Women's Basketball | 11/9/2026 4:00:00 PM
Week 1 PAC Honors (for events between Nov. 2-8)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 1 of the 2026-27 season.
PAC Player of the Week
Katie Kovalchick • Washington & Jefferson • Senior center • Shelocta, Pa./Indiana Area
Kovalchick powered the receiving votes Presidents to a 2-0 start with victories over Transylvania (RV) and Case Western Reserve by averaging a double-double and earning Most Outstanding Player of W&J's Coach Vicki Staton Tipoff Classic ... The senior center averaged 20.5 points and 12.5 rebounds per game, while adding in 5.5 assists and 1.5 blocks per game and shooting 54.5% from the field (18-for-33) ... In a 62-58 win over Transylvania, Kovalchick dropped 22 points with 14 rebounds and four assists and followed that with 19 points, 11 rebounds, seven assists and two blocks in a 65-59 win over Case Western Reserve, as W&J was the only team to go 2-0 for the weekend.
PAC Women's Basketball Honor Roll
Allegheny junior guard Isabella Antonacci (Indiana, Pa./Indiana Area); Chatham senior guard Daja White (Queens, N.Y./Queens College); Franciscan senior forward Maria McCallen (Springfield, Pa./Cardinal O'Hara); Grove City junior guard/forward Kailey Devlin (Turbotville, Pa./Meadowbrook Christian); Saint Vincent junior forward Emerson Peffer (Harmony, Pa./Seneca Valley); Waynesburg senior guard Kara McFadden (Painesville, Ohio/Fairport Harding); Westminster junior guard/forward Maddie Syka (Darlington, Pa./Lincoln Park)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Addy Hutton • Allegheny • Freshman guard • Indiana, Pa./Indiana Area
Hutton averaged 10 points and 7.5 rebounds in a 1-1 opening weekend for the Gators ... After dropping in 10 points and pulling down seven boards in the first game against Nazareth, she hit for 10 points again and grabbed eight rebounds in a 63-55 victory over Penn State Behrend Sunday ... In the two games, Hutton made 8-of-12 from the field, including all three of her three-point attempts.
PAC Women's Basketball Newcomer Honor Roll
Chatham junior guard Claire Tobias (Holt, Mich./Lansing CC); Franciscan freshman guard Kaylyn Sowers (Clarkston, Mich./Notre Dame Prep); Grove City freshman forward Phoebe Lehman (Dalton, Ohio/Dalton); Saint Vincent freshman guard Adyson Bond (New Bethlehem, Pa./Redbank Valley); W&J freshman guard Bri Morreale (Venetia, Pa./Peters Township); Waynesburg freshman forward Alaina Holtz (Oakdale, Pa./West Allegheny)
Records & Milestones
Allegheny's Isabella Antonacci made 15 free throws to set a single-game program record and finished with 27 points, nine rebounds and five assists in a 63-55 win over Penn State Behrend Sunday ... Chatham's Daja White posted 14 points, eight boards and four assists in a 79-72 season-opening win over Case Western Reserve ... Franciscan's Kaylyn Sowers dropped in a team-high 13 points in the Barons' 55-54 in over Kent State-Tuscarawas ... Grove City's Kailey Devlin scored a career-high 34 points Saturday in Grove City’s season-opening 68-52 win at Carlow, which included going 15-of-19 on foul shots, and she also logged seven rebounds and three assists ... In Saint Vincent' season opener against Denison, the top ranked team in the country, Emerson Peffer recorded an 11-point, 16-rebound double-double, and added three steals, two assists and two blocks as well ... Maddie Syka recorded a 12-point, 11-rebound double-double and dished out four assists in Westminster's 62-56 season-opening victory at Capital Friday night, giving first-year head coach Megan Sefcik a win in her debut.