With the 2015 EU Spring Split officially in the books, theScore eSports staff hand out their end of season awards.

MVP

Tyler "Fionn" Erzberger - FORG1VENGRE, SK Gaming

By far the best player during the regular season, even a substandard playoffs cannot take away the MVP from FORG1VENGRE. A player that was hyper focused on each game he was in, he was the biggest game-changer this season in Europe.

Kelsey Moser - YellowStaR, Fnatic

There's absolutely no one else who can receive this award. YellowStaR led a team of rookies, including a jungler with a poor reputation, and went on to win the European LCS. His ward count is unrivaled, his champion pool is massive, and his mechanics are surprising for someone who never really stood out as an AD Carry. There's no two ways about it: YellowStaR is the most valuable player in the European LCS.

Nilu Kulasingham - YellowStaR, Fnatic

YellowStaR has undoubtedly been the most valuable player for Fnatic, as he once again led the men in orange and black to another European LCS victory. As the only veteran on a brand new Fnatic squad, YellowStaR has led his rookie side to yet another win.

Matt Demers - YellowStaR, Fnatic

YellowStaR continued his support role dominance with a mind-boggling 229 assists; the next highest was nRated who had 38 less assists (191 in total). More importantly, he served as a solid center to a new Fnatic roster that was expected to be a shell of their former selves.

Most Improved Player

Fionn - Hylissang, Unicorns of Love

The Unicorns of Love's support came into the EU LCS on fire — his Thresh play being one of the biggest reasons why the team qualified for the LCS. He had a slow start in the regular season but turned it on late in the playoffs to help his team make it all the way to the Grand Finals.

Moser - Ryu, H2k-Gaming

This isn't to say that Ryu has improved from his peak. That obviously isn't true. When he first started playing in the offseason as a potential pickup for Millenium, he failed to meet expectations. Ryu wasn't just a strong mid laner from Korea, but one of the greatest Korean mids of 2013. Ryu and Dade were one rung on the ladder away from Faker at the end of the 2013 season, and that isn't said lightly. In Europe, phrases like "washed up" would follow him until around four weeks into the split. Ryu smashed out of the gates and led H2k on an upward climb. His powerful comeback performance in the third place match allowed H2k to reverse sweep the darlings of the regular season and finish third. Ryu took time to acclimate to his environment, but he's playing leaps ahead of when he first joined Millenium. My anticipation is high for his Summer performance.

Kulasingham - Steelback, Fnatic

Steelback has been at the brunt of criticism as a downgrade from Rekkles by many, but he has performed consistently well throughout the season and has consistently improved. His performance in the finals was pretty good, hence why I'm giving him my MIP award.

Demers - Ryu, H2k-Gaming

Ryu started the season without high expectations — he didn't do well on Milennium and H2k were a rookie team. Ryu remained consistently good with his new team and kicked it up a notch as playoffs approached.

Rookie of the Year

Fionn - Febiven, Fnatic

Filling in Xpeke's shoes seemed to be an impossible endeavor, and while Febiven still has a few more titles and World performances to truly live up to his predecessor, he did an incredible job as a rookie. With one EU LCS title already, the sky is the limit for Febiven.

Moser - Huni, Fnatic

You still have to go with Huni. He was nearly uncontestable as a carry top laner throughout the Spring. Fnatic's success throughout the playoffs continued to hinge on whether he had one of his best champions. He frequently received as many as three bans and still found ways around it. It's hard to think of anyone, even on his own team which is full of rookies, who is more deserving of the award.

Kulasingham - Huni, Fnatic

Huni has been one of the key standouts of this split and his finals performance continued to show that. While PowerofEvil and Febiven are both worthy contenders, Huni has been the standout performer in the top lane.

Demers - Huni, Fnatic

I have a feeling people are sick of hearing about Huni by now, but I have to give it to him for both filling in the skill needs of the team and the star power Fnatic lost. Usually you want one and maybe a bit of the other; Huni proves to be a threat, ban target and wiggling meme.

