Men's Volleyball | 2/17/2026 4:00:00 PM
Week 5 PAC Honors (for events between February 9-15)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 5 of the 2026 season.
PAC Offensive Player of the Week
Kaleb Proudfoot • Thiel • Senior middle blocker • Butler, Pa./Butler
Proudfoot hit an impressive .545 across three matches last week for the Tomcats, totaling 28 kills on just 44 swings ... The senior's week was highlighted by a 15-kill performance (hitting .542) against Endicott on Saturday, adding five assisted blocks and a dig in the four-set match ... Earlier in the day, he recorded seven kills, a dig and an assisted block against Trine ... Proudfoot also contributed six kills, three service aces, three digs and two assisted blocks in the PAC victory over Bethany on Thursday ... He currently leads the conference with a .446 hitting percentage on the season.
PAC Offensive Honor Roll
Chatham junior right-side hitter Tim McCabe (North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin); Geneva senior right-side hitter/setter Andrew Ubinger (Valencia, Pa./North Catholic); Grove City freshman outside hitter Evan DiMalanta (Medina, Ohio/Highland); Saint Vincent senior outside hitter Shawn McSwiggen (Pittsburgh, Pa./Thomas Jefferson)
PAC Defensive Player of the Week
Christian Parks • Geneva • Sophomore defensive specialist/libero • Canton, Ohio/Jackson
Parks averaged 3.44 digs per set across Geneva’s two matches last week ... In Tuesday’s four-set contest against Penn State Behrend, the sophomore recorded a career-high 19 digs to go along with an assist ... He followed with 12 more digs in Saturday’s five-set match against Chatham.
PAC Defensive Honor Roll
Grove City senior middle blocker Tieg Malcolm (New Philadelphia, Ohio/Homeschooled); Saint Vincent sophomore defensive specialist Jackson Genicola (North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin); Thiel junior middle blocker Bryce Lizanich (
Coraopolis, Pa./Montour)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Derek Kintzer • Chatham • Freshman outside hitter • Reading, Pa./Governor Mifflin
Kintzer helped the Cougars to a 2–0 week, hitting .304 while averaging 3.0 kills per set ... The freshman recorded a career-high 19 kills (hitting .421) in Saturday’s five-set win at Geneva, adding six digs, two assists and a career-best five total blocks (two solo, three assisted) ... He also contributed five kills, one dig and an assisted block in Wednesday’s three-set victory over Carlow.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Geneva freshman outside hitter Joshua Stowe (Nicholasville, Ky./West Jessamine); Grove City freshman setter Thomas Krahe (Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland); Saint Vincent freshman setter Jack Ryan (Pittsburgh, Pa./Pittsburgh Central Catholic); Thiel freshman outside hitter George Schwalm IV (Fort Collins, Colo./Poudre)
PAC Records & Milestones
Chatham's Tim McCabe posted his first double-double of the season with 19 kills and 10 digs in the Cougars' five-set win at Geneva on Saturday ... Geneva's Andrew Ubinger recorded the first triple-double for Geneva's men's program since Anthony Baronio did it in 2020 with 11 kills, 17 assists and 11 digs on Tuesday against Penn State Behrend ....Saint Vincent's Shawn McSwiggen notched his second double-double of the season with 12 kills and 11 digs along with four service aces and two total blocks (one solo, one assisted) in the Bearcats' win over Bethany on Tuesday ... Thiel senior setter Eli Olszowka (Erie, Pa./Mercyhurst Prep) became the sixth Tomcat ever to reach 1,000 career assists in No. 17 Thiel's sweep of Bethany Thursday.