Victorian Volleyball League & Vipers 2023 Awards Night
Published Thu 12 Oct 2023
Congratulations to all the winners from the Victorian Volleyball League 2023 Awards Night, held at the Citipower Centre at the Junction Oval on Sunday 8 October, with MC Chelsea Ryan, which included Volleyball Victoria State League and Melbourne Vipers MVPs.
Tomas Santamaria Shield
Premier Women Division 1 MVP
Caitlin Waterfall (Monash University Volleyball Club)
Premier Men Division 1 MVP
Paul Sanderson (Phantoms Volleyball Club)
Vipers Women MVP
Rochelle Sison-Lim
Vipers Men MVP
Paul Sanderson
Referee of the Year
Giuseppe Vigiarolo
Female Rising Star
Milla Smith (Dandenong Volleyball Club)
Male Rising Star
Scott Johnson (Monash Uni)
Women's All-Star 7
Giorgia Todesco - Best Blocker (Monash Uni)
Jemma Stokes - Best Attacker (Melbourne University Renegades Volleyball Club)
Louise Bates - Best Setter (Dandenong)
Caitlin Waterfall - Best Server (Monash Uni)
Mikayla Adam - Best Receiver (Monash Uni)
Rochelle Sison-Lim - Best Libero (Renegades)
Karl Lim - Coach of the Year (Dandenong)
Men's All-Star 7
Kanwar Pal Singh - Best Blocker (Heidelberg)
Paul Sanderson - Best Attacker (Phantoms)
Pawandeep Singh - Best Setter (Heidelberg)
Manjot Singh - Best Server (Heidelberg)
Liam Van Gemst - Best Receiver (Renegades)
Darcy Cox - Best Libero (Renegades)
Johann Bancilhon - Coach of the Year (Heidelberg)
Contribution to Refereeing
David Rosamillia
Referee Development Award
Chloe Parker Apps
Premier Women Division 2 MVP
Bianca Duque (Dandenong)
Premier Men Division 2 MVP
Marcus Peters (Renegades)
Reserve Women Division 1 MVP
James Lycett (Renegades)
Reserve Men Division 1 MVP
Jake Riley (La Trobe University Volleyball Club)
Reserve Women Division 2 MVP
Clara Arena (KVA Future Stars Volleyball Academy)
Reserve Men Division 2 MVP
Ashton Lay (Monash Uni)
Reserve Women Division 3 MVP
Ayla Grbic (Eastside Hawks Volleyball Club) & Ekeesha Bhatia (Heidelberg)
Reserve Men Division 3
Angad Bhatia (Heidelberg)
Junior Girls Division 1 MVP
Isadora Van Unen-Smith (Monash Uni)
Junior Boys Division 1 MVP
Eli Franzke (Volley Friends United Melbourne) & Jude Thomas (International Volleyball Club Melbourne)
Junior Girls Division 2 MVP
Ellie Mellings (Irizar Volleyball Institute of Performance)
Junior Boys Division 2 MVP
Charlie Lanham (McKinnon Volley)
