All-EIVA Team

All-Academic Team

NEWARK, NJ–Alessandro Negri and Martin de Chavarria were awarded 2023 EIVA Conference honors while six Highlanders were named to the All-Academic team the league office announced on the eve of the conference tournament.

No. 6 NJIT will make its third straight EIVA Conference Tournament appearance on Wednesday, April 19 against No. 3 Charleston (WV).  First spike is slated for 4:30pm on the campus of Penn State inside Rec Hall and streamed live (for free) on the Big Ten Plus Network.

Negri, a sophomore from Rome Italy and De Chavarria, a senior from Palma de Mallorca, Spain were both selected to the All-EIVA second-team.

Negri, a two-time EIVA All-Conference selectee, ranks fourth in the conference in kills per set (3.00) and sixth in points (3.42).  This season, Negri combined for an EIVA season-best and personal best mark of 26 kills against Harvard (April 7) while registering 10 double-digit kill performances. 

De Chavarria, a four-time EIVA All-Conference honoree, is a two-time EIVA Defensive Player of the Week.  The 6-foot-7 middle blocker ranks third in the EIVA in hitting percentage (.386) and fourth in blocks (1.00).  This season, de Chavarria recorded seven total blocks on three different occasions. 

2023 EIVA All-Academic Team

Jens Feldthus, 4x EIVA All-Academic Team, 3.71 GPA, Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Martin de Chavarria, 3x EIVA All-Academic Team, 3.77 GPA, Business

AJ Jones, 3x EIVA All-Academic Team, 3.97 GPA, Biomedical Engineering

Griffin Fieseler, 2x EIVA All-Academic Team, 3.97 GPA, Civil Engineering

Josh Gregg, 1x EIVA All-Academic Team, 3.95 GPA, Mechanical Engineering

Gil Zyndorf, 1x EIVA All-Academic Team, 3.58 GPA, Business