TCNJ’s Hoban, USMMA’s Kov, Salisbury’s Byrd, TCNJ Staff Earn Main Awards; NJAC Males’s Swimming & Diving All-Convention Introduced

PITMAN, NJ — The College of New Jersey sophomore M.J. Hoban (Newark, DE/Sanford School) has been named the NJAC Swimmer of the Year to headline this yr’s slate of males’s swimming and diving all-conference honorees.

 

United States Merchant Marine Academy freshman Carter Kov (Goodyear, AZ/BASIS Goodyear) was tabbed NJAC Diver of the Year and Salisbury University freshman Cameron Byrd (Bear, DE/St. Mark’s) earns the NJAC Rookie of the Year award. TCNJ head coach Dave Dow and his employees was voted because the NJAC Coaching Staff of the Year.

 

All main awards had been chosen by a vote of the convention’s 10 head coaches and have in mind the physique of labor for your complete 2025-26 season. The all-conference groups had been decided by place end at this yr’s NJAC Swimming & Diving Championship meet.

 

Hoban earned All-America honors in 4 occasions on the NCAA Division III Championships. He positioned sixth within the 50 freestyle to earn First Team All-America accolades and ninth within the 100 freestyle for Second Team All-America honors. He was additionally the anchor of two TCNJ relays that earned First Team All-America recognition at nationals, ending sixth within the 200 medley relay and seventh within the 400 medley relay. Hoban moreover competed within the 200 freestyle relay and 400 freestyle relay at nationals. At the NJAC Championships, Hoban swept the 50 and 100 freestyle titles and was a member of 4 gold-medal relays — the 200 freestyle, 400 freestyle, 200 medley, and 400 medley— all of which set new championship meet data. Hoban was named the NJAC Swimmer of the Week in Week 11.

 

Kov claims NJAC Diver of the Year honors after a standout debut season. He swept each the 1-meter and 3-meter diving occasions on the NJAC Championships, setting a brand new championship meet document on the 3-meter board with 506.75 factors. At the NCAA Division III Championships, Kov positioned fifth on the 1-meter board with 486.60 factors to earn First Team All-America honors and competed on the 3-meter board, ending Eleventh with 483.70 factors for Second Team All-America recognition. Kov earned 4 NJAC Diver of the Week honors and was named the Week 12 NJAC Rookie of the Week.

 

Byrd made an instantaneous affect in his first collegiate season at Salisbury. He earned Second Team All-America honors on the NCAA Division III Championships with a Fifteenth-place end within the 100 butterfly and likewise competed within the 200 butterfly and 200 particular person medley at nationals. He was additionally a member of the Salisbury 400 medley relay that competed on the nationwide meet. At the NJAC Championships, Byrd earned silver medals within the 100 and 200 butterfly and was a member of 4 silver-medal relays, together with the 200 freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay, 800 freestyle relay, and 400 medley relay. Byrd was named the Week 3 NJAC Rookie of the Week.

 

TCNJ head coach Dave Dow, together with assistants Eric Blevins, Webster Bozzo, Steven Paterno, and Ryan Higgins, earn the NJAC Coaching Staff of the Year honor as voted on by their friends. They guided TCNJ to its third straight NJAC Championship meet title within the convention’s third-ever championship meet and an Eleventh-place end on the NCAA Division III Championships with 117 factors, shifting up six spots from a yr in the past. At the NJAC Championships, TCNJ set 5 championship meet data, together with the 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay, 200 medley relay, and 400 medley relay.

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