Women's Volleyball | 9/14/2026 4:00:00 PM
Week 2 PAC Honors (for events between Sept. 7-13)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 2 of the 2026 season.
PAC Offensive Player of the Week
Logan Hickey • Franciscan • Sophomore outside hitter • Richmond, Ohio/Homeschooled
Hickey totaled 32 kills while hitting .316 and averaging 4.11 kills per set across the Barons’ 3-0 week ... In Tuesday’s sweep at Carlow, Hickey recorded 13 kills with just one error on 21 swings to hit .571 for the match ... She added four digs, one ace and one solo block in the victory ... In Saturday’s first match against Salem (WV), the sophomore posted a double-double with 12 kills and 18 digs, while adding three service aces, one assist and one solo block ... Hickey closed out the weekend with another 12-kill, 13-dig performance in the sweep of La Roche, adding three assists, one ace and one solo block ... Hickey also reached the 500-career-kill milestone during the week and currently leads the PAC with 4.09 kills per set.
PAC Offensive Honor Roll
Allegheny senior right-side hitter Carly Beers (Warren, Pa./Warren); Chatham senior middle blocker/outside hitter Zoie Bateman (Evansville, Ind./F.J. Reitz); Geneva freshman outside hitter Sarah Elkins (Baltimore, Md./Arlington Baptist); Grove City senior outside hitter Sarah Hart (Marriottsville, Md./Liberty); Hiram sophomore outside hitter Megan Chiang (Markham, Ontario/Pierre Elliot Trudeau); Saint Francis senior middle hitter Ava Holden (Macungie, Pa./Emmaus); Thiel senior middle blocker Arin DeLattre (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield); W&J sophomore outside hitter/defensive specialist Cali Dagen (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan); Waynesburg freshman setter Bostyn Guinn (Dallas, Texas/Midlothian Heritage); Westminster junior setter Morgan O'Brien (Pittsburgh, Pa./Our Lady of the Sacred Heart)
PAC Defensive Player of the Week
Brooke Gecina • Westminster • Junior libero • Aurora, Ohio/Aurora
Gecina totaled 105 digs to average 7.00 digs per set across the Titans’ 2-2 weekend at the Penn State Behrend Invitational ... On Friday, the junior recorded 18 digs, two assists and two service aces against Penn State Behrend before posting 31 digs and one assist in the four-set win over Utica ... Gecina followed with a season-high 34 digs in Saturday morning’s 3-1 victory over Fredonia State before adding 22 digs against Muskingum ... Gecina currently leads the conference with an average of 6.13 digs per set.
PAC Defensive Honor Roll
Allegheny senior defensive specialist Duru Akbas (Ankara, Turkey/Layton Christian Academy-Utah); Franciscan junior libero Kaitlan Hickey (Richmond, Ohio/Seton Home Study); Geneva freshman libero Vanessa Crider (Auburn, Ind./Lakewood Park Christian); Grove City junior middle blocker Lilly Pool (Huntingdon, Ind./Ashland, Ohio); Saint Francis freshman setter Emmi Adrian (Torrance, Calif./Bishop Montgomery); Thiel sophomore libero Jordan Yoder (Johnstown, Pa./Westmont Hilltop); W&J sophomore defensive specialist/outside hitter/libero Sydney Allen (Washington, Pa./Trinity); Waynesburg senior right-side hitter Kristina Zadrozny (McDonald, Pa./West Allegheny)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Kyla Kephart • Geneva • Freshman setter • Morrisdale, Pa./West Branch
Kephart helped the Golden Tornadoes to a 3-2 week while averaging 4.76 assists and 2.29 digs per set and posting two double-doubles ... The freshman setter opened the Lynchburg Tournament on Friday with 29 assists, 11 digs and five kills in a three-set win over Warren Wilson before adding five digs, three assists and two service aces against Lynchburg ... On Saturday, Kephart recorded 17 assists, seven digs and three service aces in the sweep of Piedmont before posting her second double-double of the season with 16 assists, 10 digs and a team-high five service aces in a five-set thriller against Eastern Mennonite ... Kephart opened the week with 16 assists, six digs and one ace in Tuesday’s 3-0 win over Penn State-Shenango.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman right-side hitter/setter Marissa Rish (Burton, Ohio/Berkshire); Chatham freshman setter Kate Giannetta (Pittsburgh, Pa./St. Joseph); Franciscan freshman defensive specialist/libero Charlotte Strouble (Cincinnati, Ohio/Miami Valley Christian Academy); Grove City freshman defensive specialist Reagan Riordan (Sewickley, Pa./North Allegheny); Hiram freshman defensive specialist Jacey English (Lewisville, Ohio/Monroe Central); Saint Francis sophomore outside/middle hitter Lorah Thomas (Lehighton, Pa./Lehighton Area); Thiel freshman outside hitter Hannah Myers (Warren, Ohio/John F. Kennedy Catholic); Westminster freshman outside/middle hitter Violet Seaman (Hartville, Ohio/Lake)
PAC Records & Milestones
Chatham's Zoie Bateman recorded nine kills on just ten swings to hit an impressive .900 in Saturday's sweep over Penn State-Berks ... Geneva sophomore middle hitter Amanda Mitan (Chandler, Ariz./Chandler) recorded a career-high 10 service aces in Geneva’s sweep of Penn State-Shenango on Wednesday, including a stretch of four consecutive aces.
... Saint Francis senior Ava Holden posted a .441 hitting percentage on the week, recording 19 kills on 34 swings ... In a five-set win over Fredonia on Friday, Thiel's Arin DeLattre recorded ten kills with zero errors on 18 attempts to hit .556 on the match.