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Ateneo's Ravena to earn Player of the Year honors

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/sports/05/26/20190526-thirdy-ravena.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Ateneo&#x27;s Thirdy Ravena is the Collegiate Player of the Year</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA – In a season of excellent individual performers, Ateneo&#x27;s Thirdy Ravena was second to none.After leading the Blue Eagles to a second straight UAAP title, Ravena will be named the Collegiate Player of the Year in the 2019 Chooks-To-Go Collegiate Press Corps Awards Night presented by SportsVision on Monday at the Amelie Hotel in Ermita, Manila.Ravena joins his older brother Kiefer, Mac Belo, Jeron Teng, Robert Bolick, and Ben Mbala in the list of players who have won the coveted award.Ravena dominated the UAAP Season 81 Finals, when he averaged 29.5 points, 8 rebounds, and 7.5 assists in a two-game sweep of University of the Philippines.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://sports.abs-cbn.com/uaap/news/2019/05/24/ateneo-celebrates-volleyball-football-titles-bonfire-57093">READ: Ateneo celebrates Volleyball, Football titles in Bonfire</a></li></ul>The King Eagle will be joined by San Beda&#x27;s Robert Bolick, Perpetual Help&#x27;s Prince Eze, and University of the Philippines&#x27; Bright Akhuetie and Paul Desiderio in this year&#x27;s All-Collegiate team.Ateneo coach Tab Baldwin will be named as the UAAP Coach of the Year, while San Beda&#x27;s Boyet Fernandez earned NCAA Coach of the Year honors for the fifth time.For the first time in history, the Press Corps will also be giving out the SportsVision Volleyball Players of the Year award to the standout performers of the UAAP and the NCAA.University of Santo Tomas&#x27; Sisi Rondina will get the distinction as the first ever UAAP Volleyball Player of the Year for willing the Golden Tigresses to the Finals. Arellano&#x27;s Regine Arocha, on the other hand, will be named the NCAA Volleyball Player of the Year after winning back the trophy for the Lady Chiefs.For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.

In a season of excellent individual performers, Ateneo's Thirdy Ravena was second to none.

In a season of excellent individual performers, Ateneo's Thirdy Ravena was second to none.