SEC Boys Volleyball Player of the Year and Postseason Honors, 2025

Player of the Year: Timothy Smith, West Caldwell Tech

Timothy Smith earned a first team All-State selection, as well as a first team All-Group 1 selection, leading West Caldwell Tech to the Group 1 title after defeating Hudson Catholic, 2-0. Smith is committed to continue his boys volleyball career at Fairleigh Dickinson University, and tallied 427 kills this season.

Player	School	K
Timothy Smith	West Caldwell Tech	427
Brian Robinson	East Orange	282
Patryk Pryzbyszewski	Millburn	256
Gabriel Campos	Belleville	250
Karl Araujo	Orange	233
Benjamin Welsh	Montclair	231
Desmond Comer	Bloomfield	221
Shane Castellanos	Nutley	218
Neel Vijayraghavan	Millburn	211
Mitchell Obeng	East Orange	210
Arya Deshmukh	Livingston	207
Ibrahim Dessources	West Caldwell Tech	206
Aleksa Dusic	Belleville	206
Gavin Warburton	Nutley	205
Malcolm Bragg	Newark Tech	192
Sarp Yagiz	Glen Ridge	177
Lucas Glogowski	Bloomfield	177
Josh Joseph	Payne Tech	175
Malique Johnson	Irvington	174
Shawn Xia	Livingston	170
Logan Dacanay	West Essex	167
Enzo Zemlickas	Millburn	160
Jacob Itkis	Millburn	155
Chris Ortega	Barringer	153
Naquan Copeland	West Caldwell Tech	148
Niki Botev	Glen Ridge	142
Sebastian Staciuk	Technology	141
Nick Dent	West Orange	140
Ayyub Mohammed	Payne Tech	139
Kyle Aranzamendi	Technology	137
Jeydrick Cruz	Barringer	137
Korey Jeffers-Pringle	Payne Tech	136
Batu Yagiz	Glen Ridge	132
Sam Noel	Orange	132
Miguel Ganhito	Bloomfield	132
Miguel Carrera	Science Park	131
Xavier Rodriguez	West Caldwell Tech	127
Sergio Mantrana	Technology	118
Anthony Martinez	Newark Lab	111
Noah Clemente	West Essex	110
Duncan Sturt	Livingston	109
Patrick Reesch	Montclair	103
Nasir Swiney	Bloomfield	101
Giovane Brito	Science Park	101
Lerone Clarke	East Orange	100
Alexis Rivera	Barringer	99
Stanely Cherisca	Irvington	98
Johnathon Amegah	Payne Tech	94
Ryan Doirin	Science Park	92
Davidson Narcisse	Irvington	91

Player	School	D
John Jimenez	West Caldwell Tech	563
Jermiah Rodriguez	Payne Tech	382
Victor Toledo	Belleville	291
Dennis Ayora	West Caldwell Tech	243
Inacio Aires	Science Park	241
John Guaman	Newark Tech	220
Lucas Samaloff	Nutley	203
Patryk Pryzbyszewski	Millburn	198
Josh Joseph	Payne Tech	194
Aleksa Dusic	Belleville	194
Steven Echeverri	Bloomfield	188
Chris Ortega	Barringer	187
Logan Martinez	Montclair	187
Ishaan Modi	Millburn	172
Brice Valle	Payne Tech	171
Wilson Hercules	East Orange	157
Jeydrick Cruz	Barringer	153
Mathew Astimbay	West Caldwell Tech	147
Sarp Yagiz	Glen Ridge	146
Neel Vijayraghavan	Millburn	146
Gabriel Campos	Belleville	146
Matthew Cheung	Millburn	145
Timothy Smith	West Caldwell Tech	144
Malique Johnson	Irvington	143
Sergio Mantrana	Technology	139
Sebastian Staciuk	Technology	133
Peter Garcia	Belleville	132
Leonardo McCormick,	West Orange	129
Sean Lee	Livingston	127
Ayyub Mohammed	Payne Tech	124
Jaiden Estevez	Payne Tech	123
Elijah Corprew-Rich	Arts	121
Stanely Cherisca	Irvington	120
Pedro Silva	Bloomfield	116
Kyle Aranzamendi	Technology	114
Xavier Rodriguez	West Caldwell Tech	114
Anddy Angamarca	Irvington	111
Marcos Aguilar	Barringer	111
Jacob Itkis	Millburn	110
Michael Hernandez	Belleville	110
Brian Robinson	East Orange	110
Karl Araujo	Orange	108
Nick Dent	West Orange	108
Edwin Salas	Newark Tech	106
Deivy Condor	Orange	105
Alan Saquipulla Guallpa	Orange	102
Mitchell Obeng	East Orange	101
Carlos Morocho	Irvington	99
Griffin Maurette	Millburn	98
Niki Botev	Glen Ridge	97
Carnegie Pierre	West Orange	97
Miguel Carrera	Science Park	97

