BROOKE Van Sickle joined an exclusive club by becoming a three-time PVL MVP.
The Petro Gazz ace joined Creamline aces Alyssa Valdez and Tots Carlos as the only players in the league’s eight-year history to win the top individual plum thrice.
"It just goes to show, it doesn't matter how you start in a season. It just matters how you finish so I'm really proud of everyone," Van Sickle said.
"We came in such clutch moments throughout the season even if we had some rough patches that we had to push through and figure out so I'm just super proud of everyone."
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Van Sickle, 27, also picked up her second best outside spiker award, capping another brilliant two-way campaign that carried the Angels back to the Reinforced Conference finals.
She finished second among locals and 10th overall in scoring with 160 points, while also ranking ninth in spiking (35.48 percent) and eighth in digs (3.23 per set).
Savi, Tubu lead winners' circle
PLDT’s Savi Davison also secured her second best outside spiker plum after topping all local scorers with 178 points, finishing second in blocking (0.71 per set) and sixth in spiking (36.86 percent).
Farm Fresh ace Trisha Tubu added a third best opposite spiker nod to her growing collection by leading the league in spiking efficiency at 39.53 percent.
Choco Mucho’s Maddie Madayag also claimed her third best middle blocker award, pacing all blockers with 29 kill blocks (1.04 per set) and tying the single-game professional record with 10 blocks against ZUS Coffee.
Creamline’s Pangs Panaga also extended her reign at the net as well, bagging her league-record ninth best middle blocker trophy after tallying 20 blocks (0.63 per set).
ZUS Coffee’s Cloanne Mondoñedo, the architect of the Thunderbelles’ breakthrough run, secured her first best setter distinction after leading the league with 6.24 excellent sets per set.
Her teammate Anna DeBeer earned the best foreign guest player plum after powering the Thunderbelles to a historic first-ever PVL finals appearance.
The 24-year-old Louisville standout amassed 210 points, second in the eliminations, behind 197 attacks, eight blocks, and five aces. She also ranked third in spiking (39.40 percent) and in receiving (45.68 percent).
Debuting middle blocker AC Miner capped her impressive first year with the rookie of the conference award to round out the trio of Thunderbelles awardees.
The 19-year-old middle blocker ranked eighth in blocking (0.55 per set) and finished second among rookies in scoring with 82 points, trailing only Capital1’s Bella Belen.
On the defensive end, Choco Mucho’s Thang Ponce captured her fifth best libero honor, tying PLDT’s Kath Arado as the league's most decorated libero after topping the conference in receiving (55.42 percent) and placing third in digs (4.46 per set).
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