Defensive Player of the Year

Rumson-Fair Haven senior linebacker John Lista is the 2021 Shore Sports Network Defensive Player of the Year.

Manasquan senior defenseman Mike Farrell is the 2021 Shore Sports Network Boys Lacrosse Defensive Player of the Year.

Wall junior linebacker Charlie Sasso is the 2020 Shore Sports Network Defensive Player of the Year.

Jackson Memorial senior defensive end Collin McCarthy is the 2019 Shore Sports Network Defensive Player of the Year.

Clutch, productive and, above all, a winning player, Rumson-Fair Haven linebacker Keegan Woods is the 2018 Shore Sports Network Defensive Player of the Year.

St. John Vianney senior linebacker Johnny Buchanan is the 2017 Shore Sports Network Defensive Player of the Year.

Toughness, instincts and the consistent ability to perform one of football’s most basic tasks: tackling, are what define a great linebacker. Rumson-Fair Haven senior Mike Ruane exhibits all of those traits. The leader of one of the Shore Conference’s best defenses both this season and over the course of his career, Ruane is he 2016 Shore Sports Network Defensive Player of the year for his play in

If there is a player that best exemplifies the controlled chaos of Middletown South’s ferocious defense, it’s senior linebacker Dylan Rogers. A tackling machine and a heat-seeking missile on blitzes, Rogers, the 2015 Shore Sports Network Defensive Player of the Year, concluded his tremendous career by helping the Eagles finish off the program’s 10th sectional championship with a perfect 12-0 seaso

While Manalapan senior linebacker Chris Noesges might not have ended his career on the high note he was hoping for, when he looks back at his record-setting time with the Braves, there is still plenty to savor. Noesges, selected as the Shore Sports Network Defensive Player of the Year, was an unstoppable force for the Braves all season long as they finished 11-1, won their fourth straight Class A