Defenders Skylar DelSol and Kim Hildreth each received three individual awards at Friday’s NVL awards banquet that was part of the season-ending Players Championship at Club Med in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
Hildreth was named Best Defensive Player, Best Setter, and Fan Favorite.
DelSol was named MVP, Best Setter, and Best Defensive Player.
DelSol and partner Piotr Marciniak were named Top Team. The women’s Top Team award went to Raquel Ferreira/Karolina Marciniak.
Ferreira was the women’s MVP.
Top team: Marciniak/DelSol, Ferreira/Marciniak
MVP: Raquel Ferreira, Skylar DelSol
Rookie of the year: Christopher Vaughan, Maryna Samoday
Rising Star breakthrough Athletes: John-Michael Plummer, Megan Rice
Fan Favorite: John-Michael Plummer, Kim Hildreth
Best Team performance in a tournament: Steve Grotowski/Mike DiPierro
Best blocker: Steve Grotowski, Jennifer Snyder
The Soul Award: Best Ambassador of the NVL: Jon Mesko, Tarin Locascio
Best Defensive player: Kim Hildreth, Skylar DelSol
Best Offensive player: Piotr Marciniak, Karolina Marciniak
Best setter: Kim Hildreth, Skylar DelSol
Most Improved: Brandon Joyner, Kaley Melville
Crowd Pleaser: Skyler McCoy, Priscilla Piantadosi-Lima
Fan Favorite Tour Stop 2016: Club Med Sandpiper Bay
Play continues at 10 a.m. Eastern Saturday.
Live streaming can be viewed at https://thenvl.com/tv/, while outer court matches can be seen on the NVL’s Facebook page: https://facebook.com/thenvl/
