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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1747128835993UAAP 87 WVB NU vs. AdU- Bella Belen-7476.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="National University star Bella Belen. Photo from UAAP Media."/>National University star Bella Belen. Photo from UAAP Media.MANILA — Bella Belen will be leaving a legacy that will forever live in the history books of the UAAP.</div>The National University star is set to add another feat before she ends her collegiate career as Belen is now a three-time league Most Valuable Player (MVP) awardee, reigning over her peers to earn the Season 87 top individual plum in their division.The Lady Bulldogs&#x27; senior will receive the award before Game 2 of the Best-of-3 Finals between her NU and De La Salle University on Wednesday at the Mall of Asia Arena.Belen amassed 96.226 statistical points (SP), 22 more than her closest pursuer, Adamson University’s Shaina Nitura, who will bag the Rookie of the Year award with 74.259 SP.The first-ever rookie MVP in the women’s side finished fourth in scoring with 246 points while emerging as the most efficient attacker with a 37.76 percent success rate.Belen was also top of the service category with 30 total aces, averaging 0.57 per set. Defense remained part of her strength as she placed fifth in digging (2.79 per set) and third in reception (44.44 percent efficiency).<div>Nitura, as the season’s best rookie, was a no-brainer after shattering several records, including the highest-scoring season across all divisions with 371 points. <img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1747128909093UAAP 87 WVB NU vs. AdU- Shaina Nitura-7352.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Adamson University star Shaina Nitura. Photo from UAAP Media."/>Adamson University star Shaina Nitura. Photo from UAAP Media.The 20-year-old Lady Falcon landed sixth in aces with 0.24 per set, eighth in blocking with 0.46 per frame, and ninth in spiking with a 34.65 percent success rate.</div>Belen will also earn her third Best Outside Spiker award alongside La Salle’s Angel Canino, who will collect her second.The fourth-year Lady Bulldog dominated with 381 ranking points (RP), while Canino followed with 250 RP—just five ahead of Nitura’s 245 RP.Canino, the Season 85 MVP, ranked second in scoring with 264 points while placing fourth in spiking (35.78 percent success rate), ninth in blocking (0.45 per set), and seventh in reception (41.64 efficiency).Meanwhile, the Best Middle Blocker honors will remain with La Salle and the University of the Philippines.After three years of Thea Gagate holding the title, Amie Provido will carry the torch for the Lady Spikers with 179 RP in the closely contested race, while Fighting Maroon Niña Ytang will secure her third straight plum with 166 RP.Provido and Ytang ranked second and third in blocking, respectively, with 30 total blocks apiece and averages of 0.55 and 0.54 per set.Although University of the East’s Riza Nogales, who finished third with 161 RP, topped the blocking department with 45 total and 0.92 per set, Provido and Ytang outperformed her in the attacking and serving categories, explaining the RP gap.La Salle’s Shevana Laput will be honored as the Best Opposite Spiker with an overwhelming 275 RP—almost a hundred more than University of Santo Tomas’ Regina Jurado.The 6-foot-2 Lady Spiker ranked second in spiking efficiency at 37.43 percent while also placing second in service with 22 total aces and 0.40 per set. She also utilized her height by ranking fifth in blocks with a 0.51 average per frame.Completing the individual awards, NU’s Lams Lamina emerged as the Best Setter, and La Salle’s Lyka De Leon will be recognized as the Best Libero.Lamina edged out UST’s Cassie Carballo in RP, 185-177, by leading the setting category with a 5.34 average per set compared to the latter’s 4.89 per frame. Other metrics like blocking, serving, and digging were close, but the setting numbers sealed the win.Lamina will become a two-time Best Setter after first claiming the award in her rookie year during Season 84.It was also a tight contest between De Leon and Golden Tigress and two-time winner Detdet Pepito in the Best Libero race, with RP tallies of 210-202.De Leon topped the reception department with a 47.31 percent efficiency rate and ranked fourth in digs with 2.84 per set, while Pepito finished second in digs with 3.96 and fourth in receptions with a 42.38 success rate.

Bella Belen will be leaving a legacy that will forever live in the history books of the UAAP.

Bella Belen will be leaving a legacy that will forever live in the history books of the UAAP.

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NU star Bella Belen now 3-time UAAP MVP, Shaina Nitura is ROY

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Published May 13, 2025 05:40 PM PHT

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