Posted: Oct 14, 2025

PSUAC Players of the Week Announced for Week of October 6th

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, October 12, 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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Volleyball Player of the Week 6

Kira Eisenberg, Penn State York

First Year

Newville, Pa.

Outside hitter Kira Eisenberg had a career-high 14 kills and 18 digs in a five-set victory for Penn State York against Penn State Hazleton. In two matches during the week, Eisenberg finished with 22 kills and 31 digs. She also added seven service aces.

k/s

pct

a/s

sta

sa/s

rpt

digs

d/s

tot

b/s

pts

pts/s

Overall

2.82

106

.226

0.00

Volleyball Specialist of the Week 6

Avrey Parkins, Penn State Greater Allegheny

Third Year

Elizabeth, Pa.

Defensive specialist Avrey Parkins contributed 38 digs, eight assists and three service aces as Penn State Greater Allegheny went 2-0 during the week with victories over Penn State New Kensington and Penn State Beaver. Parkins leads the conference with 135 digs.

	m	s	k	k/s	e	ta	pct	a	a/s	sta	sa	se	sa/s	r	re	rpt	digs	d/s	bs	ba	tot	b/s	pts	pts/s
Overall	2	7	2	0.29	0	5	.400	8	1.14	17	3	1	0.43	10	2	.800	38	5.43	0	0	0	0.00	5.0	0.7

Women’s Soccer Player of the Week 6

Bella Oskin, Penn State New Kensington

Second Year

Saxonburg, Pa.

Midfielder Bella Oskin scored seven goals — her total for the season — and added three assists in three games for Penn State New Kensington. The team went 2-1 with victories over Penn State Beaver and Penn State Hazleton before dropping a tough decision to Penn State Schuylkill. Oskin’s seven goals moved her to third on the conference list for the season.

Game	gp	gs	gpg	a/g	pts/g	sh/g	sh%	sog/g	sog%
Overall	3	3	2.33	1.00	5.67	7.33	.318	5.33	.727

Season	gp	gs	g	a	pts	sh	sh%	sog	sog%	yc	rc	pk	gw
Overall	3	3	7	3	17	22	.318	16	.727	0	0	0-0	0

Women’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week 6

Helana Hagner, Penn State New Kensington

First Year

Cheswick, Pa.

Defender Helana Hagner has been steady defensively, improving during the season, and in three matches during the week she scored three goals as well. Penn State New Kensington went 2-1 during that stretch with victories over Penn State Beaver and Penn State Hazleton before dropping a tough decision to Penn State Schuylkill.

Game	gp	gs	gpg	a/g	pts/g	sh/g	sh%	sog/g	sog%
Overall	3	3	1.00	.00	2.00	3.67	.273	2.00	.545

Season	gp	gs	g	a	pts	sh	sh%	sog	sog%	yc	rc	pk	gw
Overall	3	3	3	0	6	11	.273	6	.545	0	0	0-0	0

Men’s Soccer Player of the Week 6

Jayson Ireland, Penn State New Kensington

Second Year

Burrell, Pa.

Forward Jayson Ireland scored four goals and added an assist in two victories for Penn State New Kensington during the week. He finished with nine points in the two games and connected on 81.8% of his shots during the games. It’s the third time this season he’s been named Player of the Week.

Game	gp	gs	gpg	a/g	pts/g	sh/g	sh%	sog/g	sog%
Overall	2	2	2.00	.50	4.50	5.50	.364	4.50	.818

Season	gp	gs	g	a	pts	sh	sh%	sog	sog%	yc	rc	pk	gw
Overall	2	2	4	1	9	11	.364	9	.818	0	0	0-0	0

Men’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week 6

Jack Cupitt, Penn State Lehigh Valley

Fourth Year

East Greenville, Pa.

Defender Jack Cupitt lead Penn State Lehigh Valley two a pair of victories during the week, providing a steady presence as Bucks County Community College was held scoreless with only eight shots and then limiting Penn State Schuylkill to just three shots on goal during that game. In addition, Cupitt scored a goal and contributed an assist.

Game	gp	gs	gpg	a/g	pts/g	sh/g	sh%	sog/g	sog%
Overall	2	2	.50	.50	1.50	4.00	.125	3.50	.875

Season	gp	gs	g	a	pts	sh	sh%	sog	sog%	yc	rc	pk	gw
Overall	2	2	1	1	3	8	.125	7	.875	0	0	0-0	1

Women's Runner of the Week 6

Faith Sullivan, Penn State Shenango

Second Year

North Jackson, Ohio

Faith Sullivan finished 63^rd out of 188 in a field of nearly all Division II and Division III runners at the Houghton University Invitational with a time of 24:34.3 in the 6K. Penn State Schuylkill finished sixth in the team standings for the race.

Men's Runner of the Week 6

Gabriel Karnes, Penn State Schuylkill

First Year

Pine Grove, Pa.

Gabriel Karnes recorded a personal record and his best finish of the season at the Jack St. Clair College Invitational. He completed the 8K in a time of 35:30.09, good for a 7:09 mile pace. As a team Penn State Schuylkill finished in sixth place.

Rookie of