Kim Yeon-koung became the annual salary queen! Kang So-hwi's choice of "800 million ace", why was it a road construction

Why did Kang So-hwi 27, a former GS Caltex One Clubwoman, decide to go to Gimcheon instead of staying in Seoul.

The Korea Expressway Corporation of the V League Women's Division officially announced on the 12th that it has recruited Kang So-hwi, who has qualified as an FA for the second time after the 2023-2024 season.

Kang's contract terms amount to 2.4 billion won for three years, with an annual total of 800 million won basic annual salary of 500 million won and option of 300 million won. This is the highest annual salary for women in the V-League, which exceeded 775 million won last season for Kim Yeon-kyung Heungkuk Life Insurance and Park Jung-ah Pepper Savings Bank, and Kang So-hwi opened the era of 800 million won in annual salary for the women in the V-League for the first time.

The total compensation for the 2024-2025 season of the V-League is 2.9 billion won 2.0 billion won for salary cap + 600 million won for option cap + 300 million won for winning allowance, up 100 million won from the previous season. As a result, the maximum annual salary for a player has increased from 775 million won to 800 million won 465,580 dollars per year.

Born in 1997, Kang graduated from Wongok High School and joined GS Caltex as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2015-2016 rookie draft. Since then, he has grown into the team's ace and outside heater of the national team, and signed his first FA contract with GS Caltex in April 2021 for up to 1.5 billion won for three years.

Kang So-hwi has had a brilliant career for nine years at GS Caltex, including a rookie award, two best 7 outside heater 2019-2020, 2021-2022, and three KOVO Cup MVPs 2017, 2020, 2023, the most wins in men's and women's history.

In the 2023-24 season, he scored 444 points and recorded an offensive success rate of 39.30 percent in 35 games, ranking second overall in offense and third among Korean wing strikers. He also showed off his strength in both offense and defense, ranking seventh in overall defense, eighth in receptions, and ninth in digs.

Korea Expressway Corporation won the first reverse sweep of the V-League over Heungkuk Life Insurance in the 2022-2023 season, but failed to fill the gap of outside heater Park Jung-ah, who left for Pepper Savings Bank in the 2023-2024 season, finishing sixth 12 wins and 24 losses. 토토사이트

With the opening of the FA market, the Korea Expressway Corporation started targeting Kang So-hwi early on, and succeeded in recruiting an ace player after aggressive courtship. The Korea Expressway Corporation recruited an outside FA for the first time in seven years since Park Jung-ah in May 2017.

Kang So-hwi said on his SNS on the 13th why he chose the Korea Expressway Corporation after leaving the affectionate GS Caltex.

"I joined GS Caltex in 2015 and was the youngest, and I have been busy working hard until 2024 while serving as the captain after passing the interim annual leave. There have been many twists and turns in the team, and there have been many good and happy things," he said. "I think this FA has done the most deeply in my life. I'm sorry to the fans and I'm very sorry to leave without playing volleyball in the spring."

"It's unfamiliar and hard to realize that it's a different team now, but I'll do my best thinking that I'm going back to the beginning," he said. "I would like to thank Lee Sun-gu for picking out the draft, Cha Sang-hyun for raising me as the main left, team staff, coaching staff, players, and all the fans who cheered and encouraged me," he promised to perform at the Korea Expressway Corporation.