300 North Jersey athletes to watch in the 2024-25 school year

It's never too early to start looking ahead to the next year of high school sports in North Jersey.

Off the heels of another successful North Jersey High School Sports Awards show , let's look ahead at the top athletes to watch in the upcoming school year.

Most of the athletes on this list achieved either first or second team All-North Jersey status this past season in their sport.

Here are 300 players from the Big North Conference and North Jersey Interscholastic Conference to keep an eye on heading into the 2024-25 school year.

Athletes to watch

Katie Adams, Ridgewood girls lacrosse

Reade Adams, Northern Highlands ice hockey

Sharanya Agarwal , Holy Angels girls golf

Brendan Alef, Demarest boys outdoor track and field

Sumaya Ali, Wayne Valley softball

Lily Allmendinger, Passaic Valley softball

Edanys Allyha Gomez, Hawthorne girls wrestling

Donny Almeyda , St. Joseph boys wrestling

Christian Alvarez, St. Joseph football

Jason Amalbert, DePaul baseball

Audrey Amoruso, Indian Hills softball

Reese Antonio, Wayne Valley girls volleyball

Shannon Arber, Northern Highlands field hockey

Keiner Asprilla, Don Bosco boys basketball

Madison Assanah , Immaculate Heart girls swimming

Michael Asselta, St. Joseph boys golf

Nick Atme , Glen Rock baseball

Kailey Attali, Demarest girls indoor and outdoor track and field

Zach Ballante, St. Joseph boys wrestling

Sonia Balwas, Paramus girls wrestling

Casey Baratta , Wayne Hills baseball

Jake Baratta, Northern Highlands ice hockey

Guytano Bartolomeo, Bergen Catholic football

Ian Batra, Weehawken boys tennis

Mikey Bautista, St. Joseph boys wrestling

Mackenzie Beazley, Passaic Valley girls indoor and outdoor track and field

Nick Becker, Don Bosco baseball

Max Bernice, Passaic Tech ice hockey

Gabriela Berrios, DePaul girls soccer

Brent Beswick, Northern Highlands ice hockey

Braden Bhalla, Ridgewood boys golf

Caroline Biegel, DePaul girls wrestling

Alexa Birch, Northern Highlands field hockey

Andrew Jeremiah Boakye, Bergen Catholic boys indoor and outdoor track and field

Ava Bower , DePaul girls lacrosse

Amanda Bramley , Pascack Regional girls swimming

Luke Brassil, Glen Rock ice hockey

Benjamin Braudo , Fair Lawn boys volleyball

Nathan Braun , Bergen Catholic boys wrestling

Shayna Braver, Ramapo gymnastics

Emma Briganti , Ridgewood girls swimming

Mackenzie Bua , Hasbrouck Heights girls cross-country

Mariana Builes , Immaculate Heart girls swimming

Julia Buono, Northern Highlands girls lacrosse

Brianna Burrell, Paramus Catholic girls outdoor track and field

Ryan Burton, St. Joseph boys wrestling

Celina Bussanich , Pascack Valley girls basketball

Luke Bysiek , Northern Highlands boys tennis

Najee Calhoun, Bergen Catholic football (transfer from Donovan Catholic)

