De La Salle Green Archers

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De La Salle Green Archers
De La Salle University
Logo of De La Salle Green Archers
LeagueUAAP
Joined1986
(NCAA founding member – 1924)
LocationCollege (DLSU) – 2401 Taft Avenue, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines
High School (DLSZ) – University Avenue, Ayala Alabang Village, Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines
Team colorsGreen La Salle colors.svg White
Women's teamLady Archers
Juniors' teamZobel Junior Archers
Seniors' general championships
  • UAAP: 3
    2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16
  • NCAA: 5
    1972–73, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1980–81
Juniors' general championships
  • UAAP: none
  • NCAA: 10
    1965–66, 1966–67 (DLSC High School)
    1971–72, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81 (LSGH)
Websitewww.dlsusports.com

The De La Salle Green Archers (also known simply as the Green Archers) are the men's varsity teams representing De La Salle University. The women's varsity teams are referred to as the De La Salle Lady Archers, De La Salle Lady Booters (women's football team), and De La Salle Lady Spikers (women's volleyball team). The school's varsity teams participate in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, among others. La Salle is represented in the high school level by De La Salle Zobel, and are known as the Zobel Junior Archers.

Athletic history[]

Green Archer Statue

The pre-war NCAA was established by De La Salle Christian Brother, Br. Celba John Lynam, FSC who also thought of the Green Archer as the official school mascot. Brother Lynam was inspired by William Tell, and the charitable works of Robin Hood. Brother Lynam, as an Irish-American, inspired the school's battle colors of green for his affinity to Ireland; and white for the Philippines, known as "The Pearl of the Orient Seas" of Asia. The De La Salle basketball players were first referred to as the Green Archers during the basketball games of NCAA Season 16 (1939–40), where De La Salle made its way to the finals and won against eventual archrival Ateneo in a stunning upset for its first basketball championship title in the seniors' division of the NCAA.[1] Accordingly, the news reporters who were covering De La Salle games at that time coined the team the "Green Archers" due in part to the De La Salle players' accurate shooting, similar to an Archer shooting a bull's eye on its intended target. The De La Salle Alumni Association (DLSAA) has three official mascots that are Green Archers: Gordo – the stout and jolly Green Archer, Flaco – the elderly and wise Green Archer, and Sally – the charming and friendly Lady Green Archer. The DLSU Green Archer statue standing at the central plaza was done by Ed Castrillo in 1985. It was first exhibited during the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee in 1986.

The pre-war De La Salle College (DLSC) was a founding member of the NCAA in 1924.[2] La Salle participated in the league for 57 years until the 1980–81 NCAA Season winning five NCAA General Championships in the process (1972–73, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1977–78, and 1980–81). La Salle announced its decision to withdraw from the NCAA in September of 1980.[3] The high school (juniors' division) counterpart were the Greenies from De La Salle College High School until 1968 when the then-high school in Taft Avenue, Manila was phased out and transferred to the then-new Green Hills Ortigas Avenue campus in Mandaluyong. The Greenies had won two General Championships. La Salle Green Hills (LSGH) was established in 1959 and was eventually made the high school counterpart of De La Salle College. It inherited the moniker Greenies and eventually became known as the Junior Archers. LSGH won eight General Championships until 1981 when La Salle withdrew from the NCAA.

From 1981 through 1985 the school participated in the PICUAA, invitational meets, interclub tournaments, and the National Open. De La Salle University (DLSU) then joined the UAAP in 1986.[4] La Salle chose the newly established De La Salle Zobel (DLSZ) as their UAAP Juniors counterpart. LSGH was later asked by De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde to compete as their juniors team in the NCAA when it applied and was accepted in 1998. Ever since joining the UAAP in 1986, DLSU has won three UAAP General Championships – Season 75 (2012–13),[5] Season 76 (2013–14),[6] and Season 78 (2015–16),[7] giving the university a combined eight General Championship titles in the seniors' division in the NCAA and UAAP. Notable Lasallian athletes and alumni are inducted into the DLSAA Sports Hall of Fame.[8]

