Women's Volleyball | 9/15/2025 4:00:00 PM
Week 3 PAC Honors (for events between September 8-14)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 3 of the 2025 season.
PAC Offensive Player of the Week
Megan Chiang • Hiram • Freshman outside hitter • Markham, Ontario/Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Chiang led the Terriers to a 3-0 week, hitting .341 and averaging 4.0 kills per set ... In Wednesday’s three-set victory over Oberlin, the freshman tallied 12 kills and five digs ... She followed on Friday with her second double-double of the season, recording 10 kills and 15 digs against Bluffton ... Chiang then capped the weekend with a match-high 14 kills and no errors on 31 attempts (.452 hitting percentage) in a 3-0 sweep of Wooster, while also contributing four service aces and eight digs ... She was named to the All-Tournament Team at the Ginny Hunt Kilt Classic ... For the season, Chiang has now posted six straight matches with 10 or more kills, ranking fourth in the conference averaging 3.48 kills per set.
PAC Offensive Honor Roll
Allegheny sophomore outside hitter Carlee Pepperman (Bellefonte, Pa./Bellefonte); Bethany senior middle blocker Averie Braymer (Saegertown, Pa./Saegertown); Chatham junior right-side hitter Becca Gesner (San Diego, Calif./Valley Center); Franciscan graduate student outside hitter Mary Jean Cadman (Whitehall, Pa./Allentown Central Catholic); Geneva senior outside hitter Emily Nelson (Kijabe, Kenya/Rift Valley Academy); Grove City junior outside hitter Alayna Dorst (Middletown, Del./Middletown); Thiel senior outside hitter Daisy Jenness (Pendleton, Ore./Pendleton); W&J junior setter/defensive specialist Brielle Moorhouse (East Liberty, Ohio/Benjamin Logan); Waynesburg junior right-side hitter Kristina Zadrozny (McDonald, Pa./West Allegheny); Westminster senior outside hitter Shelby Rambo (East Palestine, Ohio/Crestview)
PAC Defensive Player of the Week
Jamie Robertson • Westminster • Senior middle hitter • Los Angeles, Calif./Palisades Charter
Robertson helped lead Westminster to a 4-0 record at Wooster’s Ginny Hunt Kilt Classic, where she was named to the All-Tournament Team ... She totaled 15 blocks, averaging 0.94 per set across 16 sets ... The senior opened the weekend with four assisted blocks and four digs, along with eight kills, in a five-set victory over Bluffton ... She followed that with two more blocks, five kills, and two digs against Oberlin ... Robertson then recorded five total blocks (two solo, three assisted) in a three-set win over Pitt-Greensburg, adding four kills and three digs, before capping the weekend with four assisted blocks and seven kills against Wooster.
PAC Defensive Honor Roll
Allegheny senior libero Jacy Diaz (Barranquitas, Puerto Rico/Gallatin - Tenn.); Bethany senior libero Andie Clark (Columbus, Ind./Hauser); Chatham senior libero Sierra Ricci (Pittsburgh, Pa./Shaler); Franciscan sophomore defensive specialist/libero Kaitlan Hickey (Richmond, Ohio/Seton Home Study); Geneva senior libero/defensive specialist Heather Seubert (Camp Hill, Pa./Trinity); Grove City sophomore middle blocker Lily Pool (Ashland, Ohio/Ashland); Hiram senior setter Kelly Hoffman (Streetsboro, Ohio/Crestwood); Thiel fifth-year libero Danielle Aulet (Lawrence, Kansas/Mineral Ridge); W&J senior libero/defensive specialist Piper McFarland (West Mifflin, Pa./Cornerstone Preparatory Academy)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Sofia Smotek • Hiram • Freshman outside hitter • Independence, Ohio/Independence
Smotek totaled 42 kills while hitting .296 helping the Terriers to a 3-0 week ... The freshman outside hitter totaled 15 kills, hitting .323, along with dix digs and two service aces ... Smotek notched 16 kills with nine digs, two service aces and an assisted block against Bluffton followed by an 11-kill, seven-dig performance against Wooster.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman outside hitter Amaya Brooks (North Olmsted, Ohio/Lutheran West); Bethany freshman setter Grace Padavick (Cleveland, Ohio/Padua Franciscan); Chatham freshman right-side hitter Maren Balint (Bethesda, Md./Bethesda Chevy Chase); Franciscan freshman outside hitter Logan Hickey (Richmond, Ohio/Seton Home Study); Geneva freshman right-side hitter Kendall Anderson (Chapel Hill, N.C./Seaforth); Grove City sophomore setter Eliana Porta (Hartland, Mich./Hartland); Saint Vincent freshman defensive specialist Brenna McCracken (Cherry Tree, Pa./Northern Cambria); W&J freshman outside hitter/defensive specialist Cali Dagen (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan); Waynesburg freshman middle hitter Kirsten Shaffer (Hiram, Ohio/Berkshire)
PAC Records & Milestones
Allegheny junior middle hitter Skyler Fatola (Queen Creek, Ariz./Eastmark) and senior defensive specialist/outside hitter Alejandra Fernandez (Caguas, Puerto Rico/Commonwealth-Parkville) were named to the Allegheny Invitational All-Tournament Team, while teammate Jacy Diaz moved into second all-time in program digs with 2,194, surpassing Terra Schall's total of 2,172 ... Bethany's Averie Braymer was named to the Union-Russell Sage Crosstown Challenge All-Tournament Team after finishing with 49 total kills on the weekend, including a career-high 19 against Oneonta ... Geneva's Heather Seubert was named to the Allegheny Invitational All-Tournament Team ... Thiel sophomore middle blocker Madyson Cikosh (Cortland, Ohio/Maplewood) posted a career-best five blocks (one solo, four assisted) in Thiel's match at Fredonia.