Dominic Campanile, Bergen Catholic football

Audrey Campbell, Northern Highlands girls soccer

Emerson Campbell, Northern Highlands girls lacrosse

Bridget Cannon, Ramapo girls indoor and outdoor track and field

Isabella Cardinal, Fort Lee girls tennis

Jaime Carlin, Holy Angels girls tennis

Lexi Carnegie , Teaneck girls basketball

Shannon Cassidy , Indian Hills girls bowling

Kamila Castro, Ridgewood girls wrestling

Tyler Caswell, Glen Rock boys indoor and out track and field

Gina Certo, Holy Angels girls indoor and outdoor track and field

Claire Chanfrau, Immaculate Heart field hockey

Shayan Chatiwala, Wayne Hills boys tennis

Sabrina Chu , Demarest girls tennis

Jacqueline Citera , Northern Highlands girls lacrosse

Ciara Clinton , West Milford girls cross-country

Harry Cohen, Ramapo boys golf

Cooper Consoli, Glen Rock boys lacrosse

Blayze Conte , St. Mary baseball

Ayla Cooke, Ridgewood girls cross-country

Francesca Cordero , Passaic Tech girls swimming

Will Corry, Glen Rock boys lacrosse

Julia Costa, Ramsey girls outdoor track and field

Nicole Crane , DePaul girls soccer

Bella Crespo , Bergen Tech girls golf

Owen Crowley , Ramsey boys lacrosse

BJ Cunningham, St. Mary football

Alex D’Angelo , Ridgewood baseball

Axel da Silva , Waldwick boys soccer

Mary Daclan, Paramus girls cross-country

Roy Dafinoiu , Tenafly boys swimming

Grace Dalessandro, Immaculate Heart girls soccer

Miyuki Dan, Wayne Hills gymnastics

Jocelyn Danbe , River Dell girls wrestling

Elizabeth Dankwa, Wayne Hills girls outdoor track and field

Nina Danyluk, Glen Rock softball

Luke Davis, Demarest boys indoor track and field

Marco De Croce, Demarest boys outdoor track and field

Adrian DeJesus, St. Joseph boys wrestling

Ashley DeLeo , Ramapo girls soccer

Dante DeLuca , Don Bosco boys wrestling

James Dely, Paramus Catholic football and track and field

Camryn Dempsey , Westwood girls lacrosse

Steven DePinto , Ramsey boys soccer

JT DeRiso, Pascack Valley baseball

John Devir, Don Bosco boys lacrosse

Kacey DiPasquale, Passaic Valley softball

Lucas Dipasupil, Northern Highlands boys basketball

Brooke Donofrio, Ramsey softball

LeeAnn Downey, Ramapo softball

Preston Duffy , Mahwah boys lacrosse

Emme Dunphey, Ridgewood girls lacrosse

Envey Duran, Weehawken softball

Jaylene Echeverry, St. Mary softball

Leah English, Immaculate Heart softball

Charles Esposito, St. Joseph boys wrestling

Michael Ferrante, Fair Lawn/Bergenfield/Dumont ice hockey

Christina Festa , Immaculate Heart girls soccer

Mike Flaccavento , Glen Rock boys lacrosse

Isabella Formoso, Bergen Tech girls indoor and outdoor track and field

John Forster, St. Joseph football

Jack Frers , Ridgewood boys lacrosse

Maria Furman, Old Tappan fencing

Seven Garcia, Hackensack boys outdoor track and field

Lyla Geller , Northern Highlands girls soccer

Olivia Georges, DePaul girls wrestling

Steven Gifford , Pascack Valley boys soccer

Grace Gilbert, Ramapo girls indoor track and field

Mickey Gilligan, Lakeland baseball

Sophia Goldstein , Ramapo girls volleyball

Leland Gonzalez , Garfield boys soccer

Malachi Goodman, Paramus Catholic football

Samantha Goworek , Indian Hills girls wrestling

Justin Griffin, Passaic boys outdoor track and field

Charles Groh , Becton boys swimming

