2024-04-09 19:22:06
Kim Yeon-kyung, personal 6th MVP… Leo receives the award for the 4th time
Kim Se-bin and Lee Jae-hyeon won the Rookie Award… Best Director: Kang Seong-hyung and Tilikainen
Professional volleyball star Kim Yeon-kyung (Heungkuk Life Insurance) was selected as the Women’s Most Valuable Player (MVP). Leo, who led OK Financial Group to second place in the championship, won the men’s MVP award.
Kim Yeon-kyung was selected as the regular league women’s MVP and Leo was selected as the men’s MVP at the ‘Dodram 2023-2024 V-League Awards Ceremony’ held by the Korea Volleyball Federation at the Seoul Grand Ballroom of The K Hotel in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the 8th.
Kim Yeon-kyung won MVP for two years in a row, receiving 20 out of 31 votes. Yang Hyo-jin (Hyundai Engineering & Construction), who received 5 votes, ranked second.
Kim Yeon-kyung, who combines offense and defense, ranked 6th in scoring this season (775 points), 2nd in attack success rate (44.98%), 5th in receiving (42.46% efficiency), and 8th in defense (5.557 per set).
Kim Yeon-kyung won her 6th MVP award in her career. The 6th award is the record for the most awards ever in the women’s division.
Leo received 15 out of 31 votes from the press and was awarded MVP honors. Second place Lim Dong-hyuk (Korean Air) received 12 votes.
Leo, who showed off his tremendous destructive power this season, ranked second in scoring (995 points), second in attack success rate (54.54%), and second in serves (0.489).
Leo, who received his 4th MVP award in 9 seasons since the 2014-2015 season, holds the record for the most MVP awards ever in the men’s division.
On this day, Leo’s son Antoine attended the awards ceremony as a proxy winner on Leo’s behalf. Antoine said, “It is an honor to receive this award on behalf of my father. I was happy to see how much effort my father put in for the team and family. “He was able to see a lot of his proud father.”
The Rookie Player Award went to Kim Se-bin (Korea Expressway Corporation) in the women’s division and Jae-Hyeon Lee (Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance) in the men’s division.
Kim Se-bin swept 30 out of 31 votes in the women’s division. Second place was Yunshin Lee (GS Caltex), who received 1 vote. Jaehyun Lee received 27 out of 31 votes, and second place Seojin Yoon (KB Insurance) received 1 vote.
Sebin Kim said, “I am truly honored to receive this award. I am grateful to coach Kim Jong-min and the coaching staff for giving me the opportunity, and to my family who has always been by my side. “I will work harder in the future and become a better player,” he said.
Jaehyun Lee said, “I am truly honored to receive the Rookie of the Year award. I would like to share the honor of this award with the Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance coaching staff, seniors, and classmates. “I am grateful to my parents who always believe in me,” he said. “I will work harder in the future and show you a good side of myself.”
The women’s best 7 include aposite spiker (right striker) Silva (GS Caltex), outside heater (left striker) Kim Yeon-kyung and Jia (Cheong Kwan-jang), middle blocker (center striker) Yang Hyo-jin and Choi Jeong-min (IBK Industrial Bank of Korea), and setter Kim Da-in (Hyundai). Construction) and libero (professional defender) Lim Myeong-ok (Korea Expressway Corporation) were selected.
The men’s best 7 includes Apogee spiker Leo, outside heater Yosbani (Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance) and Heo Su-bong (Hyundai Capital), middle blockers Shin Young-seok (Korea Electric Power Corporation) and Lee Sang-hyun (Woori Card), setter Han Tae-jun (Woori Card), and libero Ryohei (Korea). power) was pulled out.
Coach Kang Seong-hyung, who led Hyundai Engineering & Construction to its first championship in eight years, won the women’s coach award. The men’s coach award went to Korean Air coach Tommy Tilikainen. Korean Air, led by coach Tilkainen, achieved four consecutive wins for the first time in professional volleyball history.
After receiving the award, director Kang Seong-hyung said, “I am grateful to the many people who supported me in receiving the award. “The players received the award because they performed well until the end,” he said. “Thanks to the fans’ support until the end, the players gained strength and achieved the win. He also expressed his gratitude and love to his family.
Coach Tilkainen said, “I hope we can help each other to make Korean volleyball stronger in preparation for the future. “Thank you,” he said.
The Fair Play Award was won by Cheong Kwan-Jang in the women’s division and Korean Air in the men’s division.
Referee awards were received by referee Choi Jae-hyo and linesman and record umpire Dong-hwan Kim.
◆Dodram 2023~2024 V-League Awards Ceremony
▲Women’s MVP = Kim Yeon-kyung (Heungkuk Life Insurance)
▲Men’s MVP = Leo (OK Financial Group)
▲Women’s Rookie Player Award = Kim Se-bin (Korea Expressway Corporation)
▲Men’s Rookie Player Award = Jaehyeon Lee (Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance)
▲Women’s Best 7 = Silva (GS Caltex), Kim Yeon-kyung (Heungkuk Life Insurance), Jia (Cheong Kwan-jang), Choi Jeong-min (IBK Industrial Bank of Korea), Yang Hyo-jin (Hyundai Engineering & Construction), Kim Da-in (Hyundai Engineering & Construction), Myeong-ok Lim (Korea Expressway Corporation)
▲Men’s Best 7 = Leo (OK Financial Group), Heo Soo-bong (Hyundai Capital), Yosbani (Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance), Lee Sang-hyeon (Woori Card), Shin Young-seok (Korea Electric Power Corporation), Han Tae-jun (Woori Card), Ryohei (Korea Electric Power Corporation)
▲Director’s Award = Hyundai Engineering & Construction Director Kang Seong-hyung, Korean Air Director Tommy Tillikainen
▲Fair Play Award=Cheong Kwan-Jang, Korean Air
▲Referee Award = Referee Jae-hyo Choi, Referee Dong-hwan Kim
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2024-04-09 19:22:06