I've watched a fair amount of Stanford games this season and Andi Sullivan is the MVP of our team in my view. There is a very different flow when she is out. This was most notable in the Florida match where we were -3 with her on the bench. And of course that losing goal we gave up to Santa Clara in last year's NCAA's was shortly after she went out with injury. Unfortunately, I think we are going to be a very different team next season without her.Like Andi Sulllivan have zero points in league play yet getting midfielder of the year? Politics.
The MVP of the top team is always going to have an advantage when it comes to awards, even without the best stats. (Like Alabama's Derrick Henry winning the Heisman over Christian McCaffrey .) If that is what you mean by her win being political, then I agree with you.