Adonis Santa Maria

{{short description|Filipino basketball player}}

{{BLP sources|date=August 2013}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| image = Adonis Santa Maria.jpg

| caption = Santa Maria in 2008

| name = Adonis Sta. Maria

| number =

| position = Power forward / center

| league = PBA

| team =

| nationality = Filipino

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|1|20}}

| birth_place = Isabela, Philippines

| height_ft = 6 | height_in = 5

| weight_lbs = 205

| high school = Mapúa (Manila)

| college = De La Salle

| draft_year_pba = 2003

| draft_round_pba = 2

| draft_pick_pba = 13

| draft_team_pba = Shell Turbo Chargers

| career_start = 2003

| career_end = 2010

| years1 = 2003–2005

| team1 = Shell Turbo Chargers

| years2 = 2005–2006

| team2 = Sta. Lucia Realtors

| years3 = 2006–2008

| team3 = Welcoat Dragons

| years4 = 2008–2009

| team4 = Barako Bull Energy

| years5 = 2009–2010

| team5 = Barako Bull Energy Boosters

| awards =

}}

Adonis Santa Maria (born January 20, 1979) is a Filipino former Philippine Basketball Association player. He was drafted 13th overall by Shell in 2003. He also played for the Sta. Lucia Realtors, Welcoat Dragons, and Air21 Express and the Barako Bull Energy Boosters during his PBA stint.

Player profile

Santa Maria played for La Salle in from 1999 to 2002.{{Cite web |title=Let's look back at four previous meetings of Ateneo, La Salle in UAAP finals |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/uaap-men/ateneo-blue-eagles-dlsu-green-archers-head-to-head-matchup-in-finals-uaap- |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=Spin.ph |language=en}}

In PBA, he played for coach Leo Austria in the Shell Turbo Chargers.[http://www.pba.ph/component/option,com_comprofiler/task,userProfile/user,170/Itemid,1/ Santa Marias Player Profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080406025557/http://www.pba.ph/component/option%2Ccom_comprofiler/task%2CuserProfile/user%2C170/Itemid%2C1/ |date=April 6, 2008 }} He played 34 games in the 2007 season for the Welcoat Dragons and averaged 5.1 points per game and 4.9 rebounds per game. He was signed by the Air21 Express in 2008 but was later released by the team. In the middle of the 2009-10 PBA Philippine Cup, he was signed by the Barako Bull Energy Boosters.

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