Nigel Si­mon

Ma­li­ka David­son, cap­tain of the tri­umphant T&T Un­der-16 girls vol­ley­ball team was vot­ed Most Valu­able Play­er of the Third Caribbean Zon­al Vol­ley­ball As­so­ci­a­tion Youth Cham­pi­onship which end­ed in St Croix, US Vir­gin Is­lands on Wednes­day night.

David­son, who had a match high 20 points in lead­ing T&T past debu­tantes Haiti 25–15, 25–22, 25–20 in the fi­nal, al­so walked away with the Best Spik­er and Best Scor­er awards. Fel­low T&T play­ers, Re­ann Young and Aliya Dick Ross al­so walked away with in­di­vid­ual awards for the Mac­sood Ali-coached "Ca­lyp­so Spik­ers" who won all five match­es they con­test­ed.

Young picked up the Best Serv­er award while Ross was named as the Best Re­ceiv­er. In the boys cat­e­go­ry, USVI Nay­ib Gon­za­lez was vot­ed as the Most Valu­able Play­er af­ter lead­ing his team to a 25–19, 25–21, 14–25, 25–20 beat­ing of for­mer cham­pi­ons.

Gon­za­lez al­so took home the Best Spik­er ac­co­lade while his team-mate Lask­ish Plante was the Best Set­ter.

Awards

In­di­vid­ual awards:

Girls:

Most Valu­able Play­er: Ma­li­ka David­son (T&T)

Best Libero: Amer­i­ca Es­tepan (USVI)

Best Spik­er: Ma­li­ka David­son (T&T)

Best Dig­ger: Amer­i­ca Es­tepan (USVI)

Best Scor­er: Ma­li­ka David­son (T&T)

Best Re­ceiv­er: Aliya Dick Ross (T&T)

Best Serv­er: Re­ann Young (T&T)

Best Set­ter: Car­o­line Gra­ham (Haiti)

Best Block­er: Edid­iong Utibe (USVI)

Boys:

Most Valu­able Play­er: Nay­ib Gon­za­lez (USVI)

Best Libero: Matthew Bai­ley (Bar­ba­dos)

Best Spik­er: Nay­ib Gon­za­lez (USVI)

Best Dig­ger: Jabar­ry Goodridge (Bar­ba­dos)

Best Scor­er: Jabar­ry Goodridge (Bar­ba­dos)

Best Re­ceiv­er: Jabar­ry Goodridge (Bar­ba­dos)

Best Serv­er: Nathaniel Mc Lean (Bar­ba­dos)

Best Set­ter: Lak­ish Plante (USVI)

Best Block­er: Je­an­dray Philips (Cu­ra­cao)