PVL: Cignal’s Vanie Gandler named MVP; Creamline's Bernadeth Pons is Finals MVP

Vanie Gandler was crowned as Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the 2026 PVL All-Filipino Conference after leading her Cignal team to a runner-up finish on Thursday.

Gandler led the way in the Super Spikers’ campaign, which saw them finish with a 6-3 record and a finals appearance, the team’s first in two years. She finished fourth in scoring at the end of the semifinals and placed in the top 10 in several other categories.

Following Creamline’s conquest of the All-Filipino title, though, Bernadeth Pons was named Finals MVP. She scored a team-high 22 points in the Game Two close-out win.

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Capital1’s Bella Belen, meanwhile, was named both Rookie of the Year and Best Outside Spiker, the latter honor earned alongside Nxled’s Brooke Van Sickle.

Farm Fresh’s Trisha Tubu was named Best Opposite Spiker while Creamline’s Pangs Panaga and ZUS Coffee’s Riza Nogales were named Best Middle Blockers.

Gandler’s Cignal teammate Gel Cayuna was named Best Setter while PLDT’s Kath Arado earned Best Libero honors.

—JMB, GMA News