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Benjamin Patch of USA Wins MVP of NORCECA Men’s Junior
Championship
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA (Sept. 1, 2012) – Benjamin
Patch, an opposite hitter for the United States, was selected as
the most valuable player of the 2012 NORCECA Men’s Junior
Continental Championship that concluded Sept. 1 at the U.S.
Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Patch helped the United States defend its title of the biennial
NORCECA Men’s Junior Continental Championship with 19 points in
the gold-medal match against Canada. He finished the tournament
with 55 total points, including 47 kills, seven blocks and an
ace. Patch ranked fifth in Best Spiker with a 48.45 kill percent
on 97 attempts.
“This is a total honor,” Patch said. “I don’t think it’s about
one valuable person for our team. No one person can excel
without great setters and great passers. It was a team effort
out there tonight.”
Other awards were presented to Guatemala’s Gerardo Gonzalez Paz
for Best Scorer, Canada’s Dany Demyanenko for Best Spiker,
Canada’s Alexander William Russell for Best Blocker, United
States’ Gregory Petty for Best Server, Mexico’s Jose Mendoza for
Best Digger and Best Libero, United States’ Micah Chistenson for
Best Setter and Puerto Rico’s Luis Bertran for Best Receiver.
MVP:
Benjamin Patch (United States) – 55 points scored for
eighth-best, 48.45 kill percent for fifth-best in Best Spiker
Best Scorer:
Gerardo Gonzalez (Guatemala) – 107 points with 99 kills, 4
blocks, 4 aces
Best Spiker:
Dany Demyanenko (Canada) – 68.06 success percent with 49 kills
on 72 total attempts
Best Blocker:
Alexander William Russell (Canada) – 0.89 block average per set
with 16 blocks on 39 block attempts
Best Server:
Gregory Petty (United States) – 0.50 service ace average per set
with 8 aces on 44 service attempts
Best Digger:
Jose Mendoza (Mexico) – 3.53 digs average per set with 67 digs
on 106 dig attempts
Best Setter:
Micah Christenson (United States) – 5.44 running sets average
per set with 87 running sets on 254 total attempts
Best Receiver:
Luis Bertran (Puerto Rico) – 92.78 efficiency percent with 90
excellents on 97 attempts
Best Libero:
Jose Mendoza (Mexico) – 8.42 average per set with 160 excellents
on 223 attempts |
