Val Acuña

Val Acuña
No. 21 – South Cotabato Warriors
Position	Small forward / shooting guard
League	MPBL
Personal information
Born	August 8, 1986 (age 38); Ilagan, Isabela, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
College	UE
PBA draft	2010: 2nd round, 13th overall pick
	Selected by the B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados
Playing career	2010–present
Career history
2009–2010	Philippine Patriots
2010–2013	Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants / B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados / B-Meg Llamados
2013	San Miguel Beermen (ABL)
2013–2014	San Mig Coffee Mixers / San Mig Super Coffee Mixers
2014	GlobalPort Batang Pier
2014–2015	Blackwater Elite
2015–2016	Pacquiao Powervit Pilipinas Aguilas / Pilipinas MX3 Kings
2016–2017	Alab Pilipinas
2018–2019	Batangas City Athletics
2019–2020	Valenzuela Classic
2021	MJAS Zenith–Talisay Aquastars
2022–2023	Sta. Rosa Laguna Lions
2023	Muntinlupa Cagers
2024–present	South Cotabato Warriors
Career highlights and awards
	4× PBA champion (2012 Commissioner's, 2013 Governors', 2013–14 Philippine, 2014 Commissioner's); 2× ABL champion (2010, 2013); MPBL champion (2018); MPBL Finals MVP (2018);

Hezy Val B. Acuña II (born August 8, 1986) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the South Cotabato Warriors of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).

Acuña is a six-time professional champion in both the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) and ASEAN Basketball League (ABL). He also earned a championship in the MPBL during its amateur era, earning a Finals MVP nod in 2018.

Collegiate career

Acuña played straight out of the University of the East Red Warriors in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, where he played for five seasons (2004 and 2006 to 2009). He was also part of the Warriors team that finished runner-up to the Ateneo de Manila Blue Eagles in the 2009 season, where he averaged 19.2 points 7.2 assist and 11.2 rebounds in almost 32 minutes.

Acuña was selected in the 2010 PBA draft by the B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados third overall in the second round over Ford Arao and Jai Reyes. He previously played for the Philippine Patriots in the ABL.^[1]

In 2015, Acuña returned to the ABL after signing a contract with the Pacquiao Powervit Pilipinas Aguilas (now the Pilipinas MX3 Kings).