pitman new jersey — The New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) announced the 2024 Men's Volleyball All-Conference Awards today, Friday, April 26, as the New Jersey City College men's volleyball program was sorted out.head coach carlo edra and its staff – Associate Head Coach Michal Kuza and assistant coach patrick john padilla, thomas barrel and Joe Norman — Selected as Coaching Staff of the Year despite being a middle blocker in his fifth year Brandon DaSilva (Kearney, New Jersey/Kearney) Named player of the year and freshman outside hitter. Marcus Pardasy (Paramus/Cresskill, New Jersey) He was named Rookie of the Year.Both players were selected to the first team along with the other graduate student. James Bajo (Bayonne, New Jersey).
Edra and his staff helped lead the Gothic Knights to 22 wins this season. This is tied for third-most in program history and tied for most with Edra at the helm. NJCU went 2-1 in NJAC play, missing out on the conference title with a tiebreaker between Rutgers and Newark. Additionally, the Gothic Knights won 14 straight games this season from February 28 to March 27, tying the longest winning streak in program history dating back to 1997. Overall, Edra's staff currently produces three NJAC Coach of the Year honorees, including one. Player of the Year (this year), 3 Defensive Player of the Year, 2 Rookie of the Year, 10 first team selections, 2 second team selections, and 2 honorable mention winners. Weekly NJAC honors this season under Edra and his staff include four Player of the Week awards, three Defensive Player of the Week awards and eight Rookie of the Week awards (all to Pardassie). Edra currently ranks as the program's all-time wins leader with 143 wins. As for the postseason, NJCU reached the finals of the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championship for his second straight year and qualified for the tournament for his third straight season.
DaSilva was named the first NJAC Player of the Year in program history, was named the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Honorable Mention All-America award earlier this week (also a first in program history), and is now a four-time first-teamer. selected. All NJAC selection. The middle blocker, who was also an AVCA All-Region selection, was named Player of the Week or Defensive Player of the Week by the NJAC five times. Statistically, he finished his final season with 99 total blocks (1.13 per set), 336.5 points scored (3.82 per set), 246 kills (2.80 per set), 30 aces (0.34 per set), and a batting average of .400. . This number of blocks per set ranked him first in the NJAC and seventh in all of NCAA Division III. He also led the conference in batting average and was 16th in Division III. He was also second in the NJAC in points per set. During his career, DaSilva ranks third all-time at NJCU in assist blocks (280) and fourth in total blocks (353). He also ranks seventh in blocks per set (1.04) and ninth in points per set (1,077). His single-season blocks per set this year also ranks him fifth at NJCU.
Pardasie earned eight NJAC Rookie of the Week honors this season en route to his second consecutive NJAC Rookie of the Year award. The first-team honorable outside hitter ranked 24th in the NCAA and second in the NJAC in aces per set (0.50). He also ranked third in the conference in batting average (.280), fifth in kills per set (2.80), seventh in points per set (3.43) and eighth in digs per set (1.77). He also posted a serve-receive rating of .958 and 0.22 blocks per set.
Bajor is currently a two-time All-NJAC first team selection. He was named the AVCA Division III Player of the Week on March 26 and was named the NJAC Player of the Week twice. Bajor ranks 14th in the nation, first in the conference in aces per set (0.58), sixth in the NJAC in points per set (3.49) and batting average (.237), and seventh in kills per set (2.66), per set. Ranked 9th in digs. (1.73). He also has 0.43 blocks per set. Historically at NJCU, Bajor ranks 8th all-time in aces (116) and 10th in aces per set (0.36).
