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CPC Awards Night - Players of the Year

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1751020773555CPC Awards Night - Players of the Year.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/>Photo from Collegiate Press Corps </div>MANILA -- Clint Escamis is basketball’s best with Bella Belen reigning as volleyball’s finest as the two stars headline the prestigious Players of the Year plums in the 2025 San Miguel Corporation-Collegiate Press Corps Awards Night on Monday, June 30, at the Discovery Suites Manila in Ortigas, Pasig.It took 33 years but the Mapua Cardinals are back on top of the NCAA men’s basketball world and in the middle of it all was Finals MVP Escamis -- this year’s Collegiate Men’s Basketball Player of the Year.Belen, for her part, is named the UAAP Women’s Volleyball Player of the Year after towing the National University Lady Bulldogs to back-to-back titles and third overall in four seasons laced by three Season MVP citations as well.Escamis and Belen are only two among the 10 Players of the Year across three different sports, including for the first time football, in the third staging of the CPC Awards presented by the Philippine Sports Commission, Pilipinas Live and GMA.Escamis, the NCAA Rookie-MVP in Season 99, finally brought Mapua University to the Promised Land after sweeping the De La Salle-College of St. Benilde Blazers, 2-0, to win the historic Season 100 behind averages of 24.5 points, 4.0 assists and 4.0 steals. <div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/basketball/2025/6/26/escamis-quiambao-headline-collegiate-press-corps-mythical-team-1805">READ: Escamis, Quiambao headline Collegiate Press Corps&#x27; Mythical Team </a></div>“Sobrang sarap talaga kasi knowing na nakuha ko &#x27;yung MVP last year, pero talo kami, sobrang sakit kasi somehow medyo ako lang &#x27;yung masaya eh. Pero this year, okay lang kahit wala akong individual awards, I set that aside, gusto ko muna team first muna talaga,” said Escamis as Mapua avenged its NCAA Season 99 finals loss to San Beda University.Serving as his counterpart is two-time UAAP MVP Kacey Dela Rosa, this year’s Collegiate Women’s Basketball Player of the Year in the awards also backed by Discovery Suites, World Balance, E-Sports International, Centaur Marketing, My Daily Collagen, Buffalo’s Wings N’ Things, and Go For Gold.Dela Rosa led the league in runaway fashion with 22.1 points, 16.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists, and 3.7 blocks per game in UAAP Season 87. She posted double-doubles in all 15 games she played in albeit the Blue Eagles settled only for a Final Four finish.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/basketball/2025/6/25/ateneo-s-kacey-dela-rosa-leads-collegiate-women-s-basketball-mythical-team-1725">READ: Ateneo&#x27;s Kacey dela Rosa leads Collegiate Women&#x27;s Basketball Mythical Team </a></div>And of course, it is not just in the hardwood that heroes exist. The taraflex is also home to champions with Alas Pilipinas standout Belen leading the way.Building a case as one of greatest volleyball players in the country, Belen exited the UAAP with an unrivaled resume marked by eight championships and five MVPs overall since high school.Leo Aringo, Belen’s counterpart in NU, is also in league of his own with the UAAP Men’s Volleyball Player of the Year citation after anchoring the Bulldogs to a five-peat championship against top-seed Far Eastern University and winning the Finals MVP award as his grand swan song.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/basketball/2025/6/23/champion-uaap-ncaa-coaches-to-be-feted-by-collegiate-press-corps-1757">READ: Champion UAAP, NCAA coaches to be feted by Collegiate Press Corps </a></div>Belen since then rose as the No. 1 pick in the 2025 Premier Volleyball League Draft while Aringo took his talents to Japan to fly the flag high.Over at the NCAA, Finals MVP Carl Berdal led the Arellano Chiefs to their first-ever volleyball championship with a 2-0 sweep of the Letran Knights behind his 17.5 points to be hailed as the NCAA Men’s Volleyball Player of the Year.Then there’s the NCAA Women’s Volleyball Player of the Year Zam Nolasco, also the league’s Best Middle Blocker who powered the Lady Blazers to a four-peat feat after a similar 2-0 sweep of the Letran Lady Knights in the finals.They are the season’s best for their respective schools and leagues. And now, they are the finest in the entire collegiate sports, too.

Clint Escamis is basketball’s best with Bella Belen reigning as volleyball’s finest as the two stars headline the prestigious Players of the Year plums in the 2025 San Miguel Corporation-Collegiate Press Corps Awards Night on Monday, June 30, at the Discovery Suites Manila in Ortigas, Pasig.

Clint Escamis is basketball’s best with Bella Belen reigning as volleyball’s finest as the two stars headline the prestigious Players of the Year plums in the 2025 San Miguel Corporation-Collegiate Press Corps Awards Night on Monday, June 30, at the Discovery Suites Manila in Ortigas, Pasig.

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Clint Escamis, Bella Belen are Players of the Year at CPC Awards Night

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Published June 27, 2025 06:53 PM PHT

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