Women's Golf | 9/30/2025 4:00:00 PM
Week 5 PAC Honors (for events played September 23-29)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 5 of the 2025-26 season.
PAC Player of the Week
Katie Rose Rankin • Westminster • Junior • Sewickley, Pa./North Allegheny
Rankin fired a program-record 71 on Sunday to help lead the Titans to a third-place finish at Catholic's two-day Cardinal Fall Classic ... The nine-team, 49-player event was hosted by the Black Rock Golf Course in Hagerstown, Md. ... Rankin finished in fourth place and tied her own 36-hole program record with a 149 ... She followed Saturday's 78 with the one-under 71 on Sunday, concluding the round with six birdies ... It was Rankin's third time registering a 149 at a 36-hole event: she carded a 149 at Allegheny's Guy & Jeanne Kuhn Memorial Invitational in both 2023 and 2024.
PAC Honor Roll
Geneva sophomore Madison Sharek (Harmony, Pa./Homeschooled); Grove City junior Lauren Kardos (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny); Thiel sophomore Kelsi Hefner (Meadville, Pa./Meadville); W&J senior MacKenzie Schmeltz (Edwardsburg, Mich./Saint Joseph)
PAC Newcomers of the Week
CeCe Morgan • Westminster • Freshman • Fairview, Pa./Cathedral Prep
Morgan was 17th at Catholic's Cardinal Fall Classic with a 165, shooting an 83 on Saturday, highlighted by one birdie, and an 82 in Sunday's round that featured 10 pars.
PAC Newcomers Honor Roll
Franciscan freshman Natalie Smith (Syracuse, N.Y./Kolbe Academy); Geneva freshman Onika Alonzi (Harbor Springs, Mich./Harbor Springs); Grove City freshman Mackenzie Boley (Mogadore, Ohio/Field); W&J freshman Brooke Vowcheck (Peters Township, Pa./Peters Township); Waynesburg freshman Avery Davis (Waynesburg, Pa./Waynesburg Central)
PAC Records & Milestones
Natalie Smith was the top player for Franciscan when the Barons hosted their Fall Invitational, tying for ninth place with a 92 ... As the lone DIII player at the California (Pa.) Invitational, Geneva's Madison Sharek tied for fifth place with a two-day total of 161 (79-82) and then earned medalist at the Franciscan Fall Invitational after shooting 80 ... By scoring 83 at Franciscan, Grove City's Lauren Kardos tied for third place ... MacKenzie Schmeltz led four W&J golfers in the top 10 at the Franciscan Fall Invitational by tying for first with an 80, as the Presidents finished first out of seven teams ... Waynesburg's Avery Davis was 13th at Franciscan after scoring a 93 for the round.