{"id":120486,"date":"2026-02-02T20:38:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/120486\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T20:38:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:38:24","slug":"perales-named-njac-defensive-player-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/120486\/","title":{"rendered":"Perales Named NJAC Defensive Player of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        By: Contact: Tom Krychkowski; Assistant Athletic Director for Communications &amp; Marketing&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                    Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK, N.Y. | The City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) and New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) have announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/njcugothicknights.com\/sports\/mens-volleyball\/roster\/amaru-perales\/6412\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6412\" target=\"_blank\">Amaru Perales<\/a> (Harrison, N.J.\/Harrison) was named CUNYAC Honorable Mention and NJAC Defensive Player of the Week.<\/p>\n<p>The awards for Perales are the first for the 2026 season for him. Perales was an anchor for the Gothic Knights on both offense and defense during the 2026 Statesman Tournament this past weekend. Offensively, Perales tallied 29 kills while hitting .407, good for 37.5 points and 2.23 kills per set. His defensive performance was even more impressive as he tallied 14 total blocks (1 solo), good for a robust 1.08 blocks per set.<\/p>\n<p>Up Next:<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nNJCU returns to action on Tuesday, February 3, when they travel to Union, NJ, to take on Kean University at 7:00 pm for a rivalry showdown.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news, updates, and information on New Jersey City University Athletics, visit NJCUGothicKnights.com and follow the Gothic Knights on Facebook, X, Instagram, and YouTube.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; By: Contact: Tom Krychkowski; Assistant Athletic Director for Communications &amp; Marketing&#13; &#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; NEW YORK,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-120486","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}