by Mike Pavlichko
The Big Central Conference – in its first year of existence – was responsible for nearly a quarter of the players selected to New Jersey Football Coaches Association’s Super 100 Team, which is chosen annually in December.
The selections for 2020 were announced on Twitter Monday night.
Nominations are made by coaches who are members of the NJFCA, and comittees of coaches make the final selections based on NJSIAA playoff sections. For this season, with no playoffs, the NJFCS simply divided the state into quadrants based on geographical Northing numbers.
Only seniors can be named to the Super 100 Team, and those getting full scholarships to play football collegiately are automatically selected, according to NJFCA Commissioner John Jacob.
Cookie Desiderio and A.J. Pena of Somerville – Central Jersey Sports Radio’s Big Central Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, respectively – were among the 12 players selected in the Central section.
Somerville defensive end A.J. Pena, Central Jersey Sports Radio’s Defensive Player of the Year, was named Monday to the NJFCA Super 100 Team. 
The state’s leader in TDs and touches per TD – Somerville RB and CJSR Offensive Player of the Year Cookie Desiderio – was chosen Monday for the NJFCA’s Super 100 Team. 
Woodbridge RB Ali Lee, Jr. – shown here signing his National Letter of Intent to Stony Brook earlier this month – was named Monday to the NJFCA Super 100 Team. 
Hillsborough’s Sean Levonaitis – winner of CJSR’s Longevity Award – was named Monday to the Super 100 Team by the NJFCA. 
Watchung Hills QB Chad Martini was among the 22 Big Central Conference football players named to the NJFCA Super 100 Team in the league’s first season.
CJSR’s Mr. Versatility Ali Lee Jr. of Woodbridge also was selected, along with teammate Jordan Harris.
Rounding out the Central section were Austin Scott (South Plainfield), Majid Howard-Baker (South Brunswick), Omar Shehabeldin (North Brunswick), Dylan McFadden (Montgomery), Kyle DeGraw (Monroe, Keyshawn Dixon (JFK), Longevity Award winner Sean Levonaitis (Hillsborough) and Zach Zebro (East Brunswick).
There were ten players selected in the North 2 section, headlined by Rutgers-bound Desmond Igbinosun of Union, along with his teammate Diante Wilson.
Others included Shawn Martin (Scotch Plains-Fanwood), Andrew Taddeo (Ridge), Matt Quetel (Phillipsburg), Chad Martini and James Coslet (Watchung Hills), Omakus Langley II (Hillside) and Bruce Myers (Bridgewater-Raritan).
Each year, the Super 100 Team is honored with a dinner in the Spring, but whether that will happen in person or virtually – due to COVID-19 protocols – has not yet been determined.