Sports traditions[]

Alma Mater Hymn[]

In 1961, Br. Stephen Malachy, FSC took out a small harmonica during a class and shared a song that he and Br. Bonaventure Richard, FSC had recently composed to his students. The melody originated in San Joaquin Memorial High School (a Christian Brother school), in Fresno, California where Br. Malachy was assigned as a lyricist in the 1950s. The words were modified but the tune is the same. The song was first sung during a graduation in 1964. It was later adopted by the NCAA basketball team and cheerleaders in 1965 when La Salle lost to Mapua Tech, but the Lasallites stayed to sing the Alma Mater Hymn at the end of the game.[9] The song eventually became the alma mater theme of De La Salle College and other Lasallian institutions in the Philippines. The hymn is sung by students and alumni at the end of all La Salle gatherings with the gesture of continuously raising a clenched fist into the air. The De La Salle Alma Mater Song has since the 1960s been sung traditionally by all Lasallians in every Lasallian sports, alumni and school event in all 16 La Salle schools in the Philippines. De La Salle was the first school in any Philippine collegiate league to sing its Alma Mater Song after the end of each La Salle match in the NCAA – a practice now done by all schools in the NCAA and the UAAP.[10]

Animo La Salle[]

Animo is the traditional Lasallian word for "Spirit and Will to Fight" and it is also known as the "Invictus La Salle School Spirit".[10] Animo La Salle, the battle cry, was derived from the Lasallian spirit of "Faith & Zeal" of Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle and his Christian Brothers. The Lasallian spirit of "Faith" is symbolized by a radiant Signum Fidei Christmas Nativity Star of Bethlehem. The Lasallian spirit of "Zeal" on the other hand, is symbolized by three broken chevrons that represent the three broken leg bones suffered by Warrior Chieftain Johan Salla of Atphonus the Chaste, King of Oviedo Spain, who was the great grandfather of Saint La Salle who fought several battles to defend Christian Spain from invading Eastern armies. The ancient broken chevrons can be seen on the 1000-year-old royal coat of arms of the De La Salle family. The coat of arms contains the Latin motto Indivisa Manent which translates to being "Permanently Indivisible". This ancient motto of the De La Salle Family was carried over and presently translated into the modern tagline of De La Salle Philippines as "One La Salle".[11]

Cheerleading[]

The DLSU Animo Squad was originally known in its pre-war NCAA years as Br. John Lynam's 1924 LaS Rah! Rah! Boys, then in 1926 as the LSC Yell Commanders. The DLSC Squad was the first and oldest Collegiate Coed Spirit Team in the Philippines. It was renamed decades later on as the post-war DLSC Cheerleading Squad, then in the 1980s as the DLSU Pep Squad until 2008, when it was renamed later on by Br. Bernard Oca, FSC as the present DLSU Animo Squad. The DLSU Green & White Spirit Team has since then won five cheer dance podium finishes in the span of its UAAP participation, in 1994, 1996, 1998, 2011, and 2013. The original Lasallian cheerleading spirit team was formally established from 1924 to 1926 with four LaS Rah! Rah! Boys / LSC Yell Command pioneers. Brother John Lynam's pre-war LaS Rah! Rah! Boys, as well as his LSC and DLSC Yell Commanders up to Brother Bernard Oca's present DLSU Animo Squad, has been continuously cheerleading for 97 years. The original members of the LaS, LSC, and DLSC cheerleading squad were all male until the inclusion of its first female cheerleaders in the early 1970s. The DLSC cheerleading squad was the first spirit team in both the NCAA and UAAP to have female cheerleaders. The first female DLSC cheerleaders were then cross-enrollees from nearby St. Scholastica's College, Manila before De La Salle College turned co-educational in 1973. During De La Salle's pre-war years in the old NCAA, Lasallites enjoyed singing several pre-war battle songs such as "Men of La Salle!", "On Into The Fight – Green Archers Song", "Cheer! Cheer! For O'l De La Salle", the "De La Salle Victory Song", "Go La Salle Battle Song", and more.[12][13]

Sports[]

Basketball[]

La Salle has a total of 27 basketball championship titles in the NCAA and UAAP combined. Under its membership stint in the NCAA, La Salle won 11 championship titles – five under the men's division, and six under the juniors' division. In the UAAP, the school has 16 championship titles – nine in the men's division, five in the women's division, and two in the juniors' division.

