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Week 11 PAC Honors (for events between November 6-12)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 11 of the 2023 season.
 

PAC Offensive Player of the Week

Jacob Pugh • Washington & Jefferson • Junior quarterback • Jefferson Hills, Pa./Thomas Jefferson Pugh tossed four first-half touchdowns Saturday in a 33-28 win over visiting Waynesburg in the regular season finale at Cameron Stadium ... The junior had touchdown passes of 4, 62, 27 and 11 yards in the win over the Yellow Jackets while completing 27-of-36 through the air for 355 yards ... Pugh finished the regular season with a conference-best 32 passing touchdowns.

PAC Offensive Honor Roll

Carnegie Mellon senior RB Tre Vasiliades (Great Falls, Va./Langley); Case Western Reserve junior WR Noah Coyne (Painesville, Ohio/Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin); Geneva senior WR Hilton McClain Jr. (Belle Glades, Fla./Royal Palm Beach); Grove City senior RB Clayton Parrish (Mercer, Pa./West Middlesex); Thiel senior RB Andrew Plowden (Homewood, Pa./Penn Hills Charter); Waynesburg sophomore RB Zayne Cawley (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown); Westminster sophomore QB Ty McGowan (Moon Township, Pa./Moon)

 

PAC Defensive Player of the Week

Ben Bladel • Grove City • Sophomore linebacker • Coraopolis, Pa./Moon Bladel recorded four of Grove City's seven sacks Saturday in a 31-0 victory at Thiel in the 39th Mercer County Cup game … The four sacks tied Grove City's single-game record and he helped the Wolverine defense limit Thiel to 56 total yards and 14 net rushing yards … Bladel ranks second in Division III with 15 sacks and sixth with 21 tackles for loss … He is tied for first on Grove City's single-season list in both categories.

PAC Defensive Honor Roll

Bethany senior LB Rondell Lewis (Beachwood, Ohio/Beachwood); Carnegie Mellon junior LB Evan Roper (Barrington, Ill./Barrington Community); Case Western Reserve senior DL Kaden Tong (Powell, Ohio/Olentangy Liberty); Geneva junior LB Gabe Trexler (Macgunie, Pa./Emmaus); Saint Vincent junior LB Wiley Purry (Long Beach, Calif./Long Beach Polytechnic); Thiel senior CB Donelle Thomas (Miramar, Fla./Miami Carol); W&J junior DL Avery Keith (Hartville, Ohio/Lake); Waynesburg senior LB Jaquaivis Valle-Smith (Orlando, Fla./Winter Park); Westminster senior DB Corte Williams (Sharon, Pa./Sharon)

 

PAC Special Teams Player of the Week

Justin Caputo • Carnegie Mellon • Sophomore kicker • Bridgeville, Pa./South Fayette Caputo played a huge factor in the Tartans' 31-21 win over Case Western Reserve in the 37th Annual Academic Bowl on Saturday ... Caputo was perfect kicking on the night, converting all four of his PATs and a 36-yard field goal to give the Tartans a 17-7 lead with eight minutes to play in the third quarter ... The sophomore leads the PAC in scoring for kickers with 70 points, while also leading the conference with 11 field goals ... Caputo also ranks 10th nationally in field goals made per game.

PAC Special Teams Honor Roll

Grove City sophomore K Caleb Kuechly (West Chester, Ohio/Mars Hill); Thiel freshman P Adam Devine (Dormont, Pa./Seton LaSalle); Waynesburg sophomore K/P Ricco Sastoque (Concord, N.C./Northwest Cabbarus); Westminster freshman WR Clayton Cannon Jr. (Parkland, Fla./Marjory Stoneman Douglas)

 

PAC Newcomer of the Week

Gino Caesar • Saint Vincent • Freshman running back • Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield  Caesar ran for a game-high 111 yards on 27 carries and made one reception for 17 yards in the Bearcats' 29-21 win over Bethany ... It marked the first 100-yard rushing game of the season for a Saint Vincent rusher ... Seventy-one of Caesar's rushing yards came in the fourth quarter, including three first-down carries on the Bearcats' final possession to seal the victory.

PAC Newcomer Honor Roll

Geneva sophomore LB Luke Blasko (Columbiana, Ohio/South Range); Grove City freshman WR Daniel Sullivan (Simsbury, Conn./Simsbury); Waynesburg freshman DB/LB Jamison Ewing (Jefferson, Pa./Jefferson-Morgan); Westminster freshman RB Damarion Collins (Porter, Texas/Humble)

 

PAC Records & Milestones

Grove City completed their first 10-0 season in program history with a 31-0 win over Thiel in the Mercer County Cup Game Saturday ... On Sunday, the Wolverines were officially awarded their first NCAA playoff bid in program history as well and will travel to Susquehanna University for a first round game on Saturday, Nov. 18th ... Grove City running back Nico Flati finished the regular season with 1,065 yards, becoming the fifth back in program history to reach that milestone ... Flati's backfield partner, Clayton Parrish, now has 52 rushing touchdowns, No. 3 in Grove City history ... With their win over Case Western Reserve Saturday night, Carnegie Mellon has now won 17 straight games at home dating back to the spring season of 2021 ... Geneva linebacker Gabe Trexler made 17 tackles in Saturday's game against Westminster, the most by a Geneva player in seven years ... Saint Vincent linebacker Wiley Purry amassed 16 tackles in the Bearcats' win over Bethany, the second-highest single-game total in program history, and closed the season with a PAC-leading and SVC single-season record 111 tackles.