Baseball | 5/4/2026 4:00:00 PM
Week 11 PAC Honors (for games played April 27-May 3)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 11 of the 2026 season.
PAC Hitter of the Week
Ryan Cochran • Allegheny • Sophomore outfielder • Pittsburgh, Pa./Deer Lakes
Cochran helped the Gators go 3-0 last week by hitting .462 (6-13) and slugging 1.231 with three more home runs and 10 RBIs ... In a 10-9 victory over Penn State Behrend, he was 4-for-6 with a homer, double, two RBIs and two runs scored ... In Saturday's twinbill sweep of Geneva, Cochran knocked in two and scored two in a 15-8 game-one win ... In game two, he launched two more homers and collected six RBIs in a 12-8 win.
PAC Hitter Honor Roll
Bethany sophomore designated hitter Marco Gonzales (Oviedo, Fla./Oviedo); Chatham senior first baseman Caleb Jones (Moon Twp., Pa./Moon); Geneva junior shortstop Bradley McGuire (Castle Rock, Colo./Ponderosa) Grove City junior outfielder David Chandler (Leesburg, Va./St. John's); Thiel senior catcher Calvin Cackowski (Wickliffe, Ohio/Wickliffe); W&J senior catcher Luke Alvarez (Elizabeth, Pa./Elizabeth Forward); Waynesburg junior first baseman Trent Giraffa (Hanover, Pa./DeLone Catholic); Westminster freshman infielder Breckin Minich (New Bethlehem, Pa./Redbank Valley)
PAC Pitcher of the Week
Matt Bamford • Chatham • Senior • Belle Vernon, Pa./Belle Vernon
With Chatham needing a win to secure its PAC Tournament appearance, Bamford logged a quality start in a 6-5 victory over Franciscan ... The right-hander started and went six strong innings, allowing two runs on eight hits with six strikeouts and just one walk, as the Cougars completed the sweep and clinched its first ever PAC Tournament appearance.
PAC Pitcher Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman Michael Alspaugh (Venetia, Pa./Peters Township); Geneva junior Tyler Lemansky (South Park, Pa./South Park); Grove City sophomore Corey Veverka (Twinsburg, Ohio/Twinsburg); Thiel junior Dennis Fedele (Hermitage, Pa./Hickory); W&J junior Brendan Cruz (Carnegie, Pa./Chartiers Valley); Waynesburg freshman Austan Runtas (Slippery Rock, Pa./Slippery Rock)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Zach Miner • Allegheny • Freshman utility • Venetia, Pa./Peters Township
Miner hit .545 (6-11) and drove in four at the plate and also picked up a win on the mound in a 3-0 week for the Gators ... He went 4-for-6 with three RBIs in a 10-9 win over Penn State Behrend ... Miner took the hill in game one against Geneva Saturday and threw five innings, allowing three runs (two earned) on one hit with a pair of strikeouts to pick up the win in a 15-8 victory ... In the nightcap, Miner was 2-for-5 with a double and one RBI in a 12-8 win
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Bethany freshman catcher Kolton Smittle (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan); Chatham freshman utility Zane Pollack (Elgin, Ill./Burlington Central); Grove City freshman pitcher Noah Mackie (Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland); Thiel freshman pitcherer David Medich (Aliquippa, Pa./Hopewell); W&J freshman infielder Seth Rosenfeld (Ellicott City, Md./Long Reach); Waynesburg freshman outfielder Eli Boring (Latrobe, Pa./Greater Latrobe); Westminster freshman outfielder Devin Mila (Davie, Fla./University School)
PAC Records & Milestones
With a home run in the final game against Waynesburg, Calvin Cackowski finished his stellar senior season at Thiel with 11 home runs on the year, which is tied for third-most in team history, and 49 RBIs, the fifth-most in team history ... Luke Alvarez broke the W&J single-season home run record against Bethany, hitting two long balls in game one and another in game two to give him 14 for the year and the new record ... After posting a 17-5 record in regular season conference play, Westminster earned the top seed for the 2026 PAC Baseball Tournament ... The conference tournament will be held Wednesday-Saturday, May 6-9 at W&J's Ross Memorial Park ... The first pitch of the Tournament will be thrown at 11 am Wednesday, May 6, with No. 1 Westminster taking on No. 6 Chatham in Game A ... In Game B at 2:30 pm, second-seeded W&J will face the fifth seed, Grove City and the first day will wrap with a match-up between the No. 3 seed Allegheny and the fourth-seed Bethany in Game C at 6 pm ... The tournament will continue through Saturday's championship game(s), with the full schedule posted here ... Every game of the 2026 PAC Baseball Tournament will once again be live streamed by our friends at the PAC Sports Network.