Choco Mucho Flying Titans setter Deanna Wong was named Fan Favorite in the first-ever PVL Press Corps Awards Night.
Veteran setter Deanna Wong of the Choco Mucho Flying Titans was the landslide winner of the Fan Favorite Award for the upcoming PVL Press Corps Awards Night, supported by Pilipinas Live.
Wong, a proven crowd pleaser in the PVL, was the runaway choice through fan voting on the PVL Press Corps' social media assets, blowing away the competition with upwards of 24,000 votes through a two-week voting period from May 2 to May 16.
The former Ateneo standout nipped the competition from sister team Creamline, specifically Jema Galanza (12,000), Alyssa Valdez (10,000), and Bea de Leon (6,400).
Wong’s win didn’t come as a surprise with her cavalry of supporters as she has 866,000 followers on Facebook, 1.4 million followers on Instagram, and 2.4 million followers on TikTok all rallying behind her.
Meanwhile, fans also got to decide the Pilipinas Live Game of the Year, handing the plum to the nail-biter PVL All-Filipino Conference quarterfinals between Wong’s Choco Mucho and the PLDT High Speed Hitters.
Choco Mucho edged PLDT during the game last March 20 to move on to the semifinals with a thrilling five set victory, 25-15, 12-25, 25-23, 21-25, 15-13, at the PhilSports Arena.
The match was highlighted by a neck-and-neck showdown between Sisi Rondina and PLDT’s Savi Davison.
The five-set duel outlasted other nominees with 3,100 Facebook reactions, besting Creamline’s Grand Slam coronation, Petro Gazz’s title-clinching win over the Cool Smashers during the 2024-25 All-Filipino Conference Finals, and
Russian import Marina Tushova’s 50-point explosion for Capital1 in a quarterfinal defeat against Cignal during the 2024 Reinforced Conference.
Chery Tiggo, meanwhile, will be feted with the Fair Play Award at the scribes’ Awards Night on May 28 at Novotel after being granted the most green cards — a total of six — from the Reinforced Conference and the All-Filipino Conferences.
On the awards night itself, fans will also be tasked to vote for the “Star of the Night”, which will be given to the most dazzling player on the red carpet at the formal Awards Night.
The nominee with the most reactions on the PVL Press Corps Facebook page will bag the award to be given at the culmination of the historic event.