Stanley Wayne Andres Pringle Jr. (born March 5, 1987) is a Filipino-American professional

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player for the

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of the

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(PBA). Pringle played college basketball for Pasco–Hernando State College for 2 years and for

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in his last two years in college. He was the top overall pick of the 2014 PBA draft.

Early life and high school career

Pringle is the son of a former

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veteran and a Filipina mother. Being in the US Navy, the Pringle family spent time in Korea and Japan. Pringle started playing basketball in a Japanese youth Navy league at the age of six. Because his basketball talent and skills were beyond those of his age group abroad, Stanley competed against older kids. After moving back to

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with his family, he was picked up by the Virginia Beach Heat, a local

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team coached by Steve Strausbaugh and Norman Hassell. Pringle was the starting point-guard of Landstown High School in

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for four years. As a senior, he averaged 18.3 points and 6.1 assists per game to lead his team to a 22–3 record and the Virginia Class AAA state tournament final. For these exploits, he was named first-team all-state by the coaches, second team by the Associated Press, and was named the Virginia Beach Player of the Year. Pringle scored 1,100 career points in his high school career and was the captain of the team for two years.

College career

Pringle spent his first two years of college basketball at Pasco-Hernando State College, being the team captain under coach Bobby Bowman. As a freshman, he led the Conquistadors to a third-place finish on a 15–15 record in the

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. This with per-game averages of 16.5 points and 3.8 assists earned him 2006 Suncoast Conference Freshman-of-the-Year and first-team all-conference honors. As a sophomore, he was 2007 Suncoast Conference Player-of-the-Year, first-team Florida Community College Athletic Association All-State selection, and earned an honorable-mention

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All-American for leading his team to a 19–12 record on 18.9 points, 5.5 assists, 5.0 rebounds, and 1.2 steals per game. He then transferred to play two years at

. For the 2007–2008 season, Pringle played in all 31 games, starting 12 of them. He averaged 6.9 points and 2.3 assists per game, shot a team-best 40.9 percent from three-point range, and had seven double-digit scoring games. In 2008–09, Pringle helped his team win the

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while averaging 12.75 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.8 assists while shooting 45.3% from the field and ranking 6th in the Big Ten in three point shooting percentage with 45%. Described as one of the quickest and fastest players in the conference, Pringle had his team's highest vertical leaping ability at 37 inches and won a pre-season Nittany Lion slam-dunk contest. In 2008, Pringle was charged by the Penn State Police for an incident involving public masturbation. He graduated in 2009 with a degree in Labor Studies and Employment Relations with a concentration in Human Resources.

International career

In 2009, Pringle tried out in a camp for Filipino-American prospects of the

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-Philippine national basketball team in

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. Shortly after, he signed up with the

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. He spent the next season with Siarka Tarnobrzeg in

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, where he averaged 12.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.4 steals per game. Pringle then played for Dnipro Azot in

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, averaging 15.0 points, 4.6 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game. In 2012, he played for the

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, leading them to the championship with 18.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game.

PBA career

Globalport Batang Pier

In 2014, Pringle decided to apply for the 2014 PBA draft. He was predicted by many sports analysts to be that year's first overall selection. On August 24, he was picked by

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who held the first pick. At age 27, he was also the oldest player to be picked first overall in the PBA draft until 28 year old Christian Standhardinger was drafted by the

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three years later. Pringle won the 2015 Rookie of the Year award in the PBA and was also included in the Mythical Second Team. On September 1, 2017, he had a then career-high 30 points in a win against the

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. On June 22, 2018, he scored a career-high 50 points including 9 three-pointers in a 133–115 win against Columbian Dyip. That year, he made it to the finals of the 3-point shootout during the 2018 All-Star Week, losing to James Yap. He also led the league in points and turnovers that season.

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel

In June 2019, Pringle was traded to Brgy. Ginebra. He was a vital part of the team where they won the 2019 PBA Governors' Cup championship. He averaged 18.4 points a game in the

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series. In the 2020 Season, he led Ginebra to their first Philippine Cup title since 2007, was named Best Player of the Conference, and led that season's Mythical Five. In the 2021 Season, he was ruled out for the rest of the conference after undergoing surgery for his meniscus injury.

