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Georgetown University’s star basketball players visit Manila as cultural envoys

Georgetown University star athlete Courtland Freeman coaches young Filipino basketball hopefuls in dribbling the ball during a sports clinic at Ateneo de Manila on April 5.

Georgetown University star athlete Courtland Freeman coaches young Filipino basketball hopefuls in dribbling the ball during a sports clinic at Ateneo de Manila on April 5. Freeman and fellow Georgetown University basketball player Omari Faulkner are in Manila as cultural envoys under the sponsorship of the U.S. State Department.
Georgetown University star athlete Courtland Freeman coaches young Filipino basketball hopefuls in dribbling the ball during a sports clinic at Ateneo de Manila on April 5.
Georgetown University star athlete Courtland Freeman coaches young Filipino basketball hopefuls in dribbling the ball during a sports clinic at Ateneo de Manila on April 5.
Georgetown University star athlete Courtland Freeman coaches young Filipino basketball hopefuls in dribbling the ball during a sports clinic at Ateneo de Manila on April 5.

 

 

U.S.Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Joseph Mussomeli (above, left photo) stands barefoot with 6’9”-tall Courtland Freeman (left) and 6’8” Omari Faulkner to highlight their heights, while in a reception for the cultural envoys on April 5
Presidential Daugher Luli Arroyo (right photo, above), a Georgetown University alumna like her mother, gamely stands on a chair to have her picture taken with her fellow alumni.

Presidential Daugher Luli Arroyo (right photo, above), a Georgetown University alumna like her mother, gamely stands on a chair to have her picture taken with her fellow alumni.

U.S.Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Joseph Mussomeli (above, left photo) stands barefoot with 6’9”-tall Courtland Freeman (left) and 6’8” Omari Faulkner to highlight their heights, while in a reception for the cultural envoys on April 5, Presidential Daugher Luli Arroyo (right photo, above), a Georgetown University alumna like her mother, gamely stands on a chair to have her picture taken with her fellow alumni.

At the April 5 reception at the National Sports Grill, Chargé Mussomeli and Presidential Daughter Luli Arroyo (photo above) talk basketball, while U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Officer Ron Post and Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner Noli Eala (photo on right) get acquainted.

U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Officer Ron Post and Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner Noli Eala (photo on right) get acquainted.

 

 
U.S. Embassy Consul General David Donahue (center, photo above), with Freeman and Faulkner accompanying him, prepares to toss the ball to begin a PBA game at the Araneta Coliseum on April 5. In a community basketball tournament in Sta. Ana, Manila Cultural Envoy Freeman does the same. With him is U.S. Embassy Assistant Cultural Affairs Officer Rebekah Drame.

Consul General Donahue and PBA Commissioner Eala watch a basketball game in the Araneta Coliseum.

Freeman poses for a picture with MTV Philippines “Celebrity Spin” program host VJ Cheska (middle) after appearing on the program on April 5. With them is Brian Sexton, U.S. State Department’s Senior Advisor and Special Coordinator for Culture.

 

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