Clark Bautista
Clark Daniel Bautista (born September 1, 1990 from Bacolod City, Negros Occidental) is a collegiate basketball player from the Philippines. He is currently playing for the UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team in the UAAP.
UST Growling Tigers
Rookie season
Bautista joined the Tigers in 2008. In his rookie season, Bautista averaged 6.9 points per game, 1.7 rebounds per game, and 1.4 assists per game. He was also named to the All-Rookie Team for the season and won the UAAP NCAA All-Star Three Point Contest.
Second season
In his second season, Bautista got more playing time for the Tigers replacing. The Tigers finished the season 6-8 and made it to the Final Four, but were defeated by the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the Final Four 64-81. Bautista finished the season averaging 7.3 points per game, 1.9 rebounds per game and 1.7 assists per game.
Third season
In his third season, Bautista became a starter for the Tigers while averaging 11.1 points per game, 1.3 rebounds per game, 1.2 assists per game and shooting 36% from 3 point range. Unfortunately, the inexperienced Tigers failed to return to the Final Four and finished 7th in the standings at 4-10 ahead of the UP Fighting Maroons.
Fourth season
In UAAP Season 74, Bautista sat out for the Tigers due to academic problems which kept him from playing during the season.
However in UAAP Season 75, Bautista returned to the Tigers after clearing up his academic deficiencies and is back in the rotation for the Tigers. Bautista scored a career high 21 points, while shooting 6-9 from 3 point range in a double-overtime victory against the De La Salle Green Archers 84-82. The Tigers were able to advance to the UAAP Final Four as the #2 seed, they were able to defeat the NU Bulldogs to advance to the UAAP Finals and faced off against the Ateneo Blue Eagles but were swept in the Finals 2-0 as the Blue Eagles completed their five-peat. Bautista finished the season averaging 7.5 points per game, 2.7 rebounds per game and 1.7 assists per game on 75% free throw shooting.