Clarissa Guerrero, Westwood girls outdoor track and field

Morgan Gurdak, Wallington softball

Kiran Gurunathan, Old Tappan boys tennis

Francesca Gusfa, Ridgewood girls wrestling

Michael Hanna , Don Bosco baseball

Abby Hendrickson , Ramapo girls soccer

Seach Hibler, Leonia boys wrestling

Leah Hong, Dwight-Englewood field hockey

Kylee Hung , Ridgewood girls tennis

Abby Incorvaia, Waldwick girls soccer

Johnny Jackson, Ridgewood boys basketball

Lola Jacqueline , Ridgewood girls cross-country

Nolan James, DePaul football

Cicai Jaramillo, Paramus Catholic boys indoor track and field

Nate Johnson, Northern Highlands football

Daniel Jones , Bergen Tech boys volleyball

De'zie Jones, DePaul football

Jahmir Joseph, St. Joseph football

Inha Jun, Holy Angels girls golf

Rebekah Jung, Bergen Tech girls swimming

Trevor Kane, Ridgewood boys cross-country

Adam Kaufman, Demarest boys outdoor track

Katherine Keating, Ridgewood girls cross-country/girls outdoor track and field

Owen Keating, Pompton Lakes boys indoor and outdoor track and field

Emily Kebrdle, Lakeland field hockey

Angelina Kim, Holy Angels girls golf

Eric Kim , Tenafly boys golf

Iris Kim, Leonia girls swimming

Jamie Kim, Old Tappan girls indoor track and field

Oliver Kiss , Passaic Tech boys swimming

Eilat Kissil, Ridgewood girls cross-country

Maya Kitov , Ridgewood girls wrestling

Ryan Klarreich , Northern Highlands boys golf

Steve Klein, Westwood football

Marcus Koshy , Pascack Valley boys cross-country

Colin Krause, Pascack Valley boys outdoor track and field

Samantha Kranzler , Old Tappan girls volleyball

Yulianna Krol, Pascack Valley/Pascack Hills/Park Ridge ice hockey

Jason Kuhn, Don Bosco baseball

Avery Lauterback, Emerson gymnastics

Katie Lawrence, Indian Hills girls swimming

Justin Leach , Clifton boys soccer

Britney Lee, Ridgefield Park girls tennis

Harrison Lee, Northern Highlands boys swimming

Olivia Lee, Holy Angels girls golf

Skylar Lee, Ramapo girls golf

Krista Lilienthal, Pompton Lakes field hockey

Eleanor Lim , Holy Angels girls golf

Jett Lincoln , Ridgewood boys cross-country

Cameron Linnington , Ridgewood boys soccer

Madeline Lively, Immaculate Heart girls lacrosse

AJ LoSauro, Ridgewood ice hockey/boys lacrosse

Brady Loughlin, Don Bosco boys basketball

Thomas MacDougall , Don Bosco boys tennis

Kate Machleder , Old Tappan girls wrestling

Aarush Malmandi , Don Bosco boys golf

Josie Marino, Ridgewood girls swimming

Luke Marra, Ridgewood boys lacrosse

Norah Marron , Northern Highlands girls lacrosse

Niko Martirossian, Ridgewood boys tennis

Kourtney Matheis, Passaic Valley gymnastics

Nevin Mattessich , Don Bosco boys wrestling

Dario Mathurin, Westwood football

Cassandre Mayer , Paramus Catholic girls golf

Olivia McCormick , Lakeland girls wrestling

Johnathon McGinty, St. Joseph boys wrestling

Kayla McManus, Bergen Tech girls bowling

Emma Mees , Paramus girls wrestling

Dimitri Melnikov, Bergen Catholic boys swimming

Sadie Meloro, Northern Highlands girls cross-country

Tom Mevissen , Ridgewood boys cross-country

Kenny Miner , Demarest boys bowling

Gabriella Mittelman , Demarest girls basketball

Liam Moloney, St. Joseph boys golf

Jenna Monaco, Dumont girls outdoor track

Aidan Morrow, Hasbrouck Heights boys cross-country/boys indoor and outdoor track and field

