Curaro, Jensen, Kropp Claim Skyline All-Conference Top Honors
New York, NY| Graduate Student Paul Curaro was named Player of the Year with classmate Mark Jensen garnering Rookie of the Year honors and head coach Bill Kropp was named Co-Coach of the Year when the Skyline Conference released its end-of-season men's volleyball awards on Monday morning.
In addition, sophomore Clint Johnson and senior Quinn Foglia landed on the Second-Team. Graduate Student Jason Siriban was an All-Sportsmanship Team selection.
Curaro, an All-Conference honoree for the fifth time in his career, earned Player of the Year honors on the back of his most impressive season for the Golden Eagles. The outside hitter led the team in total kills (323) and kills-per-set (3.71) and was fourth in hitting percentage (.310). The Holbrook, NY native led the Skyline and is fifth nationally in aces (75) and aces per set (0.86). This season, he broke his own SJC single-season kills and aces record.
Jensen, a five-time Rookie of the Week selection sits second in the Skyline with a .402 hitting percentage. The right side put down 225 kills at a 3.31 kills-per-set rate and picked up 110 digs and posted 28 total blocks.
Kropp earns his third Coach of the Year recognition after leading the Golden Eagles to a perfect 13-0 Skyline Conference record and the program's third conference championship.
Johnson was the Skyline's top setter and is currently 12th in the nation with a 9.57 assists-per-set average. The sophomore tossed 50+ assists on three occasions this season matching his career-best of 54 against NYU. The setter has recorded 88 digs, 34 kills, 33 aces, and 27 blocks and was named the Skyline Championship Most Outstanding Player.
An All-Conference selection in 2021, Foglia landed on the Second-Team in 2022 having led the Golden Eagles and the Skyline with a .413 hitting percentage. The middle hitter has been a force at the net recording 73 total blocks while averaging 0.97 blocks per set.
Top-seeded SJC topped second-seeded New Jersey City University in the Skyline Conference final on Saturday in a five-set thriller. The Golden Eagles will face Southern Virginia in the first round of the NCAA Division III Men's Volleyball Tournament on Friday, April 15 at 6:30 pm.
2022 Skyline Conference Men's Volleyball Awards
Player of the Year: Paul Curaro, St. Joseph's-Long Island
Rookie of the Year: Mark Jensen, St. Joseph's-Long Island
Co-Coaches of the Year: Bill Kropp, St. Joseph's-Long Island; Carlo Edra, New Jersey City
All-Conference First-Team
Jonathan Andrews, New Jersey City, Sr., OH, North Bergen, N.J./North Bergen
Conor Charlow, Ramapo, Gr., MB, Towson, Md./Calvert Hall
Paul Curaro, St. Joseph's-Long Island, Gr., OH, Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem North
Brandon DaSilva, New Jersey City, Jr., MB, Kearny, N.J./Kearny
Daniel Esteva, New Jersey City, Sr., L, Union, N.J./Union
Nate Davis, Sarah Lawrence, So., OH, Los Angeles, Calif./University
Andrew Finnegan, Ramapo, Jr., OH, Colts Neck, N.J./Colts Neck
Mark Jensen, St. Joseph's-Long Island, Gr., RS, Bay Shore, N.Y./Bay Shore
All-Conference Second-Team
James Bajor, New Jersey City, Jr., OPP, Bayonne, N.J./Bayonne
Quinn Foglia, St. Joseph's-Long Island, Sr., MB, Remsenburg, N.Y./Eastport-South Manor
Jeremiah Huntt, Purchase, Sr., OH/RS, Bronx, N.Y./H.S. of Art & Design
Alon Jakubowitz, Yeshiva, Sr., MB, Woodmere, N.Y./Davis Renov Stahler Yeshiva
Clint Johnson, St. Joseph's-Long Island, So., S, Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem North
Tyler Plitt, Ramapo, Sr., L, Manorville, N.Y./Eastport-South Manor
Jason van der Wilt, Ramapo, Gr., OH, Maywood, N.J./Hackensack
All-Sportsmanship Team
Shmuel Aberman, Yeshiva, Jr., RS, Chicago, Ill./Missouri Torah Institute
Ralph Calle-Schulz, Sarah Lawrence, FY, MB, Geneva, Switzerland/College du Leman
Hanel Collado, New Jersey City, Jr., OH, North Bergen, N.J./North Bergen
Ben Erkan, Purchase, Sr., MB/RS, Bellport, N.Y./Bellport
Alex Helfant, St. Joseph's-Brooklyn, So., OPP/S, Quito Ecuador/Alliance Academy International
Sean Nieves, Ramapo, Jr., OPP, Ringwood, N.J./Lakeland
Angel Santana, Mount St. Vincent, Sr., S/MB, Bronx, N.Y./All Hallows
Jason Siriban, St. Joseph's-Long Island, Gr., L, East Meadow, N.Y./East Meadow
