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Week 9 PAC Honors (for events between October 28-November 3)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 9 of the 2024 season.
 

PAC Offensive Player of the Week

Zach Cernuto • Washington & Jefferson • Senior tight end • Scottdale, Pa./Southmoreland Cernuto headlined the W&J offensive attack in their 34-21 triumph over Case Western Reserve ... Cernuto logged two career-highs with 14 receptions and 123 receiving yards with seven of his receptions going for first downs in the win ... He also tacked on his fifth receiving touchdown of the season, as his 11-yard scoring reception in the second quarter broke a 7-7 tie and gave W&J a lead they would not relinquish ... His reception total of 14 marks the most catches by a W&J receiver since Payton Skalos (16 receptions vs. Westminster Oct. 26, 2019).

PAC Offensive Honor Roll

Bethany junior TE Elijah Moffatt (Atlanta, Ga./New Manchester); Carnegie Mellon graduate student RB Tre Vasiliadis (Great Falls, Va./Langley); Case Western Reserve junior WR Dylan Cave (Malvern, Pa./Great Valley); Geneva senior WR Keaton Baker (Salem, Ohio/United); Grove City senior QB Logan Pfeuffer (Venetia, Pa./Peters Township); Thiel senior QB Daniel Rennie (Cape Coral, Fla./Oasis); Waynesburg junior RB Zayne Cawley (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown)

 

PAC Defensive Player of the Week

Luke Faber • Thiel • Senior defensive line • Greenville, Pa./Reynolds Faber recorded 11 tackles for the Tomcats in Thiel's 20-10 win over Saint Vincent ... His relentless pressure helped force both Thiel sacks, and played a part in four of the five Tomcat tackles for a loss ... Paced by Faber's work, the Tomcats allowed just 187 total yards to Saint Vincent, the fewest given up by Thiel in at least 10 years.

PAC Defensive Honor Roll

Bethany junior LB Santino Fox (Barberton, Ohio/Barberton); Carnegie Mellon junior DB Jacob Franze (Scottsdale, Ariz./Chaparral); Geneva sophomore DL Coltin Hill (New Castle, Pa./Laurel); Grove City junior LB Caleb Brubaker (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Mechanicsburg); W&J fifth-year DB Brandon Brown (Monessen, Pa./Greensburg Central Catholic)

 

PAC Special Teams Player of the Week

Justin Caputo • Carnegie Mellon • Junior kicker • Bridgeville, Pa./South Fayette Caputo of the 17th-ranked Carnegie Mellon football team accounted for nine of the Tartans' 45 points in a 45-20 win over Westminster ... The junior placekicker converted a 21-yard field goal to extend the Tartans lead 24-0 in the closing minutes of the first half and then converted 6-of-6 point-after attempts ... Caputo leads all PAC kickers with seven field goals and 59 kicking points this season.

PAC Special Teams Honor Roll

Grove City sophomore K/WR Daniel Sullivan (Simsbury, Conn./Simsbury); Thiel junior DL/ST Deandre Brown (Coatesville, Pa./Coatesville); Westminster freshman WR/DB Brite Cannon (Parkland, Fla./Monarch)

 

PAC Newcomer of the Week

Brett Phillips • Bethany • Freshman quarterback • Wheeling, W.Va./Wheeling Park Phillips accounted for 478 yards in Bethany's back-and-forth battle with Geneva ... Phillips threw for 361 yards on 17-of-30 passing and a career-best four touchdowns (75/29/9/57) with zero interceptions ... He added a career-high 117 yards on just 15 attempts, as his 478 total offensive yards is the most by a PAC player in a game this season.

PAC Newcomer Honor Roll

Thiel freshman DB Robert Dixie (Youngstown, Ohio/Woodridge)

 

PAC Records & Milestones

Bethany's Santino Fox made a career-high 15 tackles in Saturday's game with Geneva ... Carnegie Mellon's Tre Vasiliades ran for 187 yards on 18 carries, his 13th career game with 100+ rushing yards, and added a receiving TD in the Tartans' win over Westminster ...On defense, Carnegie Mellon's Jacob Franze returned his first career interception 27 yards for a touchdown in Saturday's win ... Case Western Reserve receiver Dylan Cave notched career highs with nine receptions and 211 yards, just the ninth 200-receiving yard effort by a Spartan ... Geneva wideout Keaton Baker hauled in five passes for a career-high 155 yards, including touchdown catches of 72 yards and 42 yards in Geneva's 34-27 victory over Bethany ... Grove City LB Caleb Brubaker's 82-yard INT return for a TD was his second pick-six of the season and fourth interception overall ... Thiel QB Daniel Rennie threw for 271 yards and two TDs in the win over Saint Vincent, the most passing yards by a Tomcat since 2022 ... Waynesburg RB Zayne Cawley rushed for 107 yards against Grove City Saturday, his fifth straight game over 100, and he also surpassed 1,000 yards for the season ... Westminster's Brite Cannon returned a kickoff 89 yards for a TD against Carnegie Mellon, his fourth special teams TD of the year and first KO return for a score by a Titan since Luca Botti's 84-yard runback against Waynesburg on Oct. 21, 2021.