SAVI Davison is the 2025 PVL Invitational MVP.
PLDT’s Fil-Canadian ace became the league’s 15th MVP winner in its eight-year history -and the second Fil-foreign player since Brooke Van Sickle.
Davison capped an MVP-worthy tournament by coming a dig shy of a triple-double in the championship-clinching win over Kobe Shinwa, collecting 20 points, 18 receptions and nine digs.
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"It's definitely not a one-man job. You need to hear things from every place. You need to trust each other. so as much as I want to say, like, I was locked in, it had to be everybody that was locked in," Davison said.
On the other hand, Kath Arado won her first Finals MVP award after making 22 excellent digs in the title clincher, becoming the first libero in PVL history to be named MVP in either the finals or conference proper.
"Kulang yung word na 'proud' sa nafi-feel ko talaga, kasi alam talaga namin na hindi siya magiging madali for us," Arado said.
"Nakita naman yung mga previous games nila bago kami, talagang grabe yung pasensiya nila, yung tiyaga nila, na ilaban every point. Talagang kailangan namin yun tapatan o higitan na hindi kami mauubusan ng pasensiya."
Creamline ace winger Jema Galanza and Kobe Shinwa’s Nagisa Komatsuda shared the spoils as the tournament’s best outside hitters.
Pangs Panaga won her seventh best middle blocker award for the Cool Smashers, joined by ZUS Coffee rookie Riza Nogales.
Kobe Shinwa skipper Sakura Furuta took the best setter plum, while fellow captain Kath Arado won back-to-back best libero awards.
Chery Tiggo’s veteran attacker Ara Galang wom her first best opposite hitter award away from her natural position as an opener.
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