PBA career statistics

''As of the end of 2021 season''

Season-by-season averages

, - , align=left , , align=left , GlobalPort , 31 , , 28.9 , , .466 , , .358 , , .758 , , 5.9 , , 3.9 , , 1.5 , , .1 , , 14.0 , - , align=left , , align=left , GlobalPort , 34 , , 38.9 , , .483 , , .400 , , .772 , , 5.8 , , 4.5 , , .8 , , .4 , , 19.3 , - , align=left , , align=left , GlobalPort , 35 , , 37.3 , , .489 , , .385 , , .844 , , 6.1 , , 3.7 , , .8 , , .3 , , 18.9 , - , align=left , , align=left , GlobalPort / NorthPort , 33 , , 39.0 , , .439 , , .346 , , .750 , , 6.7 , , 5.5 , , 1.5 , , .2 , , 21.0 , - , align=left rowspan=2, , align=left , NorthPort , rowspan=2, 45 , , rowspan=2, 37.9 , , rowspan=2, .456 , , rowspan=2, .373 , , rowspan=2, .765 , , rowspan=2, 4.7 , , rowspan=2, 4.3 , , rowspan=2, 1.5 , , rowspan=2, .2 , , rowspan=2, 17.0 , - , align=left , Barangay Ginebra , - , align=left , , align=left , Barangay Ginebra , 22 , , 36.1 , , .443 , , .383 , , .891 , , 5.9 , , 3.7 , , 1.0 , , – , , 18.5 , - , align=left , , align=left , Barangay Ginebra , 14 , , 37.7 , , .434 , , .343 , , .821 , , 5.6 , , 3.2 , , 1.1 , , .1 , , 16.5 , -class=sortbottom , align="center" colspan=2 , Career , 214 , , 36.6 , , .461 , , .370 , , .792 , , 5.8 , , 4.2 , , 1.2 , , .2 , , 18.0

International career

Pringle debuted for the Philippine national basketball team on the 2018 Asian Games Men's Basketball which finished fifth place. Pringle is not eligible to play for the Philippine national basketball team as a local player under

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guidelines since he failed to secure a Philippine passport before he turned 16 years old. As a holder of a Philippine passport, Pringle is eligible to play for the country's 3x3 side as a local unlike in the full 5-a-side national team which has stricter requirements. In June 2018, Pringle debuted for the country's

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national team which played in the 2018 FIBA 3x3 World Cup in

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International career statistics

, - , align=left , 2010–11 , align=left , Siarka , PLK , 20 , , 31.0 , , .427 , , .329 , , .679 , , 3.3 , , 2.5 , , 2.4 , , .0 , , 12.3 , - , align=left , 2011–12 , align=left , Dnipro-Azot , UBSL , 36 , , 31.1 , , .458 , , .399 , , .823 , , 3.5 , , 4.6 , , 1.3 , , .1 , , 15.0 , - , align=left , 2012–13 , align=left ,

, ABL , 12 , , 32.5 , , .423 , , .291 , , .684 , , 5.5 , , 3.2 , , 1.4 , , .1 , , 15.8 , -class=sortbottom , align="center" colspan=2 , Career , International League , 68 , , 31.3 , , .436 , , .339 , , .728 , , 3.8 , , 3.8 , , 1.6 , , .1 , , 14.3

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pringle, Stanley 1987 births Living people African-American basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Belgium American expatriate basketball people in Poland American expatriate basketball people in Ukraine American men's basketball players American sportspeople of Filipino descent Asian Games competitors for the Philippines Barangay Ginebra San Miguel players Basketball players at the 2018 Asian Games Basketball players from San Diego Competitors at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games Filipino expatriate basketball people in Indonesia Filipino men's 3x3 basketball players Filipino men's basketball players Junior college men's basketball players in the United States Leuven Bears players NorthPort Batang Pier players Penn State Nittany Lions basketball players Philippine Basketball Association All-Stars Philippines men's national basketball team players Philippines national 3x3 basketball team players Point guards Shooting guards Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for the Philippines Southeast Asian Games competitors for the Philippines Southeast Asian Games medalists in basketball NorthPort Batang Pier draft picks 21st-century African-American sportspeople Citizens of the Philippines through descent