Player	School	A
Dennis Ayora	West Caldwell Tech	831
Ishaan Modi	Millburn	736
Pedro Silva	Bloomfield	594
Peter Garcia	Belleville	577
Duncan Sturt	Livingston	570
Nasio Mathieson	East Orange	535
Brice Valle	Payne Tech	478
Evan Petrov	Nutley	459
Brayan Sarango	Technology	457
Andrei Aquino	Science Park	324
Franky Daniil	West Essex	321
Carnegie Pierre	West Orange	310
Luis Santos	Barringer	282
Edwin Salas	Newark Tech	262
Oscar Cazales	Irvington	255
Brendan Gibbons	Montclair	246
Aaron Winslow	Glen Ridge	241
Linus Tulleson	Glen Ridge	232
Ryan Yi	Montclair	215
Alan Saquipulla Guallpa	Orange	194
Felix Gutierrez	Orange	185
Kevin Clavijo-Parcedes	Bard	184
Carlos Morocho	Irvington	124
Yadiel Gonzalez	Arts	104
John Jimenez	West Caldwell Tech	104
Takhiy Sanders	Arts	102
Jeydrick Cruz	Barringer	78
Emmanuel Adzanu	Bard	72
Nicholas Lallave	Bloomfield	64
Alexis Rivera	Barringer	57
Jared Llapa	Newark Lab	55
Kyle Lawrence	Montclair Immaculate	47
Engel Veras	East Orange	41
Marcus Adebona	Montclair	40
Jermiah Rodriguez	Payne Tech	39
Symir West	Newark Lab	37
Victor Toledo	Belleville	34
Layton Aguilar	Orange	29
Steven Echeverri	Bloomfield	28
Nathanial Liang	Millburn	27
Inacio Aires	Science Park	26
Chris Ortega	Barringer	25
Jaiden Estevez	Payne Tech	25
Marquise Rivera	North Star Academy	24
Zayier Chevere	Montclair Immaculate	22
John Guaman	Newark Tech	22
Sean Lee	Livingston	21
Rudyson Theodore	Barringer	21
Malique Johnson	Irvington	20
Patryk Pryzbyszewski	Millburn	20

Player	School	B
Malcolm Bragg	Newark Tech	104
Ibrahim Dessources	West Caldwell Tech	87
Korey Jeffers-Pringle	Payne Tech	78
Sergio Mantrana	Technology	74
Akash Bynum	Newark Tech	70
Nasir Swiney	Bloomfield	64
Johnathon Amegah	Payne Tech	57
Elijah Daniels	Newark Tech	57
Nnamdi Emehelu	Montclair	53
Enzo Zemlickas	Millburn	52
Chris Chritchett	West Essex	52
Barron Tran	Belleville	51
Khalil Giscombe	East Orange	49
Lerone Clarke	East Orange	49
Sean Sharpe	Belleville	47
Jeremiah Cadet	West Orange	47
Naquan Copeland	West Caldwell Tech	47
Davidson Narcisse	Irvington	46
Patrick Reesch	Montclair	46
Oluwatamilore Olugbodi	Bard	45
Jacob Itkis	Millburn	43
Connor Patlock	West Essex	43
Desmond Comer	Bloomfield	42
Ibukunoluwa Babalola	Arts	41
Andres Perez	Technology	40
Pedro Silva	Bloomfield	40
Ezekiel Ayoola	Arts	37
Josh Joseph	Payne Tech	34
Edwin Salas	Newark Tech	34
Chris Gomez	Belleville	32
Chidiebere Nwadiogu	West Orange	32
Noah Clemente	West Essex	31
Veer Chander	Millburn	31
Timothy Smith	West Caldwell Tech	31
Duncan Sturt	Livingston	31
Zyair Palmer	Bard	30
Niki Botev	Glen Ridge	30
Benjamin Welsh	Montclair	28
Ryan Doirin	Science Park	25
Dominic Farms	Bloomfield	25
Alexis Rivera	Barringer	24
Sam Noel	Orange	23
Lucas Glogowski	Bloomfield	23
Simao Santa Barbara	Technology	23
Nathaniel Fairley	Payne Tech	22
Prince McLeod	East Orange	22
Joel DeSuze	West Caldwell Tech	22
Aleksa Dusic	Belleville	21
Ayyub Mohammed	Payne Tech	20
Stanely Cherisca	Irvington	20
Aaron Winslow	Glen Ridge	20
Noah Tan	Nutley	20

