Biography
Honors and Awards:
- AVCA All-Region (2023)
- First Team All-Skyline (2023, 2024)
- Second Team All-Skyline (2022)
- First Team All-NJAC (2023, 2024)
- Second Team All-NJAC (2021)
- AVCA Division III National Player of the Week (3/26/24)
- NJCU Thomas M. Gerrity Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2023-24)
- NJCU Rising Knight Award Winner (2022-23)
- Skyline Player of the Week (3/10/21, 2/7/23, 2/14/23, 2/22/23, 3/26/24)
- NJAC Player of the Week (2/13/23, 2/20/23, 4/10/23, 3/25/24, 4/8/24)
- NJAC Defensive Player of the Week (3/14/22)
- Skyline Weekly Honor Roll (3/21/22, 3/7/23, 4/11/23, 2/13/24, 4/9/24)
- Honorable Mention Academic All-NJAC (2020-21, 2022-23, 2023-24)
- Skyline Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2023)
2023: Played and started in 26 of 29 matches as a senior ... co-captain ... led the team in kills (263), kills/set (3.02), points (327.5), points/set (3.76), attack attempts (710), was second in aces (29), total blocks (63.0), blocks/set (0.72) and digs/set (1.85) and third in digs (161) ... fourth in the Skyline Conference in total blocks and points and fifth in kills/set ... career-best 24 kills and four errors on 50 swings (.400) to go with 13 digs and a season-high six total blocks in the five-setter at Arcadia (2/12) ... 19 kills and eight digs in the five-set loss to King's (2/18) ... 16 kills, 11 digs and three blocks in the five-set win over Misericordia (3/10) ... 11 kills, three blocks and a season-high 15 digs against Ramapo (3/21) ... tied his career-high with 24 kills and six errors on 49 swings (.367) to go with 11 digs and five blocks in the four-set win over Hunter (4/7) ... 16 more kills to go with seven digs, two aces and two blocks in the four-setter against Ramapo (4/13).
2022: Played and started in 28 of 32 matches as a junior ... co-captain ... was second on the squad in kills (208), kills/set (2.34), total attempts (528), digs (175), digs/set (1.97), total blocks (57) and blocks/set (0.64) and was third in points (265.0) and aces (25) ... had double-digit kills eight times and double-digit digs five times, including four double-doubles ... finished with a season-high five aces to go with five errorless kills on six swings and three digs in the win over Sage (1/23) ... recorded a double-double with 13 kills and 16 digs, adding three total blocks and an assist at Ramapo (2/2) ... notched a career-high seven total blocks, adding seven digs, five kills, two aces and two assists in the five-set win over Alvernia (2/26) ... finished with a career-high 17 digs, adding eight kills and two blocks in the four-set win over Ramapo (3/10) ... recorded another double-double with 13 digs, 12 kills two blocks and an ace in the five-setter vs. St. Joe's-L.I. (3/14) ... set a career-high with 21 kills on 33 swings with just four errors, adding five total blocks and three digs in the five-setter vs. Arcadia (3/17) ... had a double-double in the Skyline Championship, notching 15 digs, 11 kills and three blocks at St. Joe's-L.I. (4/9).
2021: Played and started in eight of 11 matches as a sophomore … finished second on the team in digs (39) and tied for second in kills (52) … finished with 10 kills and five errors on 16 swings (.313) to go with two digs, two total blocks and a career-best seven service aces in the win at Yeshiva (3/7) … notched eight kills, a block and a career-high eight digs at St. Joe’s-L.I. (3/18) … registered a career-best 11 kills to go with a career-high-tying eight digs, as well as a block and an ace in the Skyline Championship win at St. Joe’s-L.I. (4/10).
2020: Appeared in 10 matches, making four starts as a rookie … had seven kills, five digs and two total blocks in his collegiate debut vs. Kean (1/21) … notched five kills, three digs, a block and an assist in the win over Wilkes (2/15) … had 10 kills, one dig and a block at King’s (2/22) … ended with another 10 kills, five digs, three total blocks and to aces in the win over Neumann (2/22).
High School: A 2019 graduate of Bayonne High School … four-year volleyball team member, including three seasons on varsity … captain as a senior ... as a senior, was selected third team all-state and first team all-section and all-county … played in the Livingston All-Star game as a senior … honorable mention all-section and second team all-county as a junior.
Personal: Son of Malgorzata and Jurek Bajor … has one brother, Matthew … pursuing a career as a financial analyst.
