The Central Jersey Hawks awarded its 2010 Rick Conover Memorial
Scholarships to Lauren Clarke (Colts Neck HS) and
Chris Jetter (Mater Dei HS). The scholarships are given
to long-time Hawk players, in good academic standing, who exemplify
Coach Conover's passion and dedication to the game of basketball.
Lauren will be attending Brown University and Chris will be
going to Brookdale College. The Hawks are extremely proud of
Lauren's and Chris' accomplishments and wish them the best as
they begin their collegiate careers. Go to the scholarship link
for additional information on the scholarship recipients.
Read more about Lauren and Chris on the
Scholarship page.
The Central Jersey Hawks girls 16U team (Chambers-Bowler)
won the 2010 New Jersey AAU Division 1 State Championship. The
team beat the NJ Panthers (twice) to capture the title. The
team will play in the 2010 National AAU Championship to be held
at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Disney World in
Orlando, FL, July 10-15. The team will then attempt to defend
its 2009 Silver Division title at the USJN-DC National Championships,
July 22-25. In other team news, congratulations to Missy Repoli
who has accepted a basketball scholarship offer to attend Colgate
University in the fall of 2011.
The C J Hawks girls 13U team (Westrol/Fontana) won
their second consecutive New Jersey, AAU Division 1 championship
by holding off Ring City at Holmdel High School. The team will
be participating in the 2010 National AAU Championships to be
held in Kings Island, Ohio in July.
The C J Hawks girls 12U team (DeFillippo) won the
2010 New Jersey AAU Div 2 championship by defeating the Atlantic
Arsenal. The win qualifies the team to play for the AAU Div
2 championship to be held in Rochester Minnesota.
The C J Hawks girls 9U team (Martorelli) won the 2010
New Jersey AAU Division 1 State Championship. The team beat
the Jersey Shore Wildcats from Monmouth County to capture the
title. The win qualifies the team to play for the 2010 National
AAU Championship to be held in Branson, Mo during June.
The Central Jersey Hawks 9U girls team just returned from
the AAU National Tournament in Branson, Mo., having gone 3-3
overall. After a tough 10 point loss to an eventual final four
Arkansas Elite team, the girls defeated teams from Missouri
and Oklahoma to come out of pool play with a 2-1 record. After
losing to the nationally ranked Dayton Lady Hoopstars in the
championship bracket, the girls went on to beat a team from
Tennessee, then suffered a tough 2 point loss to the Louisiana
state champions in consolation games. The girls had an extremely
successful inaugural year compiling a 25-5 record, winning the
NJ district championship and competing in the Nationals held
in Branson.
The Central Jersey Hawks girls 12U team (DeFillippo)
won the 2010 Brick Spring League championship by beating the
13U NJ Shorestars; the Jersey Sting (47-44 in OT) and the Jersey
Shore Wildcats (54-52) in the finals. The team finished their
spring season 28-12, winning 19 of their last 23 games.
Former Hawk Jason Westrol Named NABC Division II Player
of the Year
Senior guard Jason Westrol, playing for the Bentley University
Falcons, has just been named the NABC Division II Player
of the Year. Westrol was also named to the 2010 State
Farm Coaches Division II All-America team by the NABC and
was previously named the Northeast-10 Player of the Year, the
Daktronics Division II East Region Player of the Year, a first-team
Basketball Times Division II All-America and the Most Outstanding
Player in the NCAA Division II East Regional. This has truly
been a remarkable year for Jason. Read more about this former
CJ Hawk in the
article from the Bentley University website.
Class of 2006 CJ Hawks Players Continue to Have Successful
Careers
Jason Westrol, son of former CJ Hawks coach Randy
Westrol, was named Player of the Year in the NE-10 Conference.
Jason is a senior at Bentley University and was also selected
to the All-Conference first team for the second year in a row.
Be sure to read the
press release from Bentley University.
Other alumni from that same team have gone on to gain college
success:
- Randall Stallworth (Monsignor Donovan), Stonehill
College was named Defensive player of the year in the NE-10
- Matt Mullery (St. John Vianney), Brown University
(D-I) was named 1st team All Ivy League for the 2nd year
in a row and was named to the ESPN Magazine 1st Team All-American
Academic team
- Craig Woehnker (CBA) is starting for Merrimack
College (DII) and will play in the NCAA D-II upcoming tournament
- Matt Cohen (Manasquan) is starting for Caldwell
College (D-II)
- Andrew Bynum (St. Joe's-Metuchen) was a LA Lakers
lottery pick out of high school