Men's basketball[]

The De La Salle Green Archers in 2010

La Salle has five NCAA basketball titles – 1939, 1947, 1956, 1971, and 1974. The Green Archers won the coveted National Seniors Open Championship, a league participated by top commercial and college teams, twice in 1939 and 1949.[14][15] After bolting out of the NCAA in 1981, it participated in various tournaments. The Green Archers won the 1983 PABL Championship and 1983 National Open title.[16] La Salle has won three inter-collegiate titles. The school won the 1988 Philippine Intercollegiate Championship. This was later reformatted to become the Collegiate Champions League (CCL), which then became the current Philippine Collegiate Championship League (PCCL) with La Salle winning the championship in 2008 and 2013. The tournament has the same format as the US NCAA Division 1 Men's basketball tournament. College teams from all over the country participate in this officially sanctioned tournament by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP).[17]

The Green Archers have won nine UAAP basketball titles – 1989, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2013, and 2016. De La Salle is also known for its 4-peat UAAP championship streak from 1998 to 2001. La Salle defeated UST in overtime during the UAAP Season 76 basketball championship in 2013.[18][19][20] Its most recent championship was the 2016 UAAP Season 79 title. Under head coach Aldin Ayo La Salle defeated Ateneo in Game One 67–65 and completed the sweep in Game Two 79–72 during the best-of-three series.[21][22][23] Prior to the start of the UAAP season, the Green Archers participate in the Filoil Flying V Preseason Premier Cup where they have won four titles, the latest being the 2016 championship.[24] The Green Archers also participate in the Buddha Light International Association (BLIA) Cup, where they last won the championship in 2017.[25][26]

De La Salle's basketball program has produced its crop of national players and coaches. Among its revered players include Enrique "Totit" Valles, Leo Prieto, Bob Keesey, Ramoncito Campos, Valentin "Tito" Eduque, Eddie Decena, Manolet Araneta, Martin Urra, Kurt Bachmann, Joe Laganson, Tommy Manotoc, Mike Bilbao, Lim Eng Beng, Ricardo Brown, Franz Pumaren, Dindo Pumaren, Jun Limpot, Mark Telan, Don Allado, Ren-Ren Ritualo, Mike Cortez, Mark Cardona, JV Casio, Robert Bolick, Jeron Teng, and Ben Mbala.[27] Its great coaches have included Chito Calvo, Leo Prieto, Rogelio Lao, Tito Eduque, Ron Jacobs, Derrick Pumaren, Jong Uichico, Juno Sauler, Aldin Ayo, and Franz Pumaren who holds the distinction of leading his DLSU Green Archers to five UAAP basketball championship titles.

Notable players[]

Women's basketball[]

The Lady Archers have won a total of five championship titles. They were UAAP title holders from 1999 through 2002. Their most recent championship was in UAAP Season 76 in 2013.[28]

Football[]

La Salle has a total of 67 football championship titles in the NCAA and UAAP combined. Under its membership stint in the NCAA, La Salle won 51 championship titles – 21 under the men's division, and 30 under the juniors' division. In the UAAP, the school has 16 championship titles – four in the men's division, 11 in the women's division, and one in the juniors' division.

