Victorian Volleyball League & Vipers 2023 Awards Night
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)
