Championship Central
Player of the Week
Kyle Biggers, St. Joseph's-Long Island
Junior, Middle Blocker; Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem East
Third weekly accolade of the season...hit at a .415 clip over a 4-1 week (4-0 Skyline)...put down nine kills on .727 hitting Saturday against Sarah Lawrence.
Rookie of the Week
Jeremiah Huntt, Purchase
Freshman, Right Side/Middle Blocker; Bronx, N.Y./H.S. of Art and Design
Put down 49 kills over four matches for the Panthers, collecting 68.5 points in the process (10 total blocks, five solo; 12 aces)...scored 21 points Thursday against Sarah Lawrence...added 22 points (18 k, service ace, four total blocks, nine digs) in a No. 2 seed-clinching victory Sunday versus Yeshiva.
Honor Roll
Purchase junior middle
Thomas Slomka had 22 blocks (eight solo) and 52 points total in a 4-0 stretch for the Panthers...St. Joseph's-Brooklyn senior outside hitter
Tim Driscoll helped the Bears clinch their first Skyline Conference Championship berth with 13 kills, nine digs, four aces and two solo blocks Saturday against Sarah Lawrence...Mount Saint Vincent sophomore middle
Jose Estrella had two double-digit kill outings, including a 31-point (22 k, .326 hitting, 10 total blocks -- four solo) monster outing Sunday in a victory over Yeshiva.
Previous Weekly Award Winners
Player of the Week
Jan. 21 - Paul Curaro, St. Joseph's-Long Island
Jan. 28 - Kyle Biggers, St. Joseph's-Long Island
Feb. 4 - Paul Curaro, St. Joseph's-Long Island
Feb. 11 - Kyle Biggers, St. Joseph's-Long Island
Feb. 18 - Will Flohr, St. Joseph's-Long Island
March 4 - Jack Solen, St. Joseph's-Long Island
March 11 - Sean Salomons, St. Joseph's-Brooklyn
March 18 - Tyler Jones, St. Joseph's-Long Island
March 26 - Paul Curaro, St. Joseph's-Long Island
April 1 - Matthew Amberge, St. Joseph's-Long Island
Rookie of the Week
Feb. 4 - Joey Dyckman, Purchase
Feb. 11 - Joey Dyckman, Purchase
March 11 - Eliyahou Benhamou, Yeshiva
March 18 - Eliyahou Benhamou, Yeshiva
March 26 - Sean Williams, St. Joseph's-Long Island
April 1 - Eliyahou Benhamou, Yeshiva