Men's football[]

De La Salle has the most number of football championships in Philippine NCAA history with a total of 21 collegiate championships.[29] The high school team has 30 championship trophies. The school's golden era of football was from 1932 through 1940 when La Salle was the Senior division NCAA champion 9 times. La Salle was also the Senior division champion from 1971 through 1977. The Juniors team was champion from 1937 through 1941 and 1971 through 1976. The school was NCAA double champions in both Junior and Senior divisions from 1937 through 1940. La Salle was also NCAA double champions in both Junior and Senior divisions from 1971 through 1976. DLSU left the NCAA after the 1980–81 Season and eventually transferred to the UAAP.

In the UAAP, the men's team has won four titles. The DLSU men's football team captured its first ever solo UAAP championship via a sweep in UAAP Season 57. The team was coached by Hans Smit.

In UAAP Season 54, DLSU was declared joint UAAP champions with UST.

In UAAP Season 56, La Salle lost to UST 4–0 in the championship game. The following year in UAAP Season 57, La Salle dethroned UST to win its second UAAP championship title.

In UAAP Season 58, the team lost to Ateneo de Manila University in the Finals.

In UAAP Season 59, DLSU won the Finals.

DLSU successfully defended its crown in UAAP Season 60 and captured back-to-back championships.[30]

Women's football[]

Main article: DLSU Lady Booters

Volleyball[]

La Salle has a total of 42 volleyball championship titles in the NCAA and UAAP combined. Under its membership stint in the NCAA, La Salle won 12 championship titles – four under the men's division, seven under the juniors' division, and one under the women's division. In the UAAP, the school has 30 championship titles – two in the men's division, 11 in the women's division, seven in the boys' division, and 10 in the girls' division.

Men's volleyball[]

The men's volleyball team has won a total of six championship titles. La Salle was 4-peat NCAA men's champions from Seasons 53 to 56 (1977–1980). The Green Spikers were also UAAP men's champions in Seasons 64 and 66.

Women's volleyball[]

Main article: DLSU Lady Spikers

Beach volleyball[]

The Lady Green Spikers were champions of the UAAP Season 78 Beach Volleyball tournament after defeating FEU in two finals games.[31]

Softball[]

La Salle has a total of 11 softball championship titles during their membership stint in the NCAA. In the seniors' division, La Salle won three titles. The Green Archers won their first NCAA softball championship in 1974, and were also back-to-back champions in 1976 and 1977. In the juniors' division, La Salle won eight titles. DLSC High School were back-to-back champions in 1966 and 1967. La Salle Green Hills then won five straight championships from 1970 to 1974. The last championship from LSGH came in 1980 before La Salle left the NCAA in 1981. The sport was discontinued in the NCAA in 1986.

Baseball[]

La Salle has a total of nine championship titles in UAAP Baseball. In UAAP Season 78, La Salle ended a 13-year title drought and beat Ateneo, who were the defending champions.[32][33] La Salle won their fifth championship title after defeating Ateneo in three games in the UAAP Season 81 Finals.[34][35] In the juniors' division, the De La Salle Zobel baseball team has won four titles. They won their first title in UAAP Season 74 when baseball was introduced in the juniors' division. They also won back-to-back titles in UAAP Season 76 and UAAP Season 77.[36] Their last championship was in UAAP Season 79.

Tennis[]

La Salle has a total of 29 tennis championship titles in the NCAA and UAAP. Since 1953 when the school won its first NCAA trophy, the men's team has won 14 titles. The Green Archers last won the championship in 2012 (UAAP Season 74). They defeated the NU Bulldogs 3–2 in the finals, completed a tournament sweep and posted an 11–0 win-loss record.

The women's team has won six titles since the introduction of tennis in the women's division in UAAP Season 64. They won their first title in 2003 (UAAP Season 65) and were champions from 2003 through 2005. In 2005 (UAAP Season 67), the Lady Archers defeated Ateneo in the finals. The Lady Archers were also back-to-back champions in UAAP Season 72 and UAAP Season 73, where they defeated the UST Tigresses. DLSU successfully defended the championship the following year. In UAAP Season 75, DLSU regained the championship from UST and completed their bid for a sixth overall title.[37] In the juniors' division, La Salle won nine NCAA championship titles.

