{"id":355385,"date":"2026-06-24T00:03:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T18:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=355385"},"modified":"2026-06-24T00:03:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T18:33:34","slug":"feu-highschool-player-dedicates-win-to-rene-baterbonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/feu-highschool-player-dedicates-win-to-rene-baterbonia\/","title":{"rendered":"FEU highschool player dedicates win to Rene Baterbonia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dwyne Enriquez (9) celebrates together with his FEU Baby Tamaraws teammates during a game within the NBA Rising Stars Invitationals in Singapore.\u2013CONTRIBUTED PHOTO<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

SINGAPORE\u2014Weeks after his tragic passing, Rene Baterbonia continued to make an impact on his fellow athletes, even on those he had never met.<\/p>\n

Dwyne Enriquez, a member of the FEU-Diliman Baby Tamaraws competing within the NBA Rising Stars Invitationals in Singapore, was considered one of those people touched by Baterbonia.<\/p>\n

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In FEU\u2019s rousing debut against Hwa Chong Institution within the regional highschool tournament, Enriquez paid tribute to Baterbonia by writing the words \u201cFor Rene\u201d on his pair of Kobes.<\/p>\n

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\u2018FOR RENE\u2019<\/p>\n

Dwynne Enriquez, considered one of the FEU-Diliman Baby Tamaraws dedicated his squad\u2019s win to the late Rene Baterbonia. | @MeloFuertesINQ<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/F5OXkbAKgr<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe didn\u2019t have any relationship. We never met, but in fact, as a fellow athlete, you could have to feel for him,\u201d the 16-year-old Enriquez told the Inquirer in Filipino after posting 10 points, two assists, three rebounds and three steals off the bench within the 89-24 blowout.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were shocked to listen to about his passing and it\u2019s his last day [of wake] today so this game is for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ: Scottie Thompson, Nards Pinto attend wake of Rene Baterbonia<\/h4>\n

The 18-year-old Baterbonia and his teammate Divine Adili died in a drowning incident throughout the Ateneo Blue Eagles\u2019 team-building activity in Dipaculao, Aurora on June 8.<\/p>\n

Baterbonia, a highschool standout at Ateneo de Davao University before committing to Ateneo de Manila, was brought home to Talocogon, Agusan del Sur on Saturday for the ultimate days of his wake. His burial is on Wednesday, June 24.<\/p>\n

Last week, Ateneo de Davao honored Baterbonia by retiring his No. 2 jersey and renaming its senior highschool covered court in honor of the late basketball standout.<\/p><\/div>\n