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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, April 17, 2015 – Yarimar Rosa
was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2015 Puerto Rican
Women’s Volleyball Superior League.
It is the second MVP title for the outside hitter of Juncos who
had won the award in 2012 when she played for Mayaguez.
Rosa received 20 first-place votes and totaled 110 points.
Natalia Valentin, setter of Ponce, got 37 points with two
first-place votes to finish second. Karina Ocasio of Caguas was
third with 28 points.
The native of Vega Baja, who played for Florida International
University (FIU), has represented Puerto Rico since her junior
years. She played at NORCECA Junior and Youth Championships and
at the 2005 FIVB Junior World Championship in Turkey.
In 2013, Rosa was named captain of the senior women’s national
team of Puerto Rico and the following year had her first
experience with a foreign club playing in the Italy A-1 League. |
