Wood, who won the title of Champion Bat of the contest, with a high average of .483, received a total of 18 votes for the Most Valuable award, 15 of them from the specialized press and 3 from the Board of Directors of Fedebeis.
The outfielder of the Colts of Panama East, Jay Wood was selected as the Most Valuable Player of the 53rd National Youth Baseball Championship, after compiling the vote of the specialized sports press and the Board of Directors of the Panamanian Baseball Federation.
Wood, who won the title of Champion Bat of the contest, with a high average of .483, received a total of 18 votes for the Most Valuable award, 15 of them from the specialized press and 3 from the Board of Directors of Fedebeis.
The second in votes for the Most Valuable award was the Panama Oeste player Adán Sánchez who compiled 10 votes from the press and 2 from the Board of Directors for a total of 12 favorable ballots. Arod McKenzie also from West was third in the voting with 5 votes from the sports press and 1 from the Board of Directors.
Others who received votes for the Most Valuable were, the fourth batter of the Potros de Panamá Este, Derek Pinto with 2 votes, pitcher Carlos DĂaz de Oeste with 1 vote, James Salcedo de ChiriquĂ with 1 vote and Alexander Chávez de Occidente with 1 vote. vote.
A total of 35 journalists cast their vote, one member of the press left his vote blank and 6 members of the Board of Directors asserted their right to vote.