Kelvin dela Peña

This is a Philippine name. The family name dela Peña is sometimes transliterated as dela Pena.
Kelvin dela Peña

Kelvin dela Peña(center) is named MVP and one of Mythical 5 members of the 2007 NCAA Season 83.
No. 12 – San Miguel Beermen
Position Point Guard / Shooting Guard
League PBA
Personal information
Born January 19, 1984
Manila, Philippines
Nationality Filipino / Canadian
Listed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight 175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school Bishop McNally High School
College Mapúa Institute of Technology
PBA draft 2008 Round: 2 / Pick: 15th overall
Selected by the Alaska Aces
Pro career 2008–present
Career history
Career highlights and awards
  • 2005 NCAA Rookie of the Year
  • 2007 NCAA Most Valuable Player
  • 2007 NCAA Mythical First Team

Kelvin Charles C. Dela Peña (born January 19, 1984 Makati, Philippines) is a Filipino-Canadian professional basketball athlete who played shooting guard for the Alaska Aces of the PBA and the San Miguel Beermen of the ASEAN Basketball League.

Personal life

Dela Peña was raised in Calgary Alberta, Canada where he began his basketball career and suited up for Mount Royal University Cougars. He was named in the All-Canadian team at age of 17 and decided to pursue a career as a professional basketball athlete in the Philippines at age of 20. Dela Peña is the youngest son of Susan Chicote-dela Peña and of former Mapuan / San Miguel PBA athlete Ricardo dela Peña, and brother to Richard dela Peña, who also has an accomplished background in basketball.

National Collegiate Athletic Association

As a college athlete in the Philippines, Kelvin played four seasons with the NCAA's Mapúa Institute of Technology team, and Philippine Basketball League as well as was a member of the RP team. In his four seasons as a Mapua Cardinal he was awarded NCAA Season 81 Rookie of the Year, NCAA Season 83 Most Valuable Player, NCAA Season 83 Mythical Five and took the Cardinals to their final 4 stints all four of his college years earning him the titles of "King Cardinal" and "The Comeback Kid". Towards the final weeks before finishing his senior season of NCAA 84, Dela Pena began to suffer from back spasms and played through the pain to assure that the cardinals qualified in the final 4.

Professional career

Kelvin Dela Peña was drafted 15th overall in the second round in the PBA draft and suited up for the Alaska Aces of the Philippine Basketball Association from 2008-2010. Shortly after being drafted he suffered from 3 herniated discs in his lower back and a pinched sciatic nerve and was given limited time on the court. After his two years with the aces he took a year off to recover and in September 2011, Dela Peña became a member of the San Miguel Beermen of the ASEAN Basketball League. He is currently playing basketball in his home town of Calgary Canada for the Calgary Crush; the only Western Canadian team in the American Basketball Association .

References

Preceded by
Gabby Espinas		 NCAA Seniors' Basketball Rookie of the Year
2005 		Succeeded by
Sam Ekwe
Preceded by
Sam Ekwe		 NCAA Seniors' Basketball Most Valuable Player
2007 		Succeeded by
Sam Ekwe