Animam signs with Romanian club

MANILA, Philippines — Filipina trailblazer Jack Animam is off to Europe once again, this time to play in Romania with BC ICIM Arad.

A nine-time champion, the Romanian club plays in the top-tier league Liga Nationala with hopes of snapping a long title drought since its last championship in 2013.

For the Gilas Pilipinas standout Animam, this is another stop to her historic international career as the first Filipina player ever to play in Europe with a Serbian club in 2021.

The 25-year-old ace also has had stints in France, China and Australia.

Animam, a five-time UAAP champion and MVP who has long been the anchor of Gilas women, leading the Philippines to a fourth-place finish in the recent Women’s Jones Cup.