Gian Chiu | |
Nationality: | Filipino |
Birth Date: | 20 January 1989 |
Birth Place: | Quezon City, Philippines |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 9 |
Weight Lbs: | 225 |
High School: | Ateneo High School Desert Christian Academy |
College: | Oberlin (2007–2009) |
Draft Year Pba: | 2012 |
Draft Round Pba: | 2 |
Draft Pick Pba: | 27 |
Draft Team Pba: | B-Meg Llamados |
Career Start: | 2013 |
Career End: | 2014 |
Career Position: | Center |
Years1: | 2013–2014 |
Team1: | San Mig Coffee Mixers |
Years2: | 2014 |
Team2: | Barako Bull Energy Cola |
Highlights: |
Gian Chiu (born January 20, 1989) is a Filipino former professional basketball player. He last played for Barako Bull Energy of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He was drafted 27th overall in the 2012 PBA Draft by the B-Meg Llamados.
Chiu started his high school career in the Philippines with the Ateneo High School. Chiu found his way to the States after a Golden State Warriors scout discovered him, and that scout, who happened to be a friend of one of the assistant coaches at Desert Christian, recommended the assistant coach to recruit Chiu.[1] As a senior at Desert Christian, Chiu averaged 16.6 points, 11.7 rebounds and 1.3 blocked shots. He hit 52% from the field, scored at least 20 points in eight of 24 games and fired a high of 29 in Desert Christian’s 62-48 win over Bloomington Christian. Chiu earned All-Conference second team honors and was named for the World Quest Academic team for being an A-student.
Chiu is part of the 2007-08/2008-09 Oberlin Yeomen men's basketball team. He played in 25 of Oberlin’s 26 games in first season with Yeomen. As a freshman, Chiu was one of three players to start more than 17 games (21), compile three double-figure games including a career-high 15 against Kenyon (2/13/08). He led the team in charges taken with 11. He finished the season being third on the team in field goal percentage (.462). Chiu was among the team leaders in blocked shots (2nd – 12), rebounds (3rd – 57), scoring (5th – 5.4 points per game), and minutes played (5th – 19.8 per game).[2]
Chiu was the 27th overall pick in the 2012 PBA draft by the B-Meg Llamados.
[3] [4] |-| style="text-align:left;"| 2007-08| style="text-align:left;"| Oberlin College| 25 || 19.76 || .462 || 0 || 0.619 || 2.3 || 0.4 || 0.24 || 0.48 || 5.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2008-09| style="text-align:left;"| Oberlin College| 6 || 4.3 || .4 || 0 || 0 || 0.7 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 0 || 0.7