Pitman, NJ- Announced on Thursday morning by the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) office, Montclair State University athletics landed a conference-high total of 206 student-athletes on the 2026 All-NJAC Academic Team. The total was tied with TCNJ for the most this season and is the second year in a row Montclair is at the top of the All-NJAC Academic list. 206 student-athletes also outdid the 192 honorees the Red Hawks had last season.
 
To be eligible for the All-NJAC Academic team, a student-athlete must be a sophomore or higher in class standing, compete in one of the NJAC's sponsored sports, and hold a GPA of 3.2 or better. Each institution also nominates one male and one female student-athlete to receive First-Team and Second-Team All-NJAC Academic honors. The rest of the field is listed as Honorable Mention selections.
 
Headlining the Red Hawks on the 2026 team were women's lacrosse's JOEY GROTKOPF and football's ROGER RUBINETTI, who were both selected as First Team honorees. Additionally, women's swimming & diving's ROURKE PERALTA and baseball's MICHAEL WANSAW JR. were named to the Second Team.
 
Below is a list of all of the Honorable Mention selections, separated by sport.
 
Baseball
Christian Adotta
COLIN BERNHARD
DYLAN BRIGGS
BRODY DIERS
COLIN DOWLEN
LUKAS EGENHAUSER
CHASE FISCHER
CHRIS GONZALO
JARED LEVIS
JOEY NOLAN
JOE PACCIONE
BRENDAN ROCHE
ZACH STEARNS
BILLY TIGAR
EVAN WOOD
 
Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
JORDAN BOHRER
ABIGAIL CHURCHILL
MACKENZIE COCHRAN
MIA GERACE
ODALYS GUERRERO-DOMINGUEZ
JULIE MURPHY
MARY PICHETTE
BRIANNA RODDY
LILIANA SNYDER
ALISSA TAYLOR
MAEVE WEBER
CAITLIN WITTERS
KELLY WITTERS
 
Field Hockey
EMMA BIANCO
KARINA CRACCHIOLO
MARISSA CRAIG
ANNA DONALDSON
SADIE EICHLIN
BREANNA FABI
BELLA HEISER
JOEY MAYER
JULIA RANSKI
NATALIE SURMA
DARBY VON BERG
KASEY WATSON
KELLY WESTERVELT
SYDNEY WHITE
 
Football
ABDALLAH ALKHATIB
MELRICH AMANTE
NICK BACHMANN
JAYDEN BRIMAGE
ALEX BUCHWALD
ANDREW BUTLER
WILLIAM CANAVAN
TIMOTHY CONNOLLY
BREVIN COONEY
GIANPAUL CORTES
GABRIEL DAYON (Men's Outdoor Track & Field)
ADAN DIAZ
JEREMY EDELSTEIN
MIKE FANO
JOSEPH FARRINGTON
KHALIL FORBES
TREVOR FRANTANTONI
JACK FREED
ISAIAH GURLEY
GAVIN HALLORAN
JAIDEN HERNANDEZ
TJ KACHALA
JAKOB KENNEDY
DANIEL KIKTA
NATE LESNICZAK
JOSH LIM
BRANDON LUCIA
AIDAN MCLAUGHLIN
CADEN ORAVETS
MATTHIAS PAYTON
JADEN PEART
CHRIS PEREYRA
ANTHONY ROIGE
BALDEMAR ROJAS
JUSTIN SOTO
BERNIE TINORD
JOSHUA TURNER
RYAN VISALLI
AIDAN WOOMER
 
Men's Basketball
ANDREW MARTIN
SHANE RYAN
BRYAN YU
 
Men's Soccer
KEVIN CONTRERAS
DIESEL FIORE
CHRIS FONTANAZZA
SEBASTIAN LAPCZYNSKI
KENET LOPEZ
GABE MENDEZ
LOGAN NENO
THOMAS PUGLIESE
JONATHAN ROJAS
JAKE WINCHOCK
 
Men's Swimming & Diving
MATT DETTLINGER
MASON DRANCHAK
JARED GAYNOR
ADRIAN GONZALEZ
PETER JARZAB
NICHOLAS KIPP
SEAN NUGENT
ANDREW PEARCE
DARREN ROCKWELL
FILIP SALEK
MICHAEL SALVATORI
VINCENT TERZO
MICHAEL WOJCIECHOWICZ
MASON WOODS
 
Men's Track & Field
SHELDON AGYEMANG
BRYAN ALVAREZ
JAYSON ELLIS
JOSEPH HADRICK
DANIEL MCCARTHY
AOSUUTA WYNN
 
Softball
SOPHIA ALONSO
DYLAN BOLES
KATIE BRUNNER
Julianna Casillas
MOLLY COLLIGAN
JORDYN HESTER
Julia Hoffman
CARLEE IANNONE
RILEY MERKEL
CARLY MOCKENHAUPT
LIZ MULLEN
MARIALYS RICOURT
SOPHIE SCHNEIDER
 
Women's Basketball
BELLA BRUCE
RANIYAH GREEN
SHANNON HUGHES
MADISON MARCOTTE
SAMANTHA PHILIPP
ALEXIS STROLLO
 
Women's Lacrosse
ASHLEY CASTILLO
MIA CUCCINELLO
DANIELLE DE JESUS
GINA DEANGELIS
SAMANTHA HANDZO
LUCIANA FERRARA
SAMARA GEISSLER
LEA HEGEWALD
MEGHAN JONES
AMRA LUKOVIC
CARA MCCARTNEY
ERIN MEO
NORAH MONAGHAN
KYRA MORENA
SOPHIA PICCINICH
KAELI ROBINSON
LEXI ROBINSON
RYAN SALINSKY
KAELEY SEK
CARLY STOEPKER
KAYDRIANA TOLEDO
MEGHAN VITALE
 
Women's Soccer
MACKENZIE ALBERT
MADELYN BEIRNE
SALANGE BELL
GIANNA CURCI
ASHLEY DEFRANCESCO
MIKAYLA HENDERSON
LAUREN HUTCHISON
CAIT KERR
ISABELL KRONOW
MADELINE LESICA
SAMIRA LUKOVIC
DANIELLE MULLINS
SHANNON MULLINS
KYLIE PRENDERGAST
NATALIE RUFINO
MADDIE SCHILL
EMILY SCHULER
 
Women's Swimming & Diving
DEVYN FORD
KACIE GADZINSKI
CATTY GEYER
AUDREY HITCHENS
ABBY PANZARELLA
BROOKE PFISTERER
MADELINE ROGERS
OLIVIA SALMONS
LILI SHAY
MARIANNE TASSINARI
BRYN WILSON
 
Women's Track & Field
CHLOE BRIJBAG
Katilyn Chirkis
IZZIE DECREASE
AISHA GARCIA
DEANNA HEPPLE
JESSICA HOLLER
MARYAM KARIYM
JULISSA OTTO
KAELYN RODRIGUEZ
MAYA YESALONIS
 
Women's Volleyball
BRYN BAUTISTA
EMERSON CORSO
BREANNA CRAIG
SOFIA DIPROFIO
EMMA HATCHER
ZOEY HORN
CAMRYN MUUSS
LILY THOMAS
KASEY TRZASKA