KRAPF, SHAW, FALCHI AND ERNST EARN ALL-ECC HONORS

April 18, 2025

KRAPF, SHAW, FALCHI AND ERNST EARN ALL-ECC HONORS

Orangeburg, N.Y. (4/18/25) The East Coast Conference announced its 2025 Men's Volleyball All-Conference honorees and major award winners on Thursday afternoon ahead of this weekend's second ever ECC Men's Volleyball Championship. St. Thomas Aquinas sophomore outside hitter/opposite hitter Gabriel Vieira was named the Player of the Year while Roberts Wesleyan junior Moises Jimenez defended his Libero of the Year title and Redhawks' freshman Landon Brouwer earned Setter of the Year honors in his first collegiate season. Roberts Wesleyan's Ryan DeJohn and Dominican's Blake Krapf share Co-Rookie of the Year honors while Mike Dedee of Roberts Wesleyan and Patrick Ernst of Dominican are Co-Coaches of the Year for the second straight season. All voting was completed by the league's four head coaches.

Dominican's Krapf shares ECC Rookie of the Year honors after making a splash with 70 points (3.68 points per set), and 60 kills (3.16 kills per set) among conference competition. Through all 27 regular season contests, the redshirt freshman outside hitter led the ECC in aces per set (.35), and led all freshmen with 3.68 points per set and 8.08 attacks per set, both of which ranked second overall, and 3.09 kills per set, which ranked third.

Krapf alongside fellow All-Conference selections Tommaso Falchi and Ayden Shaw lead a Chargers squad that ranks second in the ECC in aces per set (1.17) and blocks per set (1.84) and enter this weekend's ECC Championship as the No. 3 seed. Shaw ranks sixth in the ECC in hitting percentage, seventh in kills and eighth in service aces. Falchi sits fourth in blocks

Dedee and Ernst share ECC Coach of the Year honors for the second straight year after guiding their squads to identical 3-3 marks in conference play. Dedee's Redhawks finished the regular season 10-17 overall while Ernst's Chargers went 6-21.

Dominican's Tommaso Falchi and Ayden Shaw and American International's Emil Zhmaidziak join DeJohn, Krapf, Jimenez, and Vieira on the ECC Men's Volleyball All-Conference Team.

2024-25 ECC Men's Volleyball All-Conference Team

Ryan DeJohn, RWU

Tommaso Falchi, DUNY

Blake Krapf, DUNY

Moises Jimenez, RWU

Ayden Shaw, DUNY

Gabriel Vieira, STAC

Emil Zhmaidziak, AIC

Player of the Year: Gabriel Vieira, St. Thomas Aquinas
Libero of the Year: Moises Jimenez, Roberts Wesleyan
Setter of the Year: Landon Brouwer, Roberts Wesleyan
Co-Rookies of the Year: Ryan DeJohn, Roberts Wesleyan and Blake Krapf, Dominican

Co-Coaches of the Year: Mike Dedee, Roberts Wesleyan and Patrick Ernst, Dominican

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