Willie Wilson & Maria del Rosario: a hardcourt love story

William “The Scrapper” Wilson is a professional cager of the PBA playing for Barangay Ginebra Kings. Maria is former Miss PBA, host, and model.

They first met while Willie was watching the opening ceremony of the NCAA games at the stands in his best friend. Maria — then the muse of St. Benilde Blazers — caught his eye. Thus, through his best friend, he found a way to meet her.  They started being friends for a couple of years while running into each other at basketball games since Maria was a court-side reporter at the time.

At that time, it was difficult for Maria to be in a relationship her work entails flying in-an-out the country. But William persisted. He waited and pursued his feelings until one day they fell in love just at the right time.

As they say, waiting matters not for people who are meant to be with each other. Love transcends time and distance.

The groom-to-be puts it in not so many words: “You will have the feeling in your heart knowing she is the one. It’s fate.”

(The photographs here are from the couple’s e-session with Bobby de los Santos of RedFox Photography. To view the entire set of the couple’s prenups, click here.)