Jimbo Aquino

Aquino's best college season came in Season 85. He scored a season-high 26 points for the Stags in a win against the San Beda Red Lions.^[2] For that performance, he was selected as the NCAA's first-ever Player of the Week.^[3] He followed that up with 17 points in a win over the CSB Blazers as he teamed up with San Sebastian rookie Calvin Abueva to get the Stags the solo lead of the standings.^[4] He scored 23 points as the Stags became the last unbeaten team in the NCAA.^[5] This got him his second NCAA POW.^[6] The Stags finished the first round of eliminations with no losses and eight straight wins.^[7] He then scored 22 points with eight rebounds in a 46-point win over EAC, their 12th straight win.^[8] He hit the 30-point mark against the Mapúa Cardinals as the Stags won their 13th straight.^[9] In a win against San Beda, he had 25 points, nine rebounds, three assists, and a steal.^[10] The Stags finally broke the NCAA record with their 15th straight win, this time against Arellano.^[11] The streak ended at the hands of the Letran Knights.^[12] They were able to bounce back with a win over the JRU Heavy Bombers, in which he had 20 points and 11 rebounds in 35 minutes as they gained a twice-to-beat advantage.^[13] However, they weren't able to secure first seed as they lost to San Beda and he had a season-low nine points and a costly turnover down the stretch.^[14] He was also suspended for a game after that loss for punching San Beda's Jake Pascual.^[15] In his first game back, he scored 14 points to help the Stags get past JRU and into the Finals.^[16] In Game 1 of the Finals against San Beda, he scored 24 points in the win.^[17] In Game 2, he scored 10 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter, before being helped to the bench with a sprained ankle with over three minutes left to play.^[18] The Stags held on to win their 12th overall championship and he was awarded Finals MVP.

After his college career ended, Aquino applied for the 2010 PBA Draft.^[19] He was selected with the eighth pick by the Barangay Ginebra Kings.^[20] Ginebra had to drop Sunday Salvacion to bring him into the team.^[21] However, he was constantly on Ginebra's bench and was traded a year later in a three-team trade to the Barako Bull Energy Cola.^[22] However, he never got a chance to play for Barako Bull. He received a second chance with the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in 2013.^[23] Less than a year later, Talk 'N Text made him available for the 2014 Expansion Draft.^[24] He was not selected in that draft.^[25]

In 2018, Aquino joined the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) team the Pampanga Lanterns.^[26] He then played for the Nueva Ecija MiGuard until the 2019–20 season was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[27][28]

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