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PVL: Tubu on MVP honors: ‘Kahit sa bangungot or sa magandang panaginip, never ko naisip’

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John Franklin Kennedy Caacbay

ABS-CBN News

MANILA — Trisha Tubu said that never in her wildest dreams did she expect to receive the PVL Season MVP award.Tubu led the individual awardees of the 2025-26 Season, feted at the PVL Press Corps Awards Night on Saturday at Novotel Manila Araneta City in Quezon City.The Farm Fresh star emerged as the best player of the season after a tournaments-long excellence, highlighted by helping her team to a breakthrough Final Four appearance in the 2026 PVL All-Filipino Conference.“Kahit sa bangungot or sa magandang panaginip, never ko naisip na magkakaroon ako ng ganitong klaseng award,” Tubu told reporters as the gala night concluded on a high.“Sobrang thankful po ako and sobrang grateful po sa award na ito. Lagi ko sinasabing napakadaming players diyan na magagaling at isa ko sa mga nabigyan ng chance po na makuha itong award na ito,” she added.Joining Tubu, who was also named Best Opposite Spiker, are fellow PVL Mythical Team members Bella Belen of Capital1 (Best Outside Spiker and Rookie of the Year), Savi Davison of PLDT (Best Outside Spiker), Gel Cayuna of Cignal (Best Setter), Kath Arado of PLDT (Best Libero), Pangs Panaga of Creamline (Best Middle Blocker), and Majoy Baron of PLDT (Best Middle Blocker).<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/volleyball/2026/5/29/best-of-ph-volleyball-to-be-feted-at-pvl-press-corps-awards-night-2307">READ: Best of PH volleyball to be feted at PVL Press Corps Awards Night </a></div>Also recognized in the special night is PVL Coach of the Year, PLDT’s Rald Ricafort; Team of the Year is Creamline; and Executive of the Year is Rebisco’s Jonathan Ng.Moreover, Alyssa Valdez was formally named Miss Quality Minutes; PLDT&#x27;s Kianna Dy is Comeback Player of the Year; and the Most Improved Player is Cignal&#x27;s Erika Santos.For delivering the most memorable match of the season before a packed Smart Araneta Coliseum crowd, Game 2 of the Creamline-Cignal showdown in the 2026 All-Filipino Conference Finals received the Pilipinas Live Game of the Year recognition.In the men’s side, Spikers’ Turf awardees include Season MVP Jude Garcia of Criss Cross, who was also awarded Best Outside Spiker; Garcia’s teammates Adrian Villados is Best Setter and Noel Kampton is Best Outside Spiker; Giles Torres and JP Bugaoan (Savouge) as Best Middle Blockers, Mark Calado (Savouge) as Best Opposite Spiker, and John Pepito (Criss Cross) as Best Libero.The ST Coach of the Year is Criss Cross&#x27; Tai Bundit after leading the King Crunchers to back-to-back titles.Baron and Calado were named the Stars of the Night, turning heads in the event backed by Immuni+ and Rebisco and staged in partnership with Sports Vision.

Trisha Tubu said that never in her wildest dreams did she expect to receive the PVL Season MVP award.

Trisha Tubu said that never in her wildest dreams did she expect to receive the PVL Season MVP award.