Baseball | 4/27/2026 4:00:00 PM
Week 10 PAC Honors (for games played April 20-26)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 10 of the 2026 season.
PAC Hitter of the Week
Kirk Bearjar • Geneva • Senior first baseman/designated hitter • Summerhill, Pa./Forest Hills
Bearjar led Geneva to a 3-3 record while batting 13-for-23 (.565) and slugging 1.174 after he finished the week with three home runs, three doubles, a triple, seven RBIs, and eight runs ... He went a near-perfect 7-for-9 at the plate in the Golden Tornadoes' split with Hiram on Wednesday, knocking two home runs, two doubles, and four RBIs while scoring three runs ... Bearjar followed up that performance with a 4-for-7 effort in Geneva's doubleheader sweep of Waynesburg on Saturday, hitting another home run, a triple, and a double while picking up three more RBIs and five runs.
PAC Hitter Honor Roll
Allegheny sophomore outfielder Liam Irving (Olney, Md./Sherwood); Bethany sophomore outfielder Niko Heidt (San Diego, Calif./Monte Vista); Chatham senior infield Cooper Baxter (Butler, Pa./Butler); Franciscan sophomore outfielder Josiah Bodie (Pawleys Island, S.C./Waccamaw); Grove City junior outfielder David Chandler (Leesburg, Va./St. John's); Hiram senior outfielder John Bender (Orthfield, Ohio/St. Ignatius); Thiel senior second baseman JT Gerle Jr. (Ambridge, Pa./Ambridge); W&J senior catcher Luke Alvarez (Elizabeth, Pa./Elizabeth Forward); Waynesburg sophomore shortstop Kaden Flambard (Latrobe, Pa./Greater Latrobe); Westminster freshman second/third baseman Breckin Minich (New Bethlehem, Pa./Redbank Valley)
PAC Pitcher of the Week
Brendan Cruz • Washington & Jefferson • Junior • Carnegie, Pa./Chartiers Valley
Cruz finished the week with a 0.00 ERA and just two hits allowed in nine innings of work through two appearances against ranked Baldwin Wallace and Chatham ... In game two of Saturday's twinbill with Chatham, Cruz held the Cougar offense hitless until the eighth inning before giving up a single one out into the frame ... He earned the win in a 3-0 victory with eight scoreless innings and four strikeouts ... Against Baldwin Wallace, Cruz pitched one inning of relief and only gave up one hit.
PAC Pitcher Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman Caden Williams (Mars, Pa./North Catholic); Bethany sophomore Marco Gonzalez (Oviedo, Fla./Oviedo); Chatham senior Caden Bennett (Vandalia, Ohio/Vandalia Butler); Grove City senior Kenny Lavrich (Franklin, Pa./Cranberry); Geneva junio Kaden Peeples (Houston, Texas/Clear Brook); Hiram junior Nicolas Chernitsky (Elyria, Ohio/Elyria); Thiel junior Mason Suss (Monongahela, Pa./Ringgold); Westminster sophomore Ty Carrier (New Bethlehem, Pa./Redbank Valley)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Devin Mila • Westminster • Freshman utility • Davie, Fla./University School
Mila hit .444 (8-for-18) with a double, three RBIs and five runs scored last week for 4-1 Westminster … A starter in center field in all five games, he posted a .600 on-base percentage … Mila played a part in both wins Saturday against Allegheny, giving Westminster the lead in the seventh inning of the 6-5 game one victory with a run-scoring single before his walkoff base hit delivered a 1-0 win in the nightcap … He went 3-for-4 with two walks and two runs scored out of the leadoff spot in Sunday's 11-6 victory over No. 8 Mount Union… It was the first three-hit game of Mila's collegiate career.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman utility Zach Miner (Venetia, Pa./Peters Township); Bethany freshman catcher Kolton Smittle (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan); Geneva freshman shortstop/second baseman Luke Troxell (Scottsdale, Ariz./Scottsdale Christian Academy); Grove City freshman pitcher Noah Mackie (Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland); Hiram freshman infielder Brady Trem (Willowick, Ohio/Eastlake North); Thiel freshman catcher/outfielder Justin Dubee (Gibsonia, Pa./Hampton); W&J freshman infielder Seth Rosenfeld (Ellicott City, Md./Long Reach); Waynesburg freshman outfielder Eli Boring (Latrobe, Pa./Greater Latrobe)
PAC Records & Milestones
Allegheny's Liam Irving posted a .733 batting average (11-15) last week, highlighted by going 6-for-7 while scoring a combined four runs with two RBIs in a two-game sweep of Saint Vincent ... Bethany's Niko Heidt launched two homers, knocked in three and scored three times to lead the Bison in 18-1 game-two win over Franciscan Saturday ... Chatham's Cason Bennett threw a seven-inning complete game in an 11-1 win over Geneva, giving up one unearned run on six hits with five Ks ... Grove City's David Chandler went 4-for-4 with two runs scored in Grove City’s 4-3, 11-inning victory in game one against Bethany ... Hiram's Nicolas Chernitsky struck out 11 in a career-long outing of 8.2 innings in a 4-3 win over Saint Vincent Sunday to secure his fifth victory of the season ... Justin Dubee raked his first collegiate home run, which proved to be the game winner, in Thiel's 8-4 triumph over Westminster Wednesday ... W&J's Luke Alvarez hit two homers in each game in the doubleheader with Franciscan, going 6-for-8 through the twinbill with nine RBIs, then mashed an additional home run Saturday against Chatham in game one and earned the save in a 3-0 victory in game two ... Waynesburg's Kaden Flambard had four hits and two runs scored and Eli Boring had four hits and three RBIs in game two against Geneva Saturday ... Westminster's Ty Carrier allowed just one unearned run in five innings with six strikeouts and picked up wins in relief in 8-2 victory over Thiel and 1-0 shutout over Allegheny.