Women's Volleyball | 9/8/2025 4:00:00 PM
Week 2 PAC Honors (for events between September 1-7)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 2 of the 2025 season.
PAC Offensive Player of the Week
Kelly Hoffman • Hiram • Senior setter • Streetsboro, Ohio/Crestwood
Hoffman guided the Terriers to a 2-0 weekend, finishing with 70 assists, 32 digs, and nine kills ... In a three-set sweep over Alma, the senior setter recorded her first double-double of the day with 34 assists and 16 digs, while also contributing four kills and a service ace ... She followed with another double-double in a five-set victory over Manchester, tallying 36 assists, 16 digs, and five kills ... Hoffman currently leads the conference with 9.56 assists 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); Grove City junior outside hitter Sarah Hart (Marriottsville, Md./Liberty); Thiel senior outside hitter Daisy Jenness (Pendleton, Ore./Pendleton); W&J junior middle blocker Abby Oldham (Aliquippa, Pa./Hopewell); Waynesburg junior right-side hitter Kristina Zadrozny (McDonald, Pa./West Allegheny)
PAC Defensive Player of the Week
Kendra Klusch • Grove City • Junior middle blocker • Alliance, Ohio/Homeschooled
Klusch anchored Grove City’s defense at the net, averaging 1.30 blocks per set as the Wolverines went 3-0 at the Oberlin College Invitational ... She opened the weekend with three blocks (one solo, two assisted) in a win over Wooster, then posted six more (two solo, four assisted) in a sweep of Oberlin ... Klusch wrapped up the weekend with four blocks (one solo, three assisted) in a 3-0 victory over Adrian ... She also added 10 kills on 16 swings, finishing with a .414 hitting percentage.
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); Hiram senior setter/defensive specialist Brooke Fishback (Aurora, Ohio/Aurora); Thiel junior middle blocker Arin DeLattre (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield); 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 36 kills while hitting .266 as the Terriers went 2-0 at the Quaker Classic in Wilmington, Ohio ... The first-year outside hitter recorded 13 kills in a three-set win over Alma before posting a career-high 23 kills and 13 digs for her first collegiate double-double in a five-set victory against Manchester ... She has reached double-digit kills in four of her first five collegiate matches.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman outside hitter Amaya Brooks (North Olmsted, Ohio/Lutheran West); Bethany freshman outside hitter Isabella Poppelriter (Wellsville, Ohio/Wellsville); Chatham freshman setter Delaney Schwind (Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge); Franciscan freshman outside hitter Logan Hickey (Richmond, Ohio/Seton Home Study); Grove City sophomore setter/right-side hitter Brooke Manfull (Wadsworth, Ohio/Wadsworth); Thiel freshman libero Macie Williams (Cochranton, Pa./Cochranton); 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's Jacy Diaz recorded a career-high 40 digs in a five-set victory over Hanover on Friday ... Thiel senior outside hitter Kylee Jordan (Orrville, Ohio/Waynedale) set career highs in kills (13), aces (four), points (17) and hitting percentage (.357) in Thiel's 3-1 win over Bluffton Friday, while teammate Daisy Jenness tallied her 800th career kill to move into 10th in Thiel history in Thiel's sweep of Penn State Behrend Saturday.