2024 Men's Volleyball Roster

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14 Brandon DaSilva

  • Class Fifth Year
  • Position MB
  • Ht./Wt. 6-6 / 220
  • Hometown Kearny, N.J.
  • High School Kearny
  • Club Team Sideout Sports
  • Major Exercise Science

Biography

Honors and Awards:
- AVCA Division III All-America, Honorable Mention (2024)
- AVCA Division III All-Region II (2024)
- NJAC Player of the Year (2024)
- First Team All-Skyline (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- First Team All-NJAC (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- NJAC Defensive Player of the Year (2020, 2022)
- Skyline Rookie of the Year (2020)
- Honorable Mention All-NJAC (2020)
- NJCU Most Outstanding Male Athlete of the Year (2023-24)
- ECAC Championship Most Valuable Player (4/22/23)
- NJAC Player of the Week (3/1/22, 2/26/24)
- NJAC Defensive Player of the Week (4/12/21, 2/14/22, 3/28/22, 4/4/22, 3/11/24, 3/18/24, 4/8/24, 4/15/24)
- Sklyine Player of the Week (2/27/24)
- Skyline Weekly Honor Roll (2/14/22, 2/21/22, 3/1/22, 1/31/23, 3/14/23, 1/30/24, 2/6/24, 2/21/24, 3/19/24)
- Cougar Kickoff Classic All-Tournament Team (2/3/24)
- Skyline Academic Honor Roll (2020)

2023: Played and started in 24 of 29 matches, all in the middle ... co-captain ... led the team in blocks (78.0), blocks/set (0.93) and hitting percentage (.376) and was second in kills (218), kills/set (2.60), points (274.5) and points/set (3.27) ... second in the Skyline Conference in hitting percentage and blocks/set ... had double-digit kills 11 times and at least three blocks 12 times ... seven kills and seven blocks in the 3-0 win over Kean (2/4) ... 12 kills and three errors on 21 swings (.429) to go with six blocks in the 3-2 win over Eastern Mennonite (2/12) ... seven more kills and blocks against St. Joe's-LI (3/5) ... 19 kills and just two errors on 26 swings (.654) to go with two blocks against Ramapo (3/11) ... 15 kills and a season-best eight blocks against Ramapo (3/21) ... career-best 21 kills and just three errors on 33 swings (.545) to go with six blocks to win MVP in the ECAC Championship victory over PSU-Behrend (4/22).

2022: Played and started in a team-high 30 matches out of the 32 on the season, spending all his time in the middle as a junior ... co-captain ... first in blocks (99) and blocks/set (1.08), second in points (293), points/set (3.18) and hitting percentage (.326) and third in kills (207) ... led the NJAC, Skyline and was seventh in Division III in blocks/set ... had six double-digit kill performances, including one double-double ... had at least four total blocks 12 times ... career-high six aces in the win over Sage (1/23) ... registered nine kills and six blocks in the win over Kean (2/10) ... efficient 12 kills and just two errors on 17 swings (.588) in the win over Wilkes (2/25) ... set career-highs in kills (19) and blocks (10) with a .548 swinging percentage in the five-set win over Alvernia (2/26) ... finished with 13 kills and five blocks in the five-setter vs. St. Joe's-L.I. (3/14).

2021: Played and started in nine matches as a sophomore … led NJCU in kills (53) and blocks (19.0) … opened the season with nine kills and three errors on 17 swings (.353) to go with two blocks and two digs against Kean (2/21) … finished with career-highs in aces (4) and assists (5), adding four kills, a block and a dig in the win at Yeshiva (3/7) … was 6-of-9 with on error on swings (.556) in the second win of the day at the Maccabees (3/7), adding two aces, a block, a dig and an assist … had eight kills on 16 swings with one error (.438) in the win over Sarah Lawrence (3/14), chipping in two blocks and two digs … notched a career-best 11 kills and tied a career-high with eight blocks to go with three digs in the Skyline Championship win over St. Joe’s-L.I. (4/10).

2020: Played and started in 15 matches as a rookie in the middle … led the NJAC, Skyline and NJCU in total blocks (57.0), was second in all of NCAA Division III in blocks/set (1.19) and finished second on the Gothic Knights in points (103.0) and kills (62) … notched six blocks, four kills, an ace and an assist in his collegiate debut vs. Kean (1/21) … finished with seven blocks, three kills, a dig and an ace in the win at Widener (2/5) … registered eight kills with one error on 11 swings (.636) to go with five blocks, two digs, an ace and an assist in the win over Brooklyn (2/15) … set a career-high with eight blocks, adding two kills and an assist at Ramapo (2/19) … finished with a season-high nine kills to go with three blocks, two digs and an ace at King’s (2/22) … six kills and four blocks in the win at CCNY (2/27).

High School: A 2019 graduate of Kearny High School … four-year varsity volleyball team member … captain as a senior … First Team All-County as a senior.

Personal: Son of Jolanta and Kleris DaSilva … has one sibling ... first person in his family to play college sports.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2020Freshman

    Middle Blocker
    6'6" 220 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2021Sophomore

    Middle Blocker
    6'6" 220 lbs
    14
  • 14
    C

    2022Junior

    Middle Blocker
    6'6" 220 lbs
    14
    C
  • 14
    C

    2023Senior

    Middle Blocker
    6'6" 220 lbs
    14
    C
  • 14
    C

    2024Fifth Year

    Middle Blocker
    6'6" 220 lbs
    14
    C