Player	School	SP
Dennis Ayora	West Caldwell Tech	167
Patryk Pryzbyszewski	Millburn	159
John Jimenez	West Caldwell Tech	156
Timothy Smith	West Caldwell Tech	146
Chris Ortega	Barringer	143
Kyle Aranzamendi	Technology	143
Brian Robinson	East Orange	138
Ishaan Modi	Millburn	132
Brayan Sarango	Technology	129
Simao Santa Barbara	Technology	128
Niki Botev	Glen Ridge	122
Sebastian Staciuk	Technology	121
Andrei Aquino	Science Park	120
Luis Santos	Barringer	115
Mathew Astimbay	West Caldwell Tech	114
Yariel Polanco	Barringer	113
Brice Valle	Payne Tech	113
Carnegie Pierre	West Orange	112
Josh Joseph	Payne Tech	107
Nick Dent	West Orange	102
Ryan Yi	Montclair	101
Marcos Aguilar	Barringer	101
Matthew Cheung	Millburn	99
Nasio Mathieson	East Orange	97
Gavin Warburton	Nutley	96
Linus Tulleson	Glen Ridge	94
Patrick Reesch	Montclair	93
Jacob Itkis	Millburn	91
Leonardo McCormick,	West Orange	89
Alexis Rivera	Barringer	88
Neel Vijayraghavan	Millburn	88
Carlos Morocho	Irvington	88
Ibukunoluwa Babalola	Arts	86
Aaron Winslow	Glen Ridge	85
Jeydrick Cruz	Barringer	85
Logan Martinez	Montclair	84
Xavier Rodriguez	West Caldwell Tech	83
Jaiden Estevez	Payne Tech	82
Inacio Aires	Science Park	82
Edwin Salas	Newark Tech	82
Batu Yagiz	Glen Ridge	81
Elijah Desrosier	West Orange	81
Giovane Brito	Science Park	77
Shane Castellanos	Nutley	77
Malique Johnson	Irvington	76
Miguel Carrera	Science Park	74
Griffin Maurette	Millburn	73
Ethan Arroyo	West Orange	73
Johnathon Amegah	Payne Tech	72
Aiden Piano	Glen Ridge	72
Benjamin Welsh	Montclair	72

Player	School	Aces
Timothy Smith	West Caldwell Tech	55
Kyle Aranzamendi	Technology	49
Malique Johnson	Irvington	47
Patryk Pryzbyszewski	Millburn	43
Alexis Rivera	Barringer	42
Niki Botev	Glen Ridge	38
Shane Castellanos	Nutley	38
Karl Araujo	Orange	36
Jeydrick Cruz	Barringer	34
Sarp Yagiz	Glen Ridge	31
Zyair Palmer	Bard	30
Chris Ortega	Barringer	30
Sean Lee	Livingston	29
Carlos Morocho	Irvington	29
Jared Llapa	Newark Lab	28
Simao Santa Barbara	Technology	28
Ishaan Modi	Millburn	28
Batu Yagiz	Glen Ridge	27
Brayan Sarango	Technology	27
Luis Santos	Barringer	27
Sebastian Staciuk	Technology	26
Emmanuel Adzanu	Bard	25
Hunter Small-Chan	Bard	25
Ibukunoluwa Babalola	Arts	25
Ayyub Mohammed	Payne Tech	24
Dennis Ayora	West Caldwell Tech	24
Miguel Carrera	Science Park	23
Andrei Aquino	Science Park	23
Yariel Polanco	Barringer	22
Duncan Sturt	Livingston	22
Brice Valle	Payne Tech	22
Logan Dacanay	West Essex	22
Jermiah Rodriguez	Payne Tech	21
Aleksa Dusic	Belleville	21
Gavin Warburton	Nutley	21
Jerico Bambaren	Bloomfield	21
Josh Joseph	Payne Tech	20
Lucas Samaloff	Nutley	20
Anthony Martinez	Newark Lab	20
Kingsley Opoku	Newark Lab	20
Matthew Cheung	Millburn	20
Muhammad Madni	Bard	19
Linus Tulleson	Glen Ridge	19
Pedro Silva	Bloomfield	19
Patrick Reesch	Montclair	19
Miguel Ganhito	Bloomfield	19
Zayier Chevere	Montclair Immaculate	18
Inacio Aires	Science Park	18
Johnathon Amegah	Payne Tech	17
Branden Zhao	Livingston	17
Makii Rogers	Arts	17
Yadiel Gonzalez	Arts	17
Steven Echeverri	Bloomfield	17
Gabriel Campos	Belleville	17

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