Stanley Wayne Andres Pringle Jr. (born March 5, 1987) is a Filipino-American professionalbasketball player for theTerrafirma Dyip of thePhilippine Basketball Association (PBA). Pringle played college basketball forPasco–Hernando State College for 2 years and forPenn State in his last two years in college. He was the first overall pick of the2014 PBA draft.[1]
Pringle is the son of a formerUS Navy veteran and a Filipina mother.[2] Being in the US Navy, the Pringle family spent time in Korea and Japan. Pringle started playing basketball in a Japanese youth Navy league at the age of six. Because his basketball talent and skills were beyond those of his age group abroad, Stanley competed against older kids. After moving back toVirginia with his family, he was picked up by the Virginia Beach Heat, a localAmateur Athletic Union team coached by Steve Strausbaugh and Norman Hassell.
Pringle was the starting point-guard of Landstown High School inVirginia Beach for four years. As a senior, he averaged 18.3 points and 6.1 assists per game to lead his team to a 22–3 record and the Virginia Class AAA state tournament final. For these exploits, he was named first-team all-state by the coaches, second team by the Associated Press, and was named the Virginia Beach Player of the Year. Pringle scored 1,100 career points in his high school career and was the captain of the team for two years.
Pringle spent his first two years of college basketball atPasco-Hernando State College, being the team captain under coach Bobby Bowman.[3] As a freshman, he led the Conquistadors to a third-place finish on a 15–15 record in theSuncoast Conference. This with per-game averages of 16.5 points and 3.8 assists earned him 2006 Suncoast Conference Freshman-of-the-Year and first-team all-conference honors. As a sophomore, he was 2007 Suncoast Conference Player-of-the-Year, first-team Florida Community College Athletic Association All-State selection, and earned an honorable-mentionNational Junior College Athletic Association All-American for leading his team to a 19–12 record on 18.9 points, 5.5 assists, 5.0 rebounds, and 1.2 steals per game.
He then transferred to play two years atPenn State.[3] For the 2007–2008 season, Pringle played in all 31 games, starting 12 of them. He averaged 6.9 points and 2.3 assists per game, shot a team-best 40.9 percent from three-point range, and had seven double-digit scoring games.[3] In 2008–09, Pringle helped his team win theNational Invitation Tournament while averaging 12.75 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.8 assists while shooting 45.3% from the field and ranking 6th in the Big Ten in three point shooting percentage with 45%. Described as one of the quickest and fastest players in the conference, Pringle had his team's highest vertical leaping ability at 37 inches and won a pre-season Nittany Lion slam-dunk contest.[4][3]
In 2008, Pringle was charged by the Penn State Police for an incident involving publicmasturbation.[5][6][7] He graduated in 2009 with a degree in Labor Studies and Employment Relations with a concentration in Human Resources.
In 2009, Pringle tried out in a camp for Filipino-American prospects of theSmart Gilas-Philippine national basketball team inLas Vegas.[8] Shortly after, he signed up with theLeuven Bears inBelgium.[9] He spent the next season with Siarka Tarnobrzeg inPoland, where he averaged 12.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.4 steals per game. Pringle then played for Dnipro Azot inUkraine,[10] averaging 15.0 points, 4.6 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game.
In 2012, he played for theIndonesia Warriors, leading them to the championship with 18.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game.[11]
In 2014, Pringle decided to apply for the2014 PBA draft. He was predicted by many sports analysts to be that year's first overall selection.[12] On August 24, he was picked byGlobalPort Batang Pier who held the first pick. At age 27, he was also the oldest player to be picked first overall in thePBA draft until 28 year oldChristian Standhardinger was drafted by theSan Miguel Beermen three years later. Pringle won the 2015Rookie of the Year award in the PBA and was also included in theMythical Second Team.[13]
On September 1, 2017, he had a then career-high 30 points in a win against theTNT Katropa.[14]
On June 22, 2018, he scored a career-high 50 points including 9 three-pointers in a 133–115 win againstColumbian Dyip.[15][16] That year, he made it to the finals of the 3-point shootout during the2018 All-Star Week, losing toJames Yap.[17] He also led the league in points and turnovers that season.[18]
In June 2019, Pringle was traded toBrgy. Ginebra.[19] He was a vital part of the team where they won the2019 PBA Governors' Cup championship. He averaged 18.4 points a game in theFinals series.[20]
In the2020 Season, he led Ginebra to their first Philippine Cup title since 2007, was named Best Player of the Conference, and led that season'sMythical Five.[21]
In the2021 Season, he was ruled out for the rest of the conference after undergoing surgery for his meniscus injury.[22]
On July 13, 2024, Pringle, along withChristian Standhardinger and a 2023 first-round pick, was traded to theTerrafirma Dyip forIsaac Go,Stephen Holt, and a 2023 first-round pick.[23]
| Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
As of the end of 2023–24 season[24][25]
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–15 | GlobalPort | 31 | 28.9 | .466 | .358 | .758 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 1.5 | .1 | 14.0 |
| 2015–16 | GlobalPort | 34 | 38.9 | .483 | .398 | .772 | 5.8 | 4.5 | .8 | .4 | 19.3 |
| 2016–17 | GlobalPort | 35 | 37.3 | .489 | .385 | .844 | 6.1 | 3.7 | .8 | .3 | 18.9 |
| 2017–18 | GlobalPort / NorthPort | 33 | 39.0 | .439 | .346 | .750 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 1.5 | .2 | 21.0 |
| 2019 | NorthPort | 45 | 37.9 | .456 | .373 | .765 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 1.5 | .2 | 17.0 |
| Barangay Ginebra | |||||||||||
| 2020 | Barangay Ginebra | 22 | 36.1 | .443 | .383 | .891 | 5.9 | 3.7 | 1.0 | — | 18.5 |
| 2021 | Barangay Ginebra | 14 | 37.7 | .434 | .343 | .821 | 5.6 | 3.2 | 1.1 | .1 | 16.5 |
| 2022–23 | Barangay Ginebra | 58 | 21.7 | .452 | .422 | .759 | 2.8 | 2.0 | .6 | .0 | 8.2 |
| 2023–24 | Barangay Ginebra | 34 | 22.4 | .429 | .373 | .480 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.0 | .1 | 8.4 |
| Career | 306 | 32.2 | .458 | .378 | .777 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 1.1 | .1 | 15.0 | |
Pringle debuted for the Philippine national basketball team on the 2018 Asian Games Men's Basketball which finished fifth place.
Pringle is not eligible to play for thePhilippine national basketball team as a local player underFIBA guidelines since he failed to secure a Philippine passport before he turned 16 years old.[26]
As a holder of a Philippine passport, Pringle is eligible to play for the country's 3x3 side as a local unlike in the full 5-a-side national team which has stricter requirements.[27] In June 2018, Pringle debuted for the country's3x3 basketballnational team which played in the2018 FIBA 3x3 World Cup inBocaue.[28]
| Year | Team | League | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–11 | Siarka | PLK | 20 | 31.0 | .427 | .329 | .679 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.4 | .0 | 12.3 |
| 2011–12 | Dnipro-Azot | UBSL | 36 | 31.1 | .458 | .399 | .823 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 1.3 | .1 | 15.0 |
| 2012–13 | Indonesia Warriors | ABL | 12 | 32.5 | .423 | .291 | .684 | 5.5 | 3.2 | 1.4 | .1 | 15.8 |
| Career | International League | 68 | 31.3 | .436 | .339 | .728 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 1.6 | .1 | 14.3 | |
