The 2025 United Volleyball Conference All-Championship team was announced on Tuesday, April 15, headlined by tournament Most Valuable Player, Emerson Evans of NYU. Evans helped lead NYU to its second straight UVC title and third in program history over the weekend, as the top-seed and No. 1 nationally ranked Violets knocked off No. 5 seed SUNY New Paltz in three sets in the semifinals and defeated No. 2 seed Nazareth University in four sets in the championship match on April 13.

Evans, who was one of three Violets named to the All-Championship team, hit a remarkable .474 with 32 kills, six blocks, six digs, and four service aces during tournament play. He opened the weekend by slamming a career-high equaling 19 kills four service aces and three blocks in the four-set win over New Paltz before adding 13 more kills, while hitting .522, four digs and three blocks in the three-set championship match victory over Nazareth.

Evans was joined on the UVC Championship All-Tournament Team by teammates Zach Knudsen and Lucas Osiecki. Knudsen, now a three-time UVC Libero/Defensive Specialist of the Year, recorded 21 digs and six assists in the two wins, while Osiecki averaged 5.2 points during the tournament, hitting .340 with 28 kills, 10 digs, five service aces and four blocks.
 
Graduate student Owen Wickens and senior Alex Bertino from runner-up Nazareth, senior Gavin Akoto of Vassar College and New Paltz freshman Nikko Tenedorio were also named to the 2025 UVC Championship All-Tournament Team. Wickens had 25 kills, 11 assists and 10 digs to earn his third UVC All-Tournament Team honor (2021, 2024), while Bertino slammed 22 kills and hit. 294 with 14 digs for the runner-up Golden Flyers. Akoto recorded 11 blocks, including nine in the UVC Semifinal against Nazareth to go along with 10 kills, while Tenedorio, the 2025 UVC Rookie of the Year, slammed 23 kills, added 16 digs, five blocks and four service aces in the two tournament matches.
 
The complete team is below.

2025 UVC Championship All-Tournament Team
Alex Bertino, Sr., OH/L, Nazareth
Owen Wickens, Gr., OH/L, Nazareth
Nikko Tenedorio, Fr., OH, New Paltz
Emerson Evans, So., MH, NYU ^
Zach Knudsen, Sr., L/DS, NYU
Lucas Osiecki, Sr., OH, NYU
Gavin Akoto, Sr., MB, Vassar
 
^ 2025 UVC Tournament Most Valuable Player
 
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