Brooke Van Sickle celebrates after the Petro Gazz Angels won the PVL All-Filipino Conference championship, dethroning the Creamline Cool Smashers. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines — Petro Gazz star Brooke Van Sickle remained undeniably sharp throughout the entire season—and now, she’s poised to reap the rewards of her outstanding campaign as the first-ever Season Most Valuable Player award at the inaugural Pilipinas Live PVL Press Corps Awards Night.
Van Sickle, the driving force behind the Angels’ triumphant end to Creamline’s dominant All-Filipino Conference reign, will claim the highest individual honor on May 28 at the Novotel.
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The 27-year-old outside hitter was a steady, cutting force for Petro Gazz on both ends of the floor, helping the Angels slice through the competition all the way to the 2024–25 PVL All-Filipino crown—and ultimately deny the Cool Smashers their fifth-straight title in the all-local tilt.
Van Sickle topped the voting with a weighted score of 227.6 points, calculated from 50% statistics, 30% media votes, and 20% team votes.
She earned 116.3 statistical points, 66.3 media votes, and 45 points from coaches and team captains — more than enough to edge out Creamline’s MVP duo of Bernadeth Pons and Michele Gumabao.
Reinforced Conference MVP Pons placed a close second with a total of 205.6 points, built on 122.8 statistical points, 50.4 from the media, and 32.4 from coaches and team captains.
Meanwhile, Invitationals MVP Gumabao settled for a distant third with 151.4 points, drawn from 92.5 statistical points, 35.1 media votes, and 23.8 team votes.
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It was a season of highs and lows for Petro Gazz.
The Angels saw their ‘three-peat’ bid shattered in the Reinforced Conference quarterfinal and missed out on the mid-year Invitational tilt.
But Petro Gazz came back sharper and more determined than ever with Van Sickle leading the charge, capping a six-month grind with a triumphant run in the all-local contest. The Angels proved they had what it took to rise and finish strong, even after a stumble.
Amid the twists and turns of their roller-coaster season, the Hilo, Hawaii-born spiker remained a steady presence. Her impeccable performance was one of the reliable constants Petro Gazz could count on through every exhilarating high and challenging low.
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Her remarkable consistency also propelled her to claim the Best Outside Hitter honors in both the Reinforced and AFC, capped by a second consecutive Conference MVP plum in the all-local tourney.
In her MVP-winning performance in the AFC, Van Sickle finished third in scoring, registering 349 points built on 296 attacks, 30 kill blocks, and a league-leading 23 aces.
She led the league in service winners with an average of 0.38 aces per set and ranked second in spiking with an impressive 36.86% success rate.
Van Sickle also proved to be a reliable presence on defense, placing third in receiving with a 35.37% efficiency and sixth in digging with 2.89 digs per set.
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