2006–07 Welcoat Dragons season

The 2006–07 Welcoat Dragons season was the first season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Welcoat bought the Pilipinas Shell franchise early in the year. The team is co-owned by Raymund Yu and Terry Que and the ballclub in their first season will be known as Welcoat Dragons.^[1]

August 20: The 2006 PBA Draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig.

Round	Pick	Player	Height	Position	Nationality	College
1	10	Abby Santos	6'3"	Forward	Philippines	UP Diliman
2	11	Jireh Ibañes	6'2"	Small Forward	Philippines	UP Diliman

Player	Height	Position	Nationality	College
Junjun Cabatu	6'5"	Forward	Philippines	De La Salle
Jay-R Reyes	6'7"	Forward	Philippines	UP Diliman
Jay Sagad	6'4"	Forward	Philippines	St. Benilde

2006–07 Welcoat Dragons roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F 3 Rob Wainwright 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Solano CC F 5 Junjun Cabatu 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) De La Salle G 6 Joey Mente 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Lyceum F/C 8 Jay-R Reyes 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Philippines G/F 14 Niño Gelig 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) UST F/C 16 Adonis Santa Maria 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) De La Salle G 17 Froilan Baguion 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 150 lb (68 kg) National-U G/F 19 Jojo Tangkay 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 168 lb (76 kg) Southwestern-U C 32 EJ Feihl 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 285 lb (129 kg) Adamson F 33 Jireh Ibañes 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 168 lb (76 kg) Philippines G 44 Denver Lopez 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 179 lb (81 kg) Cal State Fullerton C 80 Gilbert Lao 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) UST F 88 Jay Sagad 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) St. Benilde G 22 Alex Compton (I) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Cornell F 2 Charles Clark (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Johnson C. Smith F/C 33 Rob Sanders (I) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Providence F 9 Wayland White (I) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 224 lb (102 kg) New Mexico

Head coach Leo Austria Assistant coach(es) Caloy Garcia Alex Compton Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured