Four Named to MASCAC Football All Conference Teams

Westfield, Mass. — Anna Maria's Nikolay Boyce and Mass. Maritime's Jackson Mahoney are the 2025 MASCAC  Football Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year and headline the 2025 MASCAC All-Conference teams as  voted on by the coaches from around the league. 

Boyce, a freshman from Naples, Fla., has burst onto the scene for the AMCATS in his first season with the team  to earn not only MASCAC Offensive Player of the Year but Offensive Rookie of the Year honors as well. Helping  them to a regular season title, Boyce finished the regular season first in the MASCAC in total yards with 2,605,  yards per game with 260.5 and touchdowns with 32, third in completion percentage at 58.2 and fourth in yards per  attempt with eight. His 32 touchdowns broke the Anna Maria single season record for touchdown passes which  included three games with five or more scores.  

Taking home the 2025 MASCAC Defensive Player of the Year honors is Jackson Mahoney. The junior from Falmouth,  Mass. was a solid defensive presence for the Buccaneers, averaging 9.2 tackles per game with a league-leading  54 solo tackles for 92 total on the year. He added four sacks for a total of 29 yards with one interception and a  fumble recovery. One of his best games of the year came in the Cranberry Bowl win over Bridgewater State where  he recorded 10 total tackles, nine solo, with two sacks, two tackles for loss, a forced fumble, a pass breakup, and  a quarterback hurry. 

Sean Quinn of Plymouth State is the 2025 MASCAC Offensive Lineman of the Year honoree. This is Quinn's second  All-Conference award after winning in 2024. The senior tackle from Norwood, Mass., helped the team finish atop  the conference in several categories, including rushing touchdowns with 33, total rushing yards with 2,107, yards  per rush with 5.2, rushing first downs with 119, total scoring with 332 points, yards per game with 337.7 and total  yards at 3,377. The Panthers had the second-fewest tackles for a loss and sacks in the conference.  

Rounding out the major award winners is Jorden Woods of Mass. Maritime, the 2025 MASCAC Defensive Rookie  of the Year. Woods, a freshman defensive back from Cocoa, Fla., tallied 39 tackles with 31 of them solo, three  pass break ups and an inteception on the year. Twice this season he finished with six tackles, including the win  over Fitchburg State and Westfield State.  

After leading the Panthers to a share of the MASCAC Regular Season title, Paul Castonia of Plymouth State was  voted the 2025 BSN Sports Coach of the Year.  

2025 MASCAC FOOTBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS

FIRST TEAM-DEFENSE

Player/Institution Class Position Hometown
Jihad Brown, Anna Maria Sophomore Defensive Back Bartow, Fla.
Elijah Zaire McKnight, Fitchburg State Senior Defensive Back Tracy, Calif.
Amari Williams, Framingham State Junior Defensive Back Boston, Mass.
Xavier Lopes, UMass Dartmouth Junior Defensive Back Lorain, Ohio
Camren Topkin, Fitchburg State Senior Inside Linebacker New London, Conn.
Jackson Mahoney, Mass. Maritime Junior Inside Linebacker Falmouth, Mass.
TJ Jones, Mass. Maritime Senior Outside Linebacker Duxbury, Mass.
Justyn Gardener, Westfield State Senior Outside Linebacker E. Hartford, Conn.
Jorge Aquino, Bridgewater State Junior Defensive Line Bergenfield, N.J.
Korrey Barron, Framingham State Sophomore Defensive Line Rockwell, Texas
Kymauny Roland, Framingham State Senior Defensive Line Canton, Mass.
Mac Kromenhoek, Mass. Maritime Senior Defensive Line Savannah, Ga.
Braden Lynn, Plymouth State Graduate Punter Littleton, Mass.

FIRST TEAM-OFFENSE

Player/Institution Class Position Hometown
Jack Claeys, Plymouth State Junior Center Melrose, Mass.
Thomas Marvelli, Mass. Maritime Junior Guard Barrington, RI
Kevin Moura, UMass Dartmouth Junior Guard Fairhaven, Mass.
Sean Quinn, Plymouth State Senior Tackle Norwood, Mass.
Matt Goodison, UMass Dartmouth Senior Tackle Bloomfield, Mass.
Jacob Morris, Plymouth State Junior Tight End Kennebunk, Maine
Mathias Fowler, Framingham State Junior Wide Receiver Lynn, Mass.
Lance Williams, Worcester State Junior Wide Receiver Westerly, R.I.
Mekhi Wilson, UMass Dartmouth Junior Running Back Narragansett, R.I.
Gregory Walker, Plymouth State Graduate Running Back Boxford, Mass.
Manny Mengata, Westfield State Freshman Full Back Tewksbury, Mass
Nikolay Boyce, Anna Maria Freshman Quarterback Naples, Fla.
Joey Naso, Bridgewater State Senior Place-Kicker Hopewell Junction, N.Y.
Elijah Zaire McKnight, Fitchburg State Senior Return Specialist Tracy, Calif.

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Nikolay Boyce, Anna Maria Freshman Quarterback Naples, Fla.

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE YEAR

Sean Quinn, Plymouth State Senior Tackle Norwood, Mass.

OFFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

Nikolay Boyce, Anna Maria Freshman Quarterback Naples, Fla.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Jackson Mahoney, Mass. Maritime Junior Inside Linebacker Falmouth, Mass.

DEFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

Jorden Woods, Mass. Maritime Freshman Defensive Back Cocoa, Fla.

BSN SPORTS COACH OF THE YEAR
Paul Castonia, Plymouth State

SECOND TEAM-DEFENSE

Player/Institution Class Position Hometown
James Wilder, Framingham State Sophomore Defensive Back Medfield, Mass.
Jorden Woods, Mass. Maritime Freshman Defensive Back Cocoa, Fla.
Eric Perkins, UMass Dartmouth Sophomore Defensive Back Boston, Mass.
Zach Allen, Westfield State Senior Defensive Back Chelmsford, Mass.
Budder Ferreira, Westfield State Senior Inside Linebacker Haverhill, Mass.
Wil Vogel, Worcester State Junior Inside Linebacker Groton, Mass.
Jonah Familia, Bridgewater State Senior Outside Linebacker Worcester, Mass.
Owen Dunker, UMass Dartmouth Junior Outside Linebacker Boston, Mass.
Mark DeGirolamo, Bridgewater State Senior Defensive Line Mansfield, Mass.
Aiden Tomaszewski, Fitchburg State Junior Defensive Line Sterling, Mass.
Kairis Codio, UMass Dartmouth Senior Defensive Line Randolph, Mass.
Aaron Becker, Worcester State Senior Defensive Line Natick, Mass.
Jacob Martin, Anna Maria Freshman Punter Westborough, Mass.

SECOND TEAM-OFFENSE

Player/Institution Class Position Hometown
Vinny Cirillo, Westfield State Senior Center Chicopee, Mass.
Ezrah Hatcher, UMass Dartmouth Junior Center Waterbury, Conn.
Philip D'Alleva, Bridgewater State Sophomore Guard Peabody, Mass.
Dylan Burdick, Framingham State Sophomore Guard Coventry, R.I.
Matthew Leofanti, Bridgewater State Senior Tackle Franklin, Mass.
Thomas Russell, Mass. Maritime Junior Tackle Dorchester, Mass.
Tyler Garretson, Anna Maria Senior Tight End Middlefield, Conn.
Mohale Mitchell, Bridgewater State Senior Wide Receiver Lakewood, Colo.
Alex Maia, Framingham State Junior Wide Receiver Central Falls, R.I.
Andrew Cloutman, Bridgewater State Senior Running Back Hanson, Mass.
Jaheim Daniels, Framingham State Sophomore Running Back Norwalk, Conn.
Braden Lynn, Plymouth State Graduate Quarterback Littleton, Mass.
Connor McManus, UMass Dartmouth Sophomore Place-Kicker New Bedford, Mass.
Gavin Hatfield, Worcester State Junior Return Specialist Lexington, Mass.