Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 5) — The University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) has released an official statement Friday on the process of selecting the top individual performers of the season.

In the statement, the UAAP said its tournament officials select the best player awardees by using the overall statistical points (OSP) gained by the players during the entire period of the two preliminary rounds.

It means that the OSP serves as the only basis for the league’s individual awards.

This comes after some people were contesting that National University’s Jaja Santiago, who won Best Scorer, Best Spiker, and Best Blocker awards, should end up with the highest individual honor.

La Salle’s MaJoy Baron copped the Most Valuable Player (MVP) plum after the UAAP bared the list of winners of the individual awards last Wednesday.

The league explained the award rated scoring skills such as Best Attacker, Best Blocker, and Best Server, and non-scoring skills like Best Setter, Best Digger, and Best Receiver. They are selected by getting the actual overall OSP earned by each player per category.

The MVP and Rookie of the Year awards are given to the player with the highest OSP, that includes all skills plus the matches won divided by the total sets played.