Jordan Myers, Paramus girls indoor and outdoor track and field

Summer Myhren, Indian Hills girls cross-country

Sofia Myka Pangan , Passaic Tech girls golf

Tracy Najarro , Manchester girls wrestling

Michael Napolitano, Hasbrouck Heights boys indoor track and field

Jazmine Natividad , New Milford girls tennis

Casey Noonan, Passaic Tech girls outdoor track and field

Caroline Ognibene, Old Tappan girls outdoor track and field

Lamarr Olive, Clifton boys cross-country

Quinn O'Neill , Ramsey boys lacrosse

Jasmine Ouatu, DePaul girls soccer

Nasir Owens, St. Mary football

JC Pacheco, DePaul baseball

Vincent Paino , St. Joseph boys wrestling

Olivia Pak, Bergen Tech girls golf

Nicholas Pallitto , Paramus Catholic boys wrestling

Liam Paneque, Demarest boys indoor and outdoor track and field

Benjamin Pappageorge , Ridgewood boys cross-country

Naiim Parrish, Bergen Catholic football

Joey Parrilli , Hackensack boys bowling

Naiim Parrish, Bergen Catholic boys basketball

Luke Pash, Ridgewood boys cross-country/boys indoor and outdoor track and field

Olivia Passero, Hawthorne girls soccer and track and field

Rohan Patel, North Arlington boys bowling

Solaris Paul, Kennedy girls wrestling

Isabella Pedone, Saddle River Day girls lacrosse

Isabella Piccinich , Immaculate Heart girls swimming

Quincy Porter, Bergen Catholic football

Brooke Post , Lakeland girls wrestling

Brianna Potaki, Ramapo girls cross-country/girls indoor track and field

Lexi Powers, Hasbrouck Heights girls cross-country

Faustyna Przedworski, Garfield girls wrestling

Kevin Regula, Pascack Valley football

Jessaiah Reynoso , Passaic girls basketball

Mark Rigano, Lyndhurst boys bowling

Grace Riley, Paramus Catholic girls wrestling

Jeremy Rivera, Harrison boys volleyball

Sarah Rodrigues, Wayne Valley girls swimming

Kayla Rodriguez, Immaculate Heart girls swimming

Evelyn Roman, IHA girls volleyball/girls outdoor track and field

Maddie Roth, River Dell softball

Katie Rubin, Ramsey girls soccer

JJ Ruehlemann, Waldwick boys soccer

Devin Ryan , New Milford boys wrestling

Iza Samu, Glen Rock girls outdoor track and field

Gabriella Sanchez , DePaul girls soccer

Emily Sanders , Glen Rock girls lacrosse

Jack Scali, Ridgewood ice hockey

Kiera Schwartz, Ridgewood girls lacrosse

Zach Schweid, Demarest boys basketball

Brady Scioletti, Don Bosco boys lacrosse

Samantha Seneres, Bergen Tech girls bowling

Gabby Shadek, Immaculate Heart softball

Adam Shaw, Pascack Valley boys outdoor track and field

Allie Shenloogian, Park Ridge girls basketball

Brady Shine, Midland Park boys outdoor track and field

Benji Shue, Bergen Catholic wrestling/boys outdoor track and field

Niko Smilovic, Ramapo ice hockey

Lucy Sobel, Ramsey softball

Julia Sobilo, Immaculate Heart girls outdoor track and field

Conor Smith , Paramus boys tennis

Mia Spadavecchia , Westwood girls wrestling

Luke St. Pierre , Don Bosco boys lacrosse

Vinnie Stigliano, Pompton Lakes baseball

Gia Stipo , Passaic Tech girls volleyball

Grace Sullivan , Ridgewood girls lacrosse

Delilah Tabaka, Wallington softball

Astrid Taffarello, Weehawken girls cross-country

Seichiro Takayama , Tenafly boys tennis

Mika Tampadong, Becton girls cross-country/girls outdoor track

Ylan Tapper, Garfield boys volleyball

Jane Tenaglia , Holy Angels girls lacrosse

Jordan Thomas, Bergen Catholic football

Alexis Toro, Westwood girls lacrosse

Oumar Tounkara , Teaneck boys wrestling

Nicholas Vaimakis , Tenafly boys soccer

Olivia Valente , Immaculate Heart girls lacrosse

Delia van der Heide, Northern Highlands girls volleyball

Jimmy Veale, Wayne Hills boys golf

Calyse Villaneuva, Passaic Tech girls indoor track and field

Alan Villavicencio, Tenafly boys indoor and outdoor track and field

Brennan Visokey , Glen Rock boys lacrosse

Sandra Vitolo, Ramapo girls outdoor track and field

Vita Waddell, DePaul softball

Jack Walsh, Westwood baseball

Kyle Wenckus , Pascack Hills baseball

Brooke Wichmann, Westwood girls indoor track and field

Xavier Williams, Paramus Catholic football/wrestling

Charlie Wingfield , Ramapo baseball

Maddie Willkomm, Northern Highlands girls lacrosse

Cole Wilson , Ramapo boys swimming

Jessie Wolf, Northern Highlands girls swimming

Max Wright, Bergen Catholic ice hockey

Declan Wucherpfennig, Bergen Catholic boys basketball

Giana Yaniero, Rutherford softball

Eric Yoo , Bergen Catholic boys swimming

Theo Zamora , Bergen Tech boys bowling

Collin Zens , Bergen Tech boys bowling

Kaitlyn Zens, Bergen Tech girls bowling

Kaitlyn Zheng , Holy Angels girls bowling

Greg Mattura contributed to this report.

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