Football | 9/15/2025 4:00:00 PM
Week 2 PAC Honors (for events between September 8-14)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 2 of the 2025 season.
PAC Offensive Player of the Week
Sean Tejeda • Hiram • Junior quarterback • San Antonio, Texas/McCollum
Tejeda had a career day Saturday against Oberlin, going 23-for-38 through the air for 319 yards and five passing touchdowns – as well as recording one rushing touchdown – as part of a 58-21 win at Henry Field ... It marked Tejeda's first career game with five passing touchdowns and third career game with at least 300 passing yards ... Tejeda became the third different student-athlete in Hiram program history (Randy Tucker, Domenic Paolo) to throw at least five touchdown passes in a single game.
PAC Offensive Honor Roll
Allegheny sophomore running back Dominic Berarducci (Erie, Pa./McDowell); Case Western Reserve junior quarterback Sam DeTillio (Avon, Ohio/Avon); Geneva junior quarterback Caleb Romano (Ravena, N.Y./Mount Dora Christian Academy); Grove City senior running back Ian Demeri (Pittsburgh, Pa./Penn-Trafford); Saint Vincent junior wide receiver Chris Downs (Gambrills, Md./Arundel); W&J sophomore running back Andrew Sharp (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin); Waynesburg senior running back Zayne Cawley (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown); Westminster sophomore quarterback Sean O'Shea (Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley)
PAC Defensive Player of the Week
Dylan Sleva • Westminster • Senior linebacker • McDonald, Pa./Moon
Sleva finished with 13 tackles (five solo) and an interception in Saturday's 27-7 victory at Franklin & Marshall … His INT came on the third play of the third quarter, which gave Westminster a short field that led to a field goal and a 20-0 Titan lead … It was his fourth-straight game with a dozen or more tackles ... Led by Sleva, who is first in all of Division III with 38 tackles after two games, the Titans limited F&M to 210 yards of total offense and held the Diplomats scoreless for the first 59 minutes, 47 seconds of the game.
PAC Defensive Honor Roll
Allegheny sophomore linebacker Javi Edwards (Youngstown, Ohio/Ursuline); Case Western Reserve sophomore defensive back Jake Kavcic (Kirtland, Ohio/Gilmour Academy); Geneva sophomore defensive back Jaden Duckett (Pittsburgh, Pa./Obama Academy); Grove City senior linebacker Ben Bladel (Coraopolis, Pa./Moon); Hiram junior defensive back Brice Criggall (Branford, Fla./Branford); Saint Vincent junior defensive back Devon Dean-Coles (West Mifflin, Pa./Clairton); Thiel junior defensive back Matt Jordan (New Castle, Pa./Kennedy Catholic); W&J junior defensive lineman Antoine Smith (Pittsburgh, Pa./Serra Catholic)
PAC Special Teams Player of the Week
Andrew Caranna • Westminster • Sophomore kicker • Copley, Ohio/Revere
Caranna drilled a pair of field goals and was 3-of-3 on point-after attempts to help Westminster score a 27-7 victory at Franklin & Marshall Saturday afternoon … He connected from 35 and 30 yards, respectively … Caranna's third-quarter make from 30 yards out was the 11th of his career … He also handles kickoff duties for the Titans, sending two for touchbacks while averaging 55.2 yards on his six kickoffs.
PAC Special Teams Honor Roll
Allegheny junior wide receiver/kick returner Terran Mitchell (St. Louis, Mo./Affton); Bethany sophomore wide receiver/kick returner Jermain Beersingh (Miami, Fla./Hialeah Senior); Grove City freshman kicker/punter Brady Lane (Jefferson, Ga./Mill Creek); Thiel sophomore punter Spencer Cleary (Geelong, Australia/Greenville-Pa.)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Christian Hunter • Geneva • Freshman defensive back • Jacksonville, Fla./First Coast
Hunter had a big game for Geneva in Saturday's 29-28 loss to Shenandoah, recording 10 tackles out of the defensive backfield, including five solos, and breaking up one pass in the first half versus the Hornets.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman linebacker Ryan Crosten (Jefferson, Ohio/Pymatuning Valley); Case Western Reserve first-year punter Nick Delfau (Sarasota, Fla./Riverview); Grove City freshman nose tackle Kellan Taylor (Pittsburgh, Pa./Penn-Trafford)
PAC Records & Milestones
Allegheny's Dominic Berarducci posted his first collegiate game with multiple rushing TDs and second career 100-yard rushing game with 117 yards on 20 carries against Juniata ... Also in Allegheny's game at Juniata, Terran Mitchell returned a muffed kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown late in the fourth quarter, the first KO return for a score since Levi Swartz's 89-yard runback against Westminster on Sept. 17, 2022 ... Bethany's Jermain Beersingh returned a kickoff 91 yards for a TD for the Bison's touchdown at Kalamazoo ... Case Western Reserve's Jake Kavcic finished with six tackles while notching the first sack and interception of his career at Wabash ... Geneva's Jaden Duckett had a 41-yard pick-six to go with four total pass break-ups and four tackles in the GT's one-point loss to Shenandoah ... Grove City's Ian Demeri ran for 77 yards on 14 carries against No. 2 Mount Union, highlighted by a 43-yard burst in the first quarter that set up the game's first TD ... Hiram's Brice Criggall recorded the first two interceptions of his career in the Oberlin win, the first multi-interception game by a Hiram player since Isaiah Davilla had two picks against Bethany on Sept. 3, 2021 ... Saint Vincent's Chris Downs caught seven passes for 104 yards and two touchdowns against Wooster Saturday, giving him a PAC-leading four TD receptions after two weeks ... In his first career start under center, Sean O'Shea led Westminster to a win at Franklin & Marshall by totaling 235 yards of offense, including 157 yards and two TDs on the ground, highlighted by a 73-yard scoring run in the second quarter.