However, three athletes from Mindanao recently got an award for shining bright academically and in their chosen sports.
The UAAP officiants awarded Ivo Nikolai Enot, a high school swimming scholar from Ateneo de Manila, Sara Dalagan, a high school chess scholar from National University, and Ruelle Canino, a high school chess scholar from Far Eastern University with Athlete-Scholar Award.
Enot is a native of Davao City while Dalagan and Canino hail from Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental.
The three have shown that Mindanao-based scholars will not only excel in sports but in academics as well. (Romeo Braceros Jr.)