Fil-Am Nation Select Formation December 2019; 5 years ago (2019-12 ) Founders Alex Cabagnot Location Region served
Australia, North America, Europe, United Arab Emirates Parent organization
Fil-Foreign Nation Select Affiliations Fil-Can Nation Select (Canada)
Fil-Am Nation Select is a sports agency based in the United States. It also maintains a basketball team which plays in the Philippine -based NBTC League .
Background
Fil-Am Nation Select was established by former Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) player Alex Cabagnot along with his cousin Cris Gopez in December 2019. It was set up as a means to provide a platform for United States-based players with Filipino lineage, male or female, to showcase their skills so they could be scouted by leagues or possibly play for the Philippine national team.[ 1] [ 2]
Fil-Am Nation in partnership with the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas , the Philippines' national basketball federation, has been scouting players for the Philippine women's national team via try-outs since 2020.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
They also recruit players for baseball , ice hockey , and volleyball .[ 6] [ 7] [ 8] Philippine passport acquisition-related processes.[ 9]
In basketball leagues
Basketball team
Fil-Am Nation Select League NBTC League Head coach Byron Scott (men's)Championships
2 men's championships 2023–24 NBTC Division I
2024–25 NBTC Division I
2 NBTC finals appearances
The Fil-Am Nation Select women's team won the 2023 Smart-NBTC Girls Have Next title at the expense of NU Nazareth School.[ 10]
The Fil-Am Nation Select men's team lost the 2022–23 NBTC League season finals against NU Nazareth School.[ 11] NBTC League season, they won the title defeating Adamson Baby Falcons in the finals .[ 12]
The 2025 squad coached by Byron Scott ,[ 13] [ 14]
Affiliated organizations
A bigger organization, the Fil-Foreign Nation Select is meant to serve Filipinos of foreign descent. As of 2020, there are two subsidiary organizations; Fil-Am Nation Select and a Fil-Can Nation Select with the latter catering to Filipino Canadians .[ 1]
See also
References
^ a b Leongson, Randolph (April 30, 2020). "Cabagnot's group sets up platform to identify cream of Fil-Am crop" . Sports Interactive Network Philippines . Retrieved April 3, 2025 . ^ Reyes, Kate (December 24, 2020). "Bo Perasol to Fil-Am hopefuls: 'In PH, basketball is food on the table' . Sports Interactive Network Philippines . Retrieved April 3, 2025 . ^ Micaller, Bea (May 6, 2021). "3 Fil-Am prospects inch closer to making it to Gilas Women" . GMA News . Retrieved April 3, 2025 . ^ Micaller, Bea (May 20, 2021). "SBP ties up with Fil-Am Nation Select for Gilas Women US tryouts; Molina, De Jesus, Fajardo among invites" . GMA News . Retrieved April 3, 2025 . ^ "Finding Fil-Ams will only lead to good things for Gilas Women, says Aquino" . Tiebreaker Times . June 4, 2021. Retrieved April 3, 2025 .^ "Fil-Am Nation holds tryouts for Baseball NT" . Tiebreaker Times . December 23, 2021. Retrieved April 3, 2025 .^ Li, Matthew (April 11, 2021). "Cruz twins to help Petro Gazz identify Fil-Am talents" . Tiebreaker Times . Retrieved April 3, 2025 . ^ Li, Matthew (February 11, 2021). "Iris Tolenada named Fil-Am Nation's volleyball director" . Tiebreaker Times . Retrieved April 3, 2025 . ^ Ganglani, Naveen (April 15, 2024). "Fil-Nation Select hopes NBTC success leads to progress" . All-Star . Retrieved April 3, 2025 . ^ "Smart NBTC: Nina Emnace shines as Fil-Nation outclasses NUNS for girls' crown" . Tiebreaker Times . March 19, 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2025 .^ "Fil-Am Nation, Adamson to contest 2024 NBTC Nationals crown" . ABS-CBN News . March 23, 2024. Retrieved April 3, 2025 .^ "Andy Gemao ends Fil-Am Nation's drought, claims NBTC crown against Adamson" . Tiebreaker Times . March 24, 2024. Retrieved April 3, 2025 .^ "Former NBA coach Byron Scott embraces new challenge with Fil-Am Nation Select" . ABS-CBN . April 1, 2025. Retrieved April 3, 2025 .^ "Fil-Am Nation retains NBTC title, overcomes Kieffer Alas, Phenom" . Tiebreaker Times . April 6, 2025. Retrieved April 7, 2025 .
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