Super Essex Conference girls tennis Player of the Year and more, 2025

SUPER ESSEX CONFERENCE SEASON IN REVIEW, 2025 PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Aria Nina Abalos, Montclair Kimberley Abalos is not just the most dominant girls tennis player in the SEC, but she is the best girls tennis player in the entire state. Her trophy shelf speaks or itself: three-straight NJSIAA singles tournament championship becoming only the fourth player to ever accomplish that feat, holds a 10.05 UTR, is rated as a Blue Chip 5-star recruit, and was perfect in competition this season (not counting a forfeit in the Prep A Tournament). Abalos holds a 91-2 record in her career. With this season being her senior year, ending it with a 21-0 record is not too shabby. COACH OF THE YEAR: Valerie Martin, West Essex Martin led West Essex to a Liberty Division title after coming in second place last season. West Essex improved from a 7-10 season with a 2-1 divisional record last season to a 10-8 overall record with a perfect 5-0 divisional record this season. The Knights also made t to the quarterfinal round of the sectional tournament this season and just got edged by Sparta in a 3-2 defeat. This is Martin’s second season at the helm for West Essex and has seen success top to bottom from the team. TEAM OF THE YEAR: Newark Academy The Minutemen had another tremendous season and were the top team in the SEC. With a 19-1 overall record, Newark Academy took the Newark Academy Invitational and made it to the semifinal round of the Non-Public, North Jersey sectional tournament before falling to Holy Angels in its lone loss of the season. Newark Academy had a ton of great individual efforts all around the team. Leala Kramer and Yuxi Zhang each took second place in the Prep A first- and second-singles tournaments respectively, while Zhang and Alexis Zhang made it to the state doubles semifinals.

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Nj.com/ Advance Medi | 11/7/2025

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