Table tennis[]

La Salle has a total of 15 championship titles in UAAP Table Tennis. In the seniors' division, La Salle has won 11 table tennis championships, and posted a back-to-back double championship in 2014 and 2015.[38][39] In the men's division, the school took home their first trophy in 1997. The Green Paddlers were also champions in UAAP Seasons 76 to 78 (2013–2015). In the women's division, La Salle won their first title in 2004 and were champions in UAAP Seasons 77 to 80 (2014–2017).[40][41] Ian Lariba led the Lady Paddlers to multiple UAAP titles and won multiple MVPs. She competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics and was the Philippine Olympic Team flag bearer. In April 2019, Lariba's jersey was retired and raised to the La Salle rafters at the Enrique M. Razon Sports Center, the first time that DLSU retired a jersey of an athlete from a non-team sport.[42][43][44][45] In the juniors' division, La Salle has won four titles through double championships in UAAP Season 78 and UAAP Season 82.[46] La Salle holds the distinction of being the first team to win the gold in all the four gender groups of a particular UAAP sport through its table tennis teams in 2015.[47][48]

Badminton[]

La Salle has a total of six championship titles in collegiate badminton. The men's badminton team captured their first and only championship title in UAAP Season 70. The women's badminton team were title holders in UAAP Season 65 and back-to-back champions in UAAP Season 67 and UAAP Season 68. They secured their fourth championship in UAAP Season 72, and their fifth championship in UAAP Season 80.[49][50]

Swimming[]

La Salle has a total of 29 swimming championship titles in the NCAA and UAAP. In the seniors' division, La Salle has won 12 men's titles and four women's titles. The school won its first and only title in the NCAA in 1935. The last title of the men's team came in UAAP Season 74 in 2011. The men's team were twice 3-peat champions from UAAP Seasons 53 to 55 (1990–1992) and UAAP Season 63 to 65 (2000–2002). They were also back-to-back champions in UAAP Season 57 and UAAP Season 58. The women's team won their first title in UAAP Season 53 and were back-to-back champions in UAAP Season 65 and UAAP Season 66.

La Salle had swimming champions in the 1930s featuring the Von Giese brothers. Eric Buhain was an accomplished swimmer at an early age. He was a multiple gold medalist in the 1985, 1991, and 1993 SEA Games, and represented the Philippines in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Actor and model Enchong Dee led the Green Archers to the UAAP Season 72 title and in the process won seven gold medals in the 800 and 1,500 meter freestyle, 200 and 400 meter individual medley, as well as 50, 100, and 200 meter butterfly. He is also 3-time UAAP MVP. In the juniors' division, La Salle has nine NCAA titles and four UAAP titles.

Track and field[]

La Salle has a total of 27 track and field championship titles in the NCAA and UAAP. La Salle has won 13 men's track and field collegiate titles. From 1972 through 1978, the school won seven consecutive championships. During that run, Arthur Pons, the Philippine Decathlon champion, was a member of the 1972–1973 track teams. The last title came in 2004. In the juniors' division, La Salle won 14 titles in the NCAA.

Taekwondo and Poomsae[]

La Salle has a total of nine championship titles in UAAP Taekwondo. The men's Taekwondo team has won four titles – 1998, 1999, 2011, and 2013. The women's Taekwondo team has won five titles – 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, and 2012. Stephen Fernandez won the Taekwondo bronze medal during the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. In UAAP Poomsae, La Salle has won three championship titles. The first championship came in UAAP Season 79.[51][52][53] La Salle then won back-to-back titles in UAAP Season 81[54][55] and UAAP Season 82.[56][57][58]

Judo[]

The men's team won their first UAAP Judo title in 1992. In 2013, the women's team won their first championship and ended the school's 21-year title drought.[59][60]

Notable players[]

Chess[]

La Salle has a total of 20 championship titles in chess. In the seniors' division, La Salle has won seven men's titles and nine women's titles. The school holds the longest winning streak in UAAP Chess Championship history. La Salle was men's UAAP Chess 6-peat champions from 1999 through 2004. John Paul Gomez was Grandmaster in the 2008 World Chess Olympiad. Gomez won five MVP awards for chess and was also the 2009 UAAP Athlete of the Year.[61] The women's team were 4-peat champions from UAAP Seasons 73 to 76.[62][63] In the juniors' division, La Salle won four consecutive championships in NCAA Seasons 53 to 56 (1977–1980).

