Andy Mark C. Barroca is a professional Filipino

Filipino people

The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....

 basketball player who recently played for the national team Smart Gilas

Smart Gilas

Smart Gilas Pilipinas is a developmental Philippine national basketball team sponsored by Smart Communications and the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas...

 owned by Filipino businessman, Manuel V. Pangilinan

Manuel V. Pangilinan

Manuel V Pangilinan , also known as Manny Pangilinan and MVP, is a Filipino businessman. He is the Chairman of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, from 1998 up to the present....

 and currently plays for the B-Meg Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association

Philippine Basketball Association

The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...

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Amateur career

Barroca played for Far Eastern University

FEU Tamaraws

The FEU Tamaraws is the collegiate men's varsity team of Far Eastern University in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines...

 Senior Basketball team in University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) from 2009 to 2010. In his first season with the Tamaraws

FEU Tamaraws

The FEU Tamaraws is the collegiate men's varsity team of Far Eastern University in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines...

, he immediately made an impact as he averaged 10.31 points, 2.81 assists, and 1.5 steals per game. In his second season, he improved his averages to 12.71 points, 2.71 assists, and 1.57 steals.

Career Highlights

Barroca is currently under the roster of the national team, Smart Gilas

Smart Gilas

Smart Gilas Pilipinas is a developmental Philippine national basketball team sponsored by Smart Communications and the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas...

, headed by coach Rajko Toroman

Rajko Toroman

Rajko Toroman is a Serbian professional basketball coach. He is currently the Philippines National Team Project Director for Basketball having been hired by country’s basketball federation Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas...

. He joined the national team, together with his other teammates from FEU, Mac Baracael and Aldrech Ramos. When Smart Gilas

Smart Gilas

Smart Gilas Pilipinas is a developmental Philippine national basketball team sponsored by Smart Communications and the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas...

 participated in the 2011 PBA Commissioner's Cup

2011 PBA Commissioner's Cup

-Air21-Alaska series:-Talk 'N Text-Air21 series:-Smart Gilas-Barangay Ginebra series:-Finals:- Imports :The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once, with the returning imports in italics...

 where the team finished in second place after the elimination round, Barroca averaged 8.23 points and 2.69 assists in 17.23 minutes of play.

2011 PBA Draft

Barroca, along with 33 other rookies led by Gilas

Smart Gilas

Smart Gilas Pilipinas is a developmental Philippine national basketball team sponsored by Smart Communications and the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas...

 teammates JV Casio

JV Casio

Joseph Evans "JV" Casio, is Filipino basketball player for the Philippine national basketball team and the Smart Gilas. He was drafted 1st overall by the Powerade Tigers in 2011.-High School:...

, Chris Lutz, Marcio Lassiter

Marcio Lassiter

Marcio Tsongo Lassiter is a Filipino-American professional basketball player currently playing for the Powerade Tigers of the Philippine Basketball Association. He just completed his stint with the Philippine national basketball team, Smart Gilas...

, Mac Baracael, Jason Ballesteros, and Dylan Ababou

Dylan Ababou

Dylan Ababou is a Filipino professional basketball player who currently plays for the Barako Bull Energy in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was drafted 10th overall in 2011 by the Energy. He was one of the key players of the UST Growling Tigers who won the UAAP title in 2006. He was also...

 applied for the draft. On draft day, he was taken 5th overall by the Shopinas.com Clickers

Shopinas.com Clickers

The Shopinas.com Clickers is a Philippine Basketball Association team that debuted on the 2011–12 PBA season.-Sale of the Barako Bull franchise:...

. He was then traded to the B-Meg Llamados in a three-team trade that also involved the Llamados' Don Allado

Don Allado

Don Carlos Allado is a Filipino professional basketball player currently playing for the Barako Bull Energy in the Philippine Basketball Association....

 and fellow rookie draftee Brian Ilad

Brian Ilad

Brian Ilad is a Filipino professional basketball player who currently plays for the Shopinas.com Clickers in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was drafted 16th overall in 2011 by the B-Meg Llamados. He was traded to the Clickers for Mark Barroca-College career:Ilad played for the De La...

, and the Barako Bull Energy Booster's Elmer Espiritu

Elmer Espiritu

Elmer Torres Espiritu is a Filipino professional basketball player who currently plays for the Shopinas.com Clickers in the Philippine Basketball Association. He played five seasons for the University of the East Red Warriors in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines from 2005 to...

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