Baseball | 3/23/2026 4:00:00 PM
Week 5 PAC Honors (for games played March 16-22)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 5 of the 2026 season.
PAC Hitter of the Week
Ryan Cochran • Allegheny • Sophomore designated hitter• Pittsburgh, Pa./Deer Lakes
Cochran paced all Gators in batting average (.700), on-base percentage (.750), slugging percentage (1.300), hits (7), runs (6), extra-base hits (4), and doubles (3) and tied for the team lead in RBIs (3), stolen bases (2), and home runs (1) … He had three multi-hit performances last week, including a 3-for-4 performance with a double, three-run home run, and three runs scored at Baldwin Wallace … Cochran was 2-for-2 at the plate, hit by two pitches, and scored twice in a 10-0 win over Waynesburg in the series opener … He ignited the Gators' ninth-inning rally with a leadoff double and was 2-for-3 with two doubles and one run scored in a 3-2 comeback win in the nightcap against Waynesburg.
PAC Hitter Honor Roll
Bethany junior first/third baseman Gian Degenova (Wheeling, W.Va./Wheeling Park); Franciscan junior first baseman Matteo Lindia (Calgary, Alberta-Canada/Notre Dame); Grove City junior outfielder Dan Luko (Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional); Hiram senior infielder Tyler Fernandez (Aurora, Ohio/Aurora); Saint Vincent senior outfielder Dylan Schmude (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park); Thiel senior catcher Calvin Cackowski (Wickliffe, Ohio/Wickliffe); Waynesburg sophomore infielder Kaden Flambard (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park); Westminster junior outfielder Quinn Marquis (Hinckley, Ohio/Highland)
PAC Pitcher of the Week
Brendan Cruz • Washington & Jefferson • Junior • Carnegie, Pa./Chartiers Valley
Cruz pitched a gem in game two of W&J's conference opener against Geneva ... He pitched 8.0 scoreless innings with six strikeouts and two walks while allowing just five hits ... Only one of those hits came in the final four innings, as Cruz retired 12 of the last 13 batters he faced in the victory.
PAC Pitcher Honor Roll
Allegheny junior Ben Shields (Charleroi, Pa./Charleroi); Bethany senior Payton Zupko (Mineral Ridge, Ohio/Mineral Ridge); Franciscan senior Jeremy Sagun (Buffalo, N.Y./Canisius); Geneva senior Eric Keaton (Rochester, Mich./Stephen F. Austin); Grove City senior Kenny Lavrich (Franklin, Pa./Cranberry); Hiram junior Nicolas Chernitsky (Elyria, Ohio/Elyria); Thiel junior Dennis Fedele (Hermitage, Pa./Hickory); Waynesburg junior Zander Allen (Hebron, Ky./Conner); Westminster sophomore Ty Carrier (New Bethlehem, Pa./Redbank Valley)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Jason Forgey • Saint Vincent • Freshman pitcher • Orlando, Fla./Bishop Moore
Forgey pitched seven scoreless innings to pickup the win for the Bearcats in their PAC opener against Bethany ... He allowed just three hits in the shutout, while striking out six and walking four.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman utility Zach Miner (Venetia, Pa./Peters Township); Franciscan freshman outfielder Zachary Cook (Danbury, Texas/Danbury); Grove City freshman pitcher Wyatt Hopsen (Middletown, Md./Middletown); W&J freshman infielder Seth Rosenfeld (Ellicott City, Md./Long Reach)
PAC Records & Milestones
Allegheny's Ben Shields threw a three-hit complete-game shutout, his third straight start without allowing a run, while striking out four and walking just two in a 10-0, seven-inning win over Waynesburg ... Gian Degenova led Bethany to a 15-3 game-two win over Saint Vincent by going 3-for-3 with two doubles and six RBIs ... Franciscan's Jeremy Sagun set a career-high with seven Ks in 5.0 innings of work in the Barons' second game against Westminster ... Dan Luko sparked Grove City's comeback in game one against Chatham Saturday, with his
two-run homer cutting Chatham's lead to 5-4 in the sixth inning while his eighth-inning RBI single tied the game at 5, helping Grove City go on to a 6-5 win in 12 frames ... Hiram's Tyler Fernandez belted his third home run of the season in Saturday's 9-1 game-one win over Thiel, making him one of just seven players in Hiram program history with 15+ career homers ... Dennis Fedele tied career highs in innings (5.1) and strikeouts (six) as he collected his second win of the year in Thiel's 10-7 triumph at Hiram Saturday ... W&J's Seth Rosenfeld hit his first home run as a President in a 14-2 win over Marietta and then was 3-for-4 with a grand slam and six RBIs in a 16-0 game-one victory over Geneva ... Westminster's Quinn Marquis was 3-for-6, including his first collegiate home run, in a 14-5 game-one win over Franciscan and has reached base safely in all 14 Titan games this year.