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Thursday, October 15, 2009

Predictions - AVP Banquet

AVP Banquet tonight. Here are my predictions for who wins what.

MVP - Phil
Best O - Phil
Best B - Phil
Those 3 were easy. I think if he doesn't win all 3 it is a major upset.
Best D - I think John Hyden will win it but not as sure on that as with Phil. I think Nick and Rosy will be close with Matt Olson and John Mayer as dark horses.
Most Improved - Tough again. You can make an argument for either Sean Scott or John Hyden. You can also throw in Nygaard, Mayer, Olson, and a handful of others. Really up for grabs here.
ROY - I think it will be Jonathon Acosta. There are 5 or so other guys but he had the best season out of all of them.

Women will be much tougher to predict.
MVP - Should be either EY or Nicole. I will go with EY as Nicole could get a couple of these in the future.
Best O - Nicole
Best B - Lisa Rutledge - I watched her block and she is impressive up there. EY could also win it but she split a lot of time with Nicole up at the net.
Best D - Brooke Hanson - scooped up more balls than anyone else on tour by a lot. I think the fact the top teams split block and split defend will make it tough to give it to one of them.
Most Improved - Lisa Rutledge - She went from pretty low down in the rankings to a top 8 team.
ROY- I have no idea who is considered a rookie on the women's side so I can't venture a guess here.

We shall see tonight.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Come on Todd...throw yourself into the mix dude.
You gotta get something at the banquet. Maybe Classiest Player? or something?
Best hair?
Seriously good luck tonight, have a few drinks for the fans!
Have a great off season Todd. Eat lots and be fat and happy!

Anonymous said...

How about Mr. So Fine?

Best Offensive player. It doesn’t matter whether he gets it or not. It’s what he is.

Nice thought but maybe not so much on the food. Lean & keen!

Anonymous said...

You better put yourself in the mix. I'm guessing you and John Hyden for Best Defensive player.

Anonymous said...

Okay so its happened and AVP.com has nothing on it??? Whats up with the AVP and the lack of fan appreciation? I mean come on and throw the fans a bone.
So who won what Todd?

Anonymous said...

Maybe they all drank too much last night and nobody’s manning the ship.

Anonymous said...

Okay I just got some of the SCOOP...John Hyden did win Best Defender!
That's all I know.

Anonymous said...

Thanks but go back and get some more scoop! Hurry!

Anonymous said...

I can't find anything else??? What's up with the AVP are they keeping the winners secret or something?

Anonymous said...

All of “them” know who won so guess they’re not in a hurry to post the news but maybe they are working on it now- they just posted the Paul Mitchell Hot Shot winners on the avp web site and that wasn’t there an hour ago.

UmassJSP said...

Congrats on the team of the year award Todd! Here is link to all awards Carlucci posted on Twitter: http://bit.ly/15KG1F

Anonymous said...

http://www.avp.com/News/2009/10/2009-Player-Awards.aspx

Todd Rogers said...

Scott- Thanks.

Todd