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22nd Century Media chose the best boys volleyball student-athletes based on coach and writer
recommendations, as well as player statistics, in its seven-town southwest suburban coverage
area to place them on one super team — Team 22. The team features student-athletes from
Lincoln-Way Central, LW East, LW West, Providence Catholic, Andrew, Tinley Park, Lockport
Township and Sandburg high schools.
—Compiled by 22nd Century Media staff
First team
OH: Ike Papes, senior,
Providence
462 kills, 200 digs, 55
aces, 38 blocks. All-CCL
Green. All-Tournament
at Smack Attack and
the Argo invite. Led area
players in kills for the
season.
OH: Wil McPhillips,
senior, LW East
363 kills, 62 digs, 46
aces, 34 blocks. All-
SWSC. The Griffins’
standout is planning
to attend Ball State
to continue playing
volleyball after high
school.
RS: Jake Whyte, senior,
Lockport
329 kills, .221 hit
percentage, 138 digs,
55 aces, 33 blocks. All-
SWSC. All-Tournament at
Marist and Argo invites.
Committed to Erskine.
M: Brendan McCarthy,
senior, LW Central
99 kills, 74 blocks, 40 digs,
27 aces. All-SWSC. The
Knights middle hitter made
a mark bigger than his
numbers on the conference
during his senior season.
S: David Flores, senior,
LW West
784 assists, 188 digs,
172 service points, 99
blocks (23 for kills), 52
kills, 30 aces. SWSC
Athlete of the Year.
Directed the action all
season long.
L: Danny Pacini, senior,
LW East
450 digs, 2.44 passing,
46 assists. All-SWSC.
The Griffins defensive
specialist is planning to
continue his dominance
at Dominican University
next season.
Utility: Luka Vukanic,
senior, Sandburg
227 kills, 100 digs, 36
blocks. All-SWSC. Vukanic
mostly shined as a scorer
for the Eagles at outside
hitter but proved versatile
in his defensive efforts.
Honorable mentions:
OH: Cort Jensen, senior, Sandburg; Matt
Arens, sophomore, Lockport; Ike Mahajan,
senior, LW East; Tyler Holubek, senior, LW
West; Nico Studer, senior, LW West; Zach
Nelson, senior, Tinley Park; Connor Keating,
junior, Andrew.
RS: David Vales, junior, Sandburg.
M: Jake Maly, junior, Lockport; Michael
Sherwood, senior, Andrew; Jay Pillai, senior,
Tinley Park; Chris Dargan, senior, LW West;
Darryl Farrow, senior, Andrew.
S: Nathan Ryan, senior, Tinley Park.
L: Tyler Vedder, junior, LW West.
U: Matt Russo, senior, Providence.
second team
OH: Ben Pluskota, senior, LW West
310 kills, 176 service points, 148 digs, 78 blocks, 39 aces, 20
assists. All-SWSC.
OH: Jack Yurkanin, senior, LW Central
307 kills, 2.45 serve receive, 165 digs, 74 aces, 36 blocks. All-SWSC.
RS: Louden Moran, senior, LW West
233 kills, 135 blocks (44 for kills), 133 digs, 126 service points, 45
assists. All-SWSC.
M: Michael Sherwood, senior, Andrew.
133 kills, 34 block kills, 10 aces. All-SWSC.
S: Cam Petrusevski, senior, Sandburg
700 assists, 127 digs, 57 kills, 46 aces. All-SWSC.
L: Jeremiah Burden, sophomore, Sandburg
300 digs, 70 assists, 16 aces.
U: Trevor Lewis, junior, LW East
411 assists, 172 kills, 169 digs, 48 aces, 41 blocks.