Trento, 17 September 2021

Legavolley Awards 2020/21: Alessandro Michieletto best Italian Under 23 player

Assigned the awards of the Volleyball League Serie A for the season 2020/2021. In the list of winners there is a player of Trentino Volley as well: Alessandro Michieletto has been chosen as best player Under 23 of the last SuperLega and in one of the first home matches he will receive his second Award Badiali; he had won the first a year ago but in that case regarding the championship of Serie A3. Among the awarded there is also the opposite-spiker Nimir Abdel-Aziz, gone to Modena in the summer, but who with the yellow-blue jersey had stood out the performance ranking for the number of points (Award Kuznetsov), aces, and attacks.

The complete list of the awards:
Award “Costa–Anderlini” – Best head coach
Roberto Piazza (Allianz Milano) for the SuperLega Credem Banca
Gianluca Graziosi (Agnelli Tipiesse Bergamo) for the Serie A2 Credem Banca
Giuseppe Lorizio (HRK Motta di Livenza) for the Serie A3 Credem Banca

Award “Gianfranco Badiali” – Best Italian player Under 23
Alessandro Michieletto (Itas Trentino) for the SuperLega Credem Banca
Fabrizio Gironi (Prisma Taranto) for the Serie A2 Credem Banca
Kristian Gamba (HRK Motta di Livenza) for the Serie A3 Credem Banca

Award “Ilario Toniolo” – Best referee SuperLega Credem Banca
Stefano Cesare

Award “Cesare Massaro” – Best referee Serie A2/A3 Credem Banca
Sergio Jacobacci

Award “Andrej Kuznetsov” – Best scorer
Nimir Abdel Aziz (Itas Trentino) for the SuperLega Credem Banca
Francisco Wallyson Bezzerra Souza (Kemas Lamipel santa Croce) for the Serie A2 Credem Banca
Pawel Stabrawa (Aurispa Libellula Lecce) for the Serie A3 Credem Banca

Individual Performance Rankings
Best Server
Jonas Bastien Baptiste Aguenier (NBV Verona)
Best Reception
Santiago Nicholas Danani La Fuente (Kioene Padova)
Best Spiker
Wilfredo Leon (Sir Safety Conad Perugia)
Best Middle blocker
Robertlandy Simon (Cucine Lube Civitanova)
Aces
Nimir Abdel-Aziz (Itas Trentino)
Blocks
Simone Anzani (Cucine Lube Civitanova)
Attacks
Nimir Abdel-Aziz (Itas Trentino)

It’s the sixth time in twenty-two seasons of activity that a player of Trentino Volley wins the Award Badiali: previously it was won by Cristian Savani (season 2004/05), Dore Della Lunga (2005/06), and Simone Giannelli (2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17). The previous winner was Daniele Lavia (2019/20), Alessandro Michieletto's new teammate.

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