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Ronald Lozada Pascual (born June 23, 1988) is a Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Pampanga Delta of the NBL–Philippines. He was drafted third overall by the Barako Bull Energy in the 2014 PBA draft.
He was discovered by former NU Women's basketball coach Benjie Navarro, who brought him to Adamson University.
He spent a year in Adamson's Team B during his first year in college and recalls that experience as one of the hardest times in his life. Because of this, he returned to the comforts of home in an effort to rediscover his confidence by playing in inter-barangay leagues. Back in Pampanga, he received a call from none other than the lead assistant coach of San Sebastian, Alan Trinidad who asked him to participate in the basketball camp of then Mayor Dennis Pineda in Lubao, Pampanga. Pineda then took him in his stable, along with Calvin Abueva and Ian Sangalang, and together, they formed an alliance in San Sebastian called "Pinatubo Trio". They won their only NCAA championship together in 2009 under head coach and fellow Kapampangan, Ato Agustin. Two years later, the same triumvirate won the first PBA D-League Championship in 2011.
He was eventually drafted by San Miguel as no. 3 overall, in a team fully loaded with Swingman in its rotation.
On September 28, 2015, Pascual, together with Jake Pascual, was among the six players who was traded in a four-team deal that sent them to the Star Hotshots. In early 2016, Pascual did not report to the team's practices for a month and has not been seen since December 2015. However, just one day after an article was published in Spin.ph about his missing, it was reported that he came back to the Hotshots' practice, with Star team governor Rene Pardo citing that Pascual had a recurring fever and was unable to communicate with the team officials after his two cell phones were stolen in his car.
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