Andy Seigle

In high school, Seigle led Carbondale to a Final Four in the state of Pennsylvania. He then spent his junior and senior years playing for the New Orleans Privateers as a reserve. ==Professional career==

Mobiline Phone Pals In the 1997 PBA Draft, at the age of 24 years old, Seigle was drafted #1 overall by the Mobiline Phone Pals. He was the first #1 overall pick be Filipino-American and the first to come from a non-Philippine school. Seigle was considered one of the most dominant and best defensive players early in his PBA career. In his first three games, he scored no less than 20 points, a feat that wouldn't be matched by another rookie until Bobby Ray Parks Jr. did it in 2019. He would go on to win Rookie of the Year. In 2001, he had his best scoring season with an average of 14.6 points. From 2002 to 2003, Seigle couldn't play for the team as the Philippine Senate questioned his heritage. Barangay Ginebra Kings In 2004, Seigle joined the Barangay Ginebra Kings. Seigle only got a one-year extension from the Ginebra management and with the arrival of Rafi Reavis and Billy Mamaril, his minutes suffered. ==Career statistics==

PBA season-by-season averages College ==Philippine National Team==

Seigle has played twice for the Philippine national basketball team. The first was in 1998 when he played for the Philippine Centennial Team in the 1998 Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand where he averaged 7.1 points and 2.5 rebounds per game. The second was in 2002 when he again played for the national team during the 2002 Asian Games held in Busan, South Korea. == Personal life ==

Andy is the brother of Danny Seigle, also a former basketball player in the same league. Their mother, Blesylda Yadao, is of Chinese Filipino descent while his father is a White American. ==References==