from GlobalPort to Talk 'N Text for Nonoy Baclao, rookie Harold Arboleda and the rights for Talk 'N Text's 2nd round pick in the 2018 draft. This trade is a part of a series of trades between Talk 'N Text, GlobalPort, and NLEX Road Warriors. He returned to Talk 'N Text after playing his first 3 seasons in the PBA with the Texters.

PBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	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

Correct as of August 13, 2015^[5]

Season-by-season averages

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2005–06	Talk 'N Text	18	15.1	.336	.152	.619	3.7	.9	.3	.4	5.3
2006–07	Talk 'N Text	61	29.0	.475	.241	.653	7.1	1.7	.6	.6	13.5
2007–08	Talk 'N Text	37	27.2	.458	.305	.692	7.4	1.8	.6	.8	12.6
2008–09	San Miguel	52	29.8	.473	.352	.647	7.5	2.1	.6	.6	12.8
2009–10	San Miguel	41	32.3	.435	.275	.820	7.1	1.9	.7	.5	14.6
2010–11	San Miguel / Petron Blaze	35	35.0	.410	.283	.662	9.5	2.3	.5	1.1	15.9
2011–12	Petron Blaze	14	27.3	.439	.351	.818	6.3	2.2	.8	.7	14.4
2012–13	Petron Blaze / GlobalPort	41	26.5	.370	.273	.716	6.6	1.3	.4	.9	9.6
2013–14	GlobalPort	28	33.3	.435	.325	.795	7.5	1.9	1.1	.5	15.6
2014–15	Talk 'N Text	47	19.6	.347	.276	.822	3.9	.9	.4	.4	7.0
Career		374	28.0	.429	.291	.711	6.8	1.7	.6	.7	12.2

References

1. "TEXTERS BAG J-WASH, GANUELAS". Inquirer.net. September 22, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
2. "Jay Washington". RealGM. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
3. Eckerd College News & Events
4. Carlo Pamintuan (June 11, 2013). "PBA: GlobalPort deals Japeth Aguilar to Ginebra, acquires Jay Washington from Petron". GMA News. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
5. "PBA Online: Jay Washington".