Tuggeranong Valley's Shane Devoy Photo: Jeffrey Chan

In the big-hitting world of the Big Bash League, spinners who turn the ball away from the batsmen can be gold, and ACT Comets coach Mark Higgs believes tweaker Shane Devoy has the weapons to make it in Cricket Australia's Twenty20 slog-fest.

After a stunning summer with both bat and ball, Devoy added the DB Robin Medal to his trophy cabinet at Wednesday night's Cricket ACT grade presentation night at Woden Tradies for his 45 wickets and 514 runs across all three first-grade competitions over summer.

He was a runaway winner with 28 votes, six clear of Ginninderra batsman Sam Gaskin, with Queanbeyan's Michael Spaseski third on 20.

It adds to the Peter Solway Medal the Tuggeranong Valley all-rounder won the previous summer as the Comets' best player in the Futures League for 2012-13.

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Weston Creek Molonglo's Ingrid Svilans won the SJ Moore Medal for the women's competition for her 422 runs at an average of 70.33, while Luke Ryan won the inaugural Darren Richards Medal as the ACT's best indoor cricketer.

After another stunning summer, Higgs felt Devoy had the tools to take his game to the next level both at state level and also in the lucrative Big Bash League.

He said Devoy's left-arm orthodox bowling suited Twenty20 cricket.

"Left-arm orthos, in particular, are big value in Big Bash cricket because they spin the ball away from the right-hander," Higgs said.

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Tuggeranong Valley's Shane Devoy wins Cricket ACT's DB Robin Medal