Player of the Year

After a year to adjust to life in the U.S., Matt Hodge came back for his senior year on a mission and carried St. Rose to one of the great seasons in Shore Conference history.

Shore Sports Network will reveal its 2024 Boys Basketball Player of the Year this coming week. Here are the three standouts in the running.

Will Thygeson missed the Shore Conference Tournament, but as usual, he was there when his CBA team needed him most.

Jack Seidler led No. 1 Marlboro to its greatest season ever and is the 2021-22 Shore Sports Network Boys Basketball Player of the Year.

Game-in and game-out, sophomore Ben Roy was the driving force behind Manasquan's historic 31-1 season.

Freehold Township finished the season as the Shore Sports Network No. 1 team and whenever there was a big goal to be scored, Zach Orrico was in the mix for the Patriots.

Manasquan's Canyon Birch is the 2019 Shore Sports Network Boys Lacrosse Player of the Year.

David Melfi now owns the record book at Jackson Liberty and after one of the best offensive seasons at the Shore in the last decade, he owns the 2019 SSN Player of the Year Award.

Faith Masonius of Manasquan is the Shore Sports Network Girls Basketball Player of the Year

For four years, any discussion of Ranney boys basketball began with two names: Antoine and Lewis. The end of Ranney's historic season also ends with Antoine and Lewis as the SSN Players of the Year.

For the second straight season, Holmdel's Anthony Arena is a state champion and the Shore Sports Network Player of the Year.

Manasquan junior attackman Canyon Birch is the 2018 Shore Sports Network Boys Lacrosse Player of the Year.