Comeback Player of the Year

Fionn - kaSing, H2k-Gaming

kaSing was a journeyman-type last year, playing for the Supa Hot Crew before moving over to Ocelote's Gamers2. He returned to the EU LCS season after the first two weeks, joining H2k and taking over the team's shot caller role. His leadership skills and support playmaking skills were a large part to H2k's third place finish.

Moser - Diamond, Gambit Gaming

Diamond didn't have a good 2014 Summer: he spent some time on the bench and his attitude was reportedly in need of repair. During Gambit's undefeated climb halfway through the split, it was hard to deny the fact that Diamond carried the team. He brought out the Sejuani pick before it's time. He made Cabochard look as if he could contend with Europe's top lane lords by giving him devout attention. Diamond made his comeback this split. Let's see if it sticks.

Kulasingham - FORG1VENGRE, SK Gaming

At the start of the split, FORG1VENGRE was looked down upon in the community due to the circumstances in which he left CW. At the Split's end, FORG1VENGRE sits atop of the European AD Carries and is one of the most respected players in Europe. If that isn't a comeback, I don't know what is. Ryu works as well, but I still think that FORG1VENGRE had a more drastic comeback.

Demers - FORG1VENGRE, SK Gaming

FORG1VENGRE's ascent to one of the best ADCs in the region wasn't a completely earth-shattering revelation, but compared to his previous results and temporary exile this was an improvement. He finished the split with the best regular season KDA and helped anchor SK.

Coach of the Year

Fionn - Pr0lly, H2k-Gaming

A rookie team to the EU LCS with players from five different countries, former professional mid laner Pr0lly shaped H2k as one of the most disciplined and well-coordinated teams in Europe. A third place finish in the playoffs for Spring, Pr0lly will be looking for a championship this coming Summer.

Moser - Pr0lly, H2k-Gaming

H2k's strategic elements were more advanced than other teams this split. They looked for ways around fighting and tried to get picks for objectives. It deteriorated a little toward the end, but this team spoke the most of having been influenced by a coach's ideology.

Kulasingham - Sheepy, Unicorns of Love

This is difficult, but I'm going to give it to UoL's coach Sheepy; owner, coach and manager? That is pretty impressive.

Demers - Deilor, Fnatic

Can’t argue with results: not only did Deillor have a brand new Fnatic roster to work with, they also had two Korean players which added communication issues. Essentially it takes some skill to be able to pull that together without using the “we’re new” excuse for a split.

Playmaker of the Year

Fionn - Reignover, Fnatic

One part of the Korean import duo that provided Fnatic with a fearless spark all season long, Reignover was never afraid to make a play this season. While his playmaking way of thinking led to his death a lot of times, his selfless engages and highlight reel plays allowed his team's main carries to rack up kills.

Moser - Hylissang, Unicorns of Love

As much as fans of the Unicorns want to give credit to Kikis for his wild picks or PowerofEvil for his carry performances, Hylissang was the team's playmaker. The Unicorns could win by constantly catching people off-guard with shocking flash engages. Hylissang took the lead, and the chain cc followed. Hylissang was the reason for the Unicorns' success, and they made it much further than even the most fervent believers would have thought possible.

Kulasingham - The Unicorns of Love

I'm going to cheat and give this award to the Unicorns of Love as a whole due to it being too hard to narrow it down to one person on that team. The Unicorns thrive in chaos and if you've seen their games, chaos is what they create.

Demers - Kikis, Unicorns of Love

Despite not being able to come up with a clutch performance in the championship match, I find that Kikis’ champion pool was different enough to provide variety, entertainment and headaches for his opponents. While he definitely had some low points, bringing out Twisted Fate, Udyr, Shaco and a (failed) Nautilus deserves some mention.

All-Star Teams

Team Fionn

Top: Odoamne, H2k-Gaming

He's an absolute brick wall in the top lane and could thrive in various metas.

Jungle: Reignover, Fnatic

As the bridge for his team with Huni's language barrier, Reignover was a primary engage and was the MVP in the finals against the Unicorns of Love.

Mid: PowerOfEvil, Unicorns of Love

When PoE was good, the Unicorns were great. When he was off his game, his team went nowhere. There might have been statistically better players in the mid-lane, but PoE was the most valuable to his team.

