Women's College World Series Most Outstanding Player
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The Women's College World Series Most Outstanding Player is an award for the best individual performance during the
Women's College World Series The Women's College World Series (WCWS) is the final portion of the NCAA Division I softball tournament for college softball in the United States and is held annually in Oklahoma City, OK. The event is held at Devon Park (stadium), Devon Park loca ...
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national championship event in the United States. The recipient of the award is announced at the completion of the Women's College World Series Championship Game. The award is similar to
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's World Series Most Valuable Player award and
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's College World Series Most Outstanding Player award.


Voting process

The press attending the championship series vote on the Most Outstanding Player during the game. In the fifth inning, ballots are distributed. The voting is closed by the eighth inning. The Most Outstanding Player is announced following the awarding of trophies to the runner-up and championship teams. If a third game of the championship series is necessary, the ballots taken during the second game are discarded, and a new round of balloting is conducted during the third and deciding game.


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List of sports awards honoring women A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...
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Women's College World Series The Women's College World Series (WCWS) is the final portion of the NCAA Division I softball tournament for college softball in the United States and is held annually in Oklahoma City, OK. The event is held at Devon Park (stadium), Devon Park loca ...


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{{AIAW Women's College World Series Awards established in 1995 College softball trophies and awards in the United States Most valuable player awards Women's College World Series