Collegiate Press Corps holds General Assembly and elections

CPC newly-elected officers- L-R: Abby Toralba (Malaya), JR Isaga (Rappler), UAAP Executive Director Atty. Rebo Saguisag, John Bryan Ulanday (The Philippine STAR), Justin Kenneth Carandang (GMA News Online), Lui Morales (One Sports), Mark Escarlote (Daily Tribune), Lance Agcaoili (Inquirer.net), Bea Micaller (GMA News Online)

A fresh mandate has been given to John Bryan Ulanday on Wednesday, as the scribe from The Philippine Star has been retained as the president of the Collegiate Press Corps for this season, covering both the 87th season of the UAAP and the centennial season of the NCAA.

Ulanday is set to serve his second straight term as the top man of the organization covering the two major collegiate leagues, after being nominated and voted by the members of the media present at the SMART-Araneta Coliseum.

Also re-elected to the same post is Abby Toralba of Malaya Business Insight as secretary.

Picked to be the Press Corps' vice presidents are John Remil Isaga of Rappler for the UAAP, JK Carandang for the NCAA, and Lui Morales of One Sports for Internal Affairs.

Serving as the Board of Directors for this term are Theodore Jurado of People's Journal, Peter Atencio of the Manila Standard, Bea Micaller of GMA News Online, Lance Agcaoili of Inquirer.net, and Mark Escarlote of the Daily Tribune.

Acting as advisers for these officers are Randolph Leongson of Cignal, Norman Lee Benjamin Riego of Spin.ph, Joey Villar of The Philippine STAR and Camille B. Naredo of ABS-CBN News.

Ulanday will be coming into his second year fresh from a bevy of new initiatives, among those were the integration of men’s volleyball and women’s basketball onto both the Annual Awards Night and Players of the Week honors for the first time, as well as the historic CPC Outreach Program that provided aid to a bevy of orphans in Manila — with a big help from both UAAP and NCAA officials and coaches.

For this new term, the CPC is set to introduce a weekly ranking of the collegiate teams, based on its thoroughly-crafted criteria. They are also planning on reviving its sportswriting workshop for the campus media covering the scene.

Backed by Discovery Suites and Tinapayan Festival as minor sponsors, it is also expected to introduce a Super Six award for next year's CPC Awards Night, which is the volleyball equivalent to the Mythical Team it hands out for basketball.