Seniors division[]

Presently, De La Salle University has won 182 collegiate championships in the men's and women's divisions combined. This includes championships while competing in the NCAA from 1924 through 1981 and UAAP from 1986 through the present. La Salle also has a total of eight General Championship titles, having won five in the NCAA and three in the UAAP. In the seniors' division, the school has a rich legacy in basketball (19 titles), chess (16 titles), football/soccer (36 titles), swimming (16 titles), track and field (13 titles), tennis (20 titles), table tennis (11 titles), and volleyball (18 titles).

The men's basketball team were 4-peat champions (1998–2001), chess team 6-peat champions (1999–2004), football/soccer team 9-peat champions (1932–1940), swimming team twice 3-peat champions (1990–1992 and 2000–2002), track and field team 7-peat champions (1972–1978), tennis team 3-peat champions (1956–1958), table tennis team 3-peat champions (2013–2015), and volleyball team 4-peat champions (1977–1980).

The university became co-educational in 1973. The women's basketball team were 4-peat champions (1999–2002), chess team 4-peat champions (2011–2014), football/soccer team 4-peat champions (2003–2006), tennis team 3-peat champions (2003–2005), table tennis team 4-peat champions (2014–2017) and volleyball team thrice 3-peat champions (2004–2006, 2011–2013, and 2016–2018). The De La Salle men's and women's basketball teams are the first and only 3-peat basketball champions in the same period (1999–2001) in the Final Four era of the UAAP.

Men's sports[]

  • Badminton (1) – 2007–08
  • Baseball (5) – 1995–96, 1999–00, 2002–03, 2015–16, 2018–19
  • Basketball (14) – 1939–40, 1947–48, 1956–57, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2007–08, 2013–14, 2016–17
  • Chess (7) – 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2014–15
  • Football (25) – 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98
  • Judo (1) – 1991–92
  • Softball (3) – 1974–75, 1976–77, 1977–78
  • Swimming (12) – 1935–36, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2009–10, 2011–12
  • Table Tennis (5) – 1997–98, 2000–01, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
  • Taekwondo (4) – 1997–98, 1998–99, 2010–11, 2013–14
  • Tennis (14) – 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1965–66, 1980–81, 1990–91, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2011–12
  • Track and Field (13) – 1925–26, 1926–27, 1933–34, 1935–36, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1980–81, 2004–05
  • Volleyball (6) – 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 2001–02, 2003–04

Women's sports[]

  • Badminton (5) – 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2017–18
  • Basketball (5) – 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2013–14
  • Beach Volleyball (1) – 2015–16
  • Chess (9) – 2002–03, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19
  • Football (11) – 1995–96, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
  • Judo (1) – 2013–14
  • Swimming (4) – 1990–91, 1996–97, 2002–03, 2003–04
  • Table Tennis (6) – 2004–05, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
  • Taekwondo (5) – 1997–98, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2012–13
  • Tennis (6) – 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13
  • Volleyball (12) – 1975–76, 1999–00, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18

Co-ed sports[]

  • Poomsae (3) – 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20
  • Street dance (4) – 2010–11, 2011–12, 2016–17, 2018–19

Juniors division[]

The junior teams representing La Salle have won 119 high school championships including 10 NCAA General Championship titles. The first two General Championships were won by DLSC High School and the other eight were won by La Salle Green Hills (LSGH). During their membership stint in the NCAA, La Salle's juniors team was represented first by DLSC High School from 1924 to 1968, followed by La Salle Green Hills from 1969 up to 1981 when La Salle withdrew from the league. Presently in the UAAP, La Salle is represented by De La Salle Zobel (DLSZ) ever since it was admitted into the league in 1986.

Boys’ sports[]

  • Baseball (4) – 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17
  • Basketball (8) – 1924–25, 1931–32, 1934–35, 1939–40, 1951–52, 1955–56, 2005–06, 2007–08
  • Chess (4) – 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81
  • Football (31) – 1924–25, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1955–56, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1980–81, 2007–08
  • Softball (8) – 1966–67, 1967–68, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1980–81
  • Swimming (10) – 1934–35, 1935–36, 1938–39, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 2018–19
  • Table Tennis (2) – 2015–16, 2019–20
  • Tennis (9) – 1949–50, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1965–66, 1979–80
  • Track and Field (14) – 1925–26, 1926–27, 1933–34, 1935–36, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1969–70, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79
  • Volleyball (14) – 1965–66, 1966–67, 1971–72, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999-00, 2003–04

Girls’ sports[]

  • Swimming (3) – 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
  • Table Tennis (2) – 2015–16, 2019–20
  • Volleyball (10) – 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2018–19

Other notable athletic alumni[]

  • Paeng Nepomuceno – Four-time World Cup of Bowling Champion
  • Luis Gabriel Moreno – Archery Gold medalist – 2014 Nanjing Summer Youth Olympics (first Filipino to win Gold in IOC Youth Olympics)
  • Stephen Fernandez – Taekwondo Bronze medalist – 1992 Barcelona Olympics; Taekwondo Gold – 1987 SEA Games
  • John Paul Gomez – Chess grandmaster, Filipino Chess Champion (2008), 5-time Filipino World Chess Olympiad team member (2008–2018), 5-time UAAP MVP Award winner for chess and Season 71 (2008–2009) UAAP Athlete of the Year
  • Edna Ledesma-Asano – Dance Sport Blackpool World Champion – 2005; DLSAA Sports Achievement Award
  • Marcus Araneta Valda – Individual Gold in Greco-Roman Wrestling – 2003 SEA Games; Individual Gold Freestyle Wrestling – 2003 and 2005 SEA Games; DLSAA Sports Achievement Award
  • John Paul Lizardo – Men's TKD Finweight gold; DLSAA Sports Achievement Award
  • Eric Buhain – Multiple Swimming Gold – 1985, 1991, and 1993 SEA Games; Olympian – 1992 Summer Olympics; Chairman, Philippine Sports Commission; Chairman, Philippine Games and Amusement Board
  • Joseph Orillana – 2007 Baseball Philippines MVP and Best Pitcher; Baseball Team Gold; DLSAA Sports Achievement Award
  • Liza del Rosario – Bowling Gold – 2005 SEA Games
  • Poch Juinio – Alaska – 1996 PBA Grand Slam Champions; 2000 PBA All-Filipino Finals MVP
  • Yeng Guiao – 2009 and 2019 Philippine National Basketball Team Head Coach; Multi-titled PBA championship coach
  • Perry Ronquillo – 1998–1999 PBA championship coach

Enrique M. Razon Sports Center[]

The Enrique M. Razon Sports Center is a 10-storey building that is the main sports facility of De La Salle University. It was built in 1998 to replace the old Br. Athanasius Sports Complex that was demolished in 2000 to give way for the construction of the Don Enrique T. Yuchengco Hall. The Sports Center stands on a 3,155-square-meter (33,960 sq ft) lot located at the corner of Fidel Reyes (formerly named Agno) and Noli Streets. It has an Olympic-sized pool and track and field oval with a balcony. It has basketball and volleyball courts. It also has table tennis courts, a dance and martial arts studio, and weight training rooms.[64][65] The George T. Yang Performing Arts Studios are located on the sixth floor of the building.[66][67]

Rivalry with Ateneo[]

Main article: Ateneo–La Salle rivalry

Rivalry with UST[]

Main article: La Salle–UST rivalry

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