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Park Ji-soo (28), the 'national treasure center' of Cheongju KB Stars, has marked another milestone in the history of women's professional basketball.
The WKBL (Korea Women's Basketball Federation) announced on the 3rd that Park Ji-soo was selected as the round MVP with 42 votes out of 92 votes as a result of voting for the flex 4th round of the "BNK Financial 2025-2026 Women's Professional Basketball." Following Park Ji-soo, Kang Yi-seul (KB Stars) received 15 votes and Kim Dan-bi (Woori Bank) received 10 votes.
With this award, Park Ji-soo won the 19th round MVP of his career. As a result, he broke his previous record of winning the most awards (18 times) and at the same time widened the gap with second-place Kim Dan-bi (17 times) to two times, solidifying his unrivaled status.
In the previous five games, Park had an average of 25 minutes and 13 seconds, and posted overwhelming performance of 17.0 points, 12.2 rebounds, and 3.2 block shots. The two-point shooting rate reached a whopping 61.2 percent. In particular, it ranked first overall in the block and contribution categories, playing a key role in KB Stars' lead with 4 wins and 1 loss in the fourth round.
MIP, a skill development award, went to Chung Hyeon (20), a rookie at Hana Bank in Bucheon. In the vote, which was conducted by the WKBL referee team and the game team, Chung Hyun received 17 out of 36 votes, beating BNK Sum's Byun So-jeong, who won 16 votes, by just one vote and receiving the honor of his first round MIP.
Chung Hyun, who joined Hana Bank as the third-ranked player in the first round of the 2024-2025 rookie draft, averaged 29 minutes and 31 seconds during five games in the fourth round, scoring 8.2 points and 2.6 rebounds. It is evaluated that it has played a significant role as a vital force connecting the outside and inside of the team, with a success rate of 35.0%.
Meanwhile, Park Ji-soo, who was selected as the MVP of the fourth round, will receive 2 million won in prize money and Jeong Hyeon, the MIP, will receive 1 million won in prize money, respectively.
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