Posted: Nov 25, 2025

Perez, Santiago, Walls Named PSUAC Players of the Week

See who performed at their best this past week with our Players of the Week! Here are your Players of the Week for the week ending Sunday, November 23, 2025.

All individual award winner's announcement can also be found on their respective sport pages and in Player of the Week archives.

PSUAC Players of the Week are nominated by their individual campus and selected by the conference office from a list of nominees. Click on the award winners name for their full POTW profile!

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Team of the Week

Penn State Mont Alto Men's Basketball

Penn State Mont Alto men's basketball team continued its strong start to the 2025-26 season, picking up two conference wins and improving to 5-1 overall in November. Heading into Thanksgiving break, Mont Alto dominated visiting Penn State New Kensington 108-64 before toppling familiar foe Penn State Schuylkill 83-75 on Saturday. Mont Alto heads to Penn College of Technology on Tuesday this week before jumping back into conference play a week later against another top team in the East, Penn State York.

Men's Baskeball Player of the Week 3

Izzy Santiago, Penn State Shenango

Third Year

Parma, Oh.

Penn State Shenango guard Izzy Santiago impressed this week, averaging 30 points in two games as his team picked up wins in both. Santiago scored 24 points in a one-point win over conference rival Penn State Beaver on Tuesday before dropping a career-high 36 against Butler County CC on Thursday. In the non-conference tilt, Santiago also set the program record for made field goals with 15. In addition to the scoring, Santiago averaged seven rebounds and 2.5 assists and steals per game.

Shooting per game	gp	gs	min/g	fg/g	pct	3pt/g	pct	ft/g	pct	ppg
Overall	2	2	36.5	12.5-21.0	59.5	0.5-5.5	9.1	4.5-6.0	75.0	30.0

Shooting totals	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Overall	2	2	73	25-42	59.5	1-11	9.1	9-12	75.0	60

Ball control per game	gp	gs	mpg	off/g	def/g	reb/g	pf/g	dq/g	ast/g	to/g	a/to	stl/g	blk/g
Overall	2	2	36.5	1.5	5.5	7.0	1.5	0.0	2.5	3.5	0.7	2.5	0.0

Ball control totals	gp	gs	min	off	def	reb	pf	dq	ast	to	a/to	stl	blk
Overall	2	2	73	3	11	14	3	0	5	7	0.7	5	0

Women's Basketball Player of the Week 3

Dariana Perez, Penn State Mont Alto

Third Year

Harris, Tx.

Penn State Mont Alto's Dariana Perez continued her hot start to the season in which she's averaging over 25 points and 10 rebounds per game. This past week, Perez was even better as she averaged 28 points and 11 rebounds in two conference victories for Mont Alto. Perez scored 30 against Penn State New Kensington before adding 26 the next day against Penn State Schuylkill. As part of her all-around performance, Perez also added 5.5 assists and four steals per contest.

Shooting per game	gp	gs	min/g	fg/g	pct	3pt/g	pct	ft/g	pct	ppg
Overall	2	2	38.0	9.0-23.0	39.1	2.0-7.0	28.6	8.0-9.5	84.2	28.0

Shooting totals	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Overall	2	2	76	18-46	39.1	4-14	28.6	16-19	84.2	56

Ball control per game	gp	gs	mpg	off/g	def/g	reb/g	pf/g	dq/g	ast/g	to/g	a/to	stl/g	blk/g
Overall	2	2	38.0	4.0	7.0	11.0	3.0	0.0	5.5	4.5	1.2	4.0	0.5

Ball control totals	gp	gs	min	off	def	reb	pf	dq	ast	to	a/to	stl	blk
Overall	2	2	76	8	14	22	6	0	11	9	1.2	8	1

Rookie of the Week

Savannah Walls, Penn State Fayette

First Year

Fairview, WV

Penn State Fayette first year forward Savannah Walls had an incredibly consistent week before the Thanksgiving break. In three games, Wells scored 17 points twice and grabbed in two games. Her lowest totals of the week were also impressive with 14 points and eight rebounds, in separate games, as Fayette went 2-1, including two conference wins.

Shooting per game	gp	gs	min/g	fg/g	pct	3pt/g	pct	ft/g	pct	ppg
Overall	2	2	35.0	6.0-12.0	50.0	0.0-1.0	0.0	3.5-6.5	53.8	15.5

Shooting totals	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Overall	2	2	70	12-24	50.0	0-2	0.0	7-13	53.8	31

Ball control per game	gp	gs	mpg	off/g	def/g	reb/g	pf/g	dq/g	ast/g	to/g	a/to	stl/g	blk/g
Overall	2	2	35.0	3.0	5.5	8.5	3.5	0.0	3.0	0.5	6.0	1.0	0.0

Ball control totals	gp	gs	min	off	def	reb	pf	dq	ast	to	a/to	stl	blk
Overall	2	2	70	6	11	17	7	0	6	1	6.0	2	0