Fraser Valley Fusion 2002A's Mya Galbraith was named the recipient of the 2018 U16A Canadian National Fastpitch Championship Tournament MVP - Top Player Award in Winnipeg Manitoba. The award was presented by Softball Canada Director Jackie Dugger who said "Mya is a player that had an outstanding tournament, she is an amazing athlete and made a lot of great plays". Galbraith had a strong tournament playing six games in the round robin helping her team to a 4-2 record and a birth in the playoffs. In the round robin Galbraith played three games as catcher, two games at third base and one game as the designated player. Galbraith achieved a batting average of .579, an on-base percentage of .652 with eight singles, three doubles, seven runs batted in, eight runs scored with 4 base on balls. Galbraith also displayed strong defence with a fielding percentage of .979 with twenty-six put-outs.
"Mya is a player that had an outstanding tournament, she is an amazing athlete and made a lot of great plays" - Softball Canada Director, Jackie Dugger. 
Fusion 2002A's Head Coach Jeff Donegan added, "to cap off a great season filled with several medals was our team captain winning the 2018 U16A Canadian National Fastpitch Championships Tournament MVP. Congrats Mya Galbraith and congrats to the entire Fusion 02 team. It's been an honour to coach you this year and while it wasn't in the cards this year I feel a national championship won't be to far off for these girls."
"I wish they had thirteen smaller versions of this trophy so that I could share them with my teammates."- Mya Galbraith
Always humble, Mya Galbraith commented "I wish they had thirteen smaller versions of this trophy so that I could share them with my teammates. It was only through the work of my teammates that this award would have been possible."
VIDEO REPLAY: AWARD CEREMONY
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