Brooke Van Sickle to be feted as MVP in inaugural PVL Press Corps Awards Night
Brooke Van Sickle of the Petro Gazz Angels will banner the list of awardees in the inaugural PVL Press Corps Awards Night on Wednesday.
Van Sickle was named the PVL Season MVP after leading the Angels to the All-Filipino crown and ending Creamline's bid for its fifth straight title.
Van Sickle topped the voting with a weighted score of 227.6 points which is calculated from 50% statistics, 30% media votes, and 20% team votes.
The 27-year old Petro Gazz outside hitter edged Creamline's Bernadeth Pons and Michele Gumabao for the said plum.
Thea Gagate of ZUS Coffee, meanwhile, was named Rookie of the Year, while the Mythical Team included Van Sickle and Pons (Best Outside Spikers), PLDT's Majoy Baron and Creamline's Bea de Leon (Best Middle Blockers), Galeries' Alyssa Eroa (Best Libero), Cignal's Gel Cayuna (Best Setter), and Farm Fresh's Trisha Tubu (Best Opposite Spiker).
Jude Garcia of Criss Cross, meanwhile, was named Spikers' Turf MVP.
Other awardees include:
-Creamline Cool Smashers (Team of the Year)
-Sherwin Meneses of Creamline (Coach of the Year)
-Jonathan Ng of Creamline (Executive of the Year)
-Eli Soyud of Akari (Most Improved Player)
-Alyssa Eroa of Galeries (Comeback Player of the Year)
-Chie Saet of Petro Gazz (Miss Quality Minutes)
-Spikers Turf Mythical Team: Jude Garcia and Sherwin Caritativo (Best Outside Spikers), Gian Glorioso and Giles Torres (Best Middle Blockers), Vince Lorenzo (Best Libero), Ish Polvorosa (Best Setter), Steven Rotter (Best Opposite Spiker)
-Deanna Wong of Choco Mucho (Fan Favorite)
-Choco Mucho vs PLDT, All-Filipino Conference Quarterfinals Game 2 (Game of the Year)
—Justin Kenneth Carandang/JMB, GMA Integrated News
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