AD Carry: FORG1VENGRE, SK Gaming

Almost any Western team would love to have his technical prowess in the bottom lane. He's a monster that will make gold in the most starved of situations.

Support: YellowStaR, Fnatic

Five straight EU LCS finals. Four championships. Built a team around him of four LCS rookies and won the championship. 'Nuff said.

Team Moser

Top: Huni, Fnatic

Who else commands as many bans and as much attention and still manages to function as his team's sole carry? FORG1VENGRE? Yes, but FORG1VENGRE didn't win the EU LCS championship. Huni has proven he is the all-star top laner of the 2015 Spring EU LCS.

Jungle: Svenskeren, SK Gaming

Svenskeren's hyper performance in the semifinals nearly landed SK Gaming a finals appearance. Besides that, he gave SK vision even when their warding was poor by invading boldly and showing Europe how to use Nidalee. Who knows what could have happened if the Unicorns hadn't stolen Baron? He and SK may very well have gone into the Grand Finals with confidence and beaten out Fnatic for the win.

Mid: PowerOfEvil, Unicorns of Love

This is by far the most competitive role in Europe. Nearly any team's mid laner could stand here with good reason. The Unicorns made the finals and Power of Evil functioned as, at time, their sole carry. Some of his picks may have been strange, but his ability to destroy was one of the the Unicorns' biggest guiding lights. For that, he was the all-star mid of the 2015 Spring split.

AD Carry: FORG1VENGRE, SK Gaming

Though he might not have had as strong of a performance without Graves or Lucian, he never really had a bad game. His ability to get towers early and serve as a pseudo-assassin in the AD Carry role on burst picks kept SK Gaming ahead of the pack for most of the split. FORG1VENGRE is the best AD Carry in Europe. There is no competition.

Support: YellowStaR, Fnatic

To not have the MVP on the all-star team would be a crime. There's no other player for this position for the same reasons I mentioned before.

Team Kulasingham

Top: Huni, Fnatic

This one's pretty self-explanatory. Huni is the best top laner in Europe when he's on mages and he's still competent when he's on tanks.

Jungle: Svenskeren, SK Gaming

The Dane carried two games for SK against UoL. He's definitely the best jungler in Europe at the moment.

Mid: Ryu, H2k-Gaming

This split has been marked by a rise of new European talent: PowerofEvil, Febiven, Fox. Since I can't use Febiven or Fox due to team restrictions, it's between PowerofEvil and Ryu and I think the latter has been overall more consistent in terms of performance.

AD Carry: FORG1VENGRE, SK Gaming

I don't really think this needs an explanation, He's still the best ADC in Europe.

Support: YellowStaR, Fnatic

He's my MVP of the split and led a team of Rookies to a championship. YellowStaR is the best shotcaller in Europe, ever since his aAa days.

Team Demers

Top: Huni, Fnatic

He has a decent champion pool, the ability to carry games and a generally positive mindset. All of these qualities make for a player that I’d want on my all-star team.

Jungle: Kikis, Unicorns of Love

With a weird champion pool, Kikis represents the chaotic factor that some teams need to keep their opponents on their toes. While he’s a competent jungler, each one of his lanes are consistent enough to survive without his babysitting, giving him more freedom in the process.

Mid: Febiven, Fnatic

Europe traditionally has good mid-lane players, but consistency is something they've been lacking lately. Febiven had a really good split for Fnatic, including his highest death count being six (both losses, 11/6/10 LeBlanc and 5/6/3 Zed) in two otherwise productive games.

AD Carry: FORG1VENGRE, SK Gaming

Limited champion pool, sure, but he’s still the region’s best ADC. The purpose of an all-star team is to build a roster that’s “best”, and complemented by the others listed here, FORG1VENGRE could get scarier.

Support: YellowStaR, Fnatic

As my pick for the split’s MVP, YellowStaR brings the leadership and playmaking that this team needs to hold itself together. I would really like to see what magic he’d put together with FORG1VENGRE.