June Mar Fajardo

In 2018, Fajardo won 2 Best Player of the Conference, had a slot in the 1st Mythical Team, and won his 5th Straight MVP Award, which is a record. And Fajardo also won the 2018 Philippine Cup Finals MVP after their triumph over Magnolia in the Finals.

In 2017, June Mar Fajardo makes history as the only PBA player to win the MVP award in four straight seasons.

In 2016, Fajardo received multiple awards during the PBA Leo Awards Night. He was named as the PBA's Most Valuable Player, a member of Mythical 1st Team and the recipient of Samboy Lim Sportsmanship Award.

In the third conference, Fajardo was a man on a mission. He normed 20 and 15 the entire conference. On June 3, 2014 Fajardo scored 26 points and grabbed 27 rebounds, marking his 3rd career 20-20 game; his 27 rebounds were 2 shy of a PBA Record. He finished the conference with averages of 21.2 points, 15.9 rebounds and 1.4 blocks despite losing to San Mig Super Coffee Mixers in the quarterfinals. Despite not being successful as a whole team for his sophomore season, Fajardo was still able to end it on a positive note by raking several awards. He was awarded as the 2014 PBA Most Improved Player, one of the members of the PBA All Defensive team and the PBA Mythical First Team, and finally as the 2014 PBA Most Valuable Player.

On the first game of the 2014-15 Philippine Cup, Fajardo recorded 16 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists in a 87-79 win over the Rain Or Shine Elasto Painters. The next game, Fajardo recorded 22 points, 16 rebounds and 6 blocks as the Beermen got the win over the Purefoods Star Hotshots, 87-80. On November 5, Fajardo recorded 10 points, 16 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks but in a losing effort to the Barako Bull Energy Boosters. On November 16, Fajardo recorded a double-double of 21 points and 15 rebounds to go along with 4 blocks as the Beermen escaped its sister company, the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel, 79-77. On November 19 against Columbian Dyip, he recorded a career-high 36 points to go along with 17 rebounds in almost 40 minutes of playing time for he guided the Beermen towards the win, 90-74. On November 28, in Fajardo recorded 21 points and 11 rebounds as he led the Beermen cruise past the Meralco Bolts.. In the last game of the elimination round, Fajardo recorded 14 points, 9 rebounds and 4 blocks in just 26 minutes of playing time as the Beermen won, 91-62, against the Blackwater Elite. The Beermen ended the eliminations with a 9-2 record, tied with Rain or Shine Elasto Painters for the first seed, thus earning a first-round bye.

Fajardo was chosen to be part of the Smart Gilas 2.0 team, later known as Gilas Pilipinas, that was built for the 2014 World Championships. After months of training that includes trips and scrimmages to Lithuania and New Zealand, Fajardo was included in the final 12-man lineup that would compete in the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship, the qualifier for the 2014 World Championships. In his first game in international competition, Fajardo scored 2 points, grabbed 2 rebounds, and was called for 4 personal fouls in less than 9 minutes of action against Saudi Arabia. He then only scored a total of 1 point in his next 6 games. Ultimately, Gilas Pilipinas finished with a silver medal and automatically qualified for next year's World Championships.

When the Gilas Pilipinas prepared for the 2014 FIBA World Cup, he was again called up to be part of the training pool.

After the FIBA Asia Cup, the Gilas Training Pool headed to Miami to kick start their long preparations for the 2014 World Cup and the 2014 Asian Games.

During his stint in the recent 2014 FIBA World Cup, Fajardo was very consistent in his performance, providing energy and hustle every time he came off the bench. It was expected by many that he would struggle on playing against other bigs from Croatia, Greece, and Argentina, but he exceeded this negative expectations and provided good numbers everytime he relieved Blatche. Due to his good performance, he was ranked second among all players in terms of Player Efficiency Rating (PER). With this rating, he was behind the Spanish NBA Player Pau Gasol, and ranked higher than some NBA players in the PER rating.

Everyone's wish was granted on the team's last game against Senegal. Most of the players were either fatigued and injured, and as expected, Fajardo played his best game of the tournament. After the game, he had 15 points, 9 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 assists as he provided hustle and muscle against the big men of Senegal wherein it came to a point that. His great performance was even highlighted when Andray Blatche was fouled out in the overtime period. The game was tied at 69, and a high low play allowed him to score and gave the Philippines the lead. Eventually under the efforts of June Mar and team captain Jimmy Alapag, they won the game, ending their stint at the 2014 FIBA World Cup.

Coach Chot Reyes also bared that included June Mar in the lineup which competed in the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, Korea. The team however ended with a disappointing result after losing to Iran, Qatar, and Korea in the group stage and losing to China in the 5th Place classification round. But the team beat Mongolia and took the 7th place.

Fajardo's Petron faced the San Mig Super Coffee Mixers on the 2013 PBA Governors' Cup Finals where Fajardo was now known as one of the most dominant big man to play in the PBA since Asi Taulava. Fajardo dominated every big men of the San Mig Coffee Mixers, outplaying Marc Pingris, Rafi Reavis and Yancy de Ocampo. In one game, Fajardo scored 23 points and grabbed a career high 26 rebounds. This was the first time a player in the PBA achieved a 20-20 game since Asi Taulava and Eric Menk. However, his team fell short and San Mig Coffee Mixers eventually won in Game 7. He finished the 2013 PBA Governors' Cup Finals with an average of 18.75 points and 14.50 rebounds.

As expected by many, Fajardo continued his dominance under the paint, averaging double-figures all throughout the 2013-14 PBA Philippine Cup conference. He put together norms of 15.1 points, 15.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 2.5 blocks in the first 11 games with the Blaze Boosters.

Born in Compostela, he transferred with his parents to Pinamungajan at an early age, where he spent most of his younger and teen years. He played center for the University of Cebu Webmasters in the CESAFI and for the San Miguel Beermen in the ASEAN Basketball League before being selected as the first overall in the 2012 PBA draft by Petron Blaze Boosters. Despite his young age, Fajardo showed great potential and has been dubbed by local sports analysts as the Future of Philippine basketball. During his rookie season, he earned a silver medal playing Men's basketball at the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship for Team Philippines. He was also selected to the All-Rookie Team and Second Mythical Team.

June Mar S. Fajardo (born November 17, 1989) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the San Miguel Beermen of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He is also known by his nickname "The Kraken” for his extraordinary size and finesse against opposing big men.