Note: Our full girls tennis statewide postseason honors package is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 10, but we wanted to release our conference honors early.
Here is the publishing schedule:
Nov. 5
BCSL, Big North, CAL, Colonial, CVC
Nov. 6
GMC, HCIAL, NJAC, NJIC, Olympic
Nov. 7
SEC, Shore, Skyland, TCC, Union
Nov. 10
Player of the Year, Team of the Year, Coach of the Year, All-State, All-Group
SUPER ESSEX CONFERENCE SEASON IN REVIEW, 2025
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Aria Nina Abalos, Montclair Kimberley
Abalos is not just the most dominant girls tennis player in the SEC, but she is the best girls tennis player in the entire state.
Her trophy shelf speaks or itself: three-straight NJSIAA singles tournament championship becoming only the fourth player to ever accomplish that feat, holds a 10.05 UTR, is rated as a Blue Chip 5-star recruit, and was perfect in competition this season (not counting a forfeit in the Prep A Tournament).
Abalos holds a 91-2 record in her career. With this season being her senior year, ending it with a 21-0 record is not too shabby.
COACH OF THE YEAR: Valerie Martin, West Essex
Martin led West Essex to a Liberty Division title after coming in second place last season.
West Essex improved from a 7-10 season with a 2-1 divisional record last season to a 10-8 overall record with a perfect 4-0 divisional record this season.
The Knights also made t to the quarterfinal round of the sectional tournament this season and just got edged by Sparta in a 3-2 defeat.
This is Martin’s second season at the helm for West Essex and has seen success top to bottom from the team.
TEAM OF THE YEAR: Newark Academy
The Minutemen had another tremendous season and were the top team in the SEC.
With a 19-1 overall record, Newark Academy took the Newark Academy Invitational and made it to the semifinal round of the Non-Public, North Jersey sectional tournament before falling to Holy Angels in its lone loss of the season.
Newark Academy had a ton of great individual efforts all around the team. Leala Kramer and Yuxi Zhang each took second place in the Prep A first- and second-singles tournaments respectively, while Zhang and Alexis Zhang made it to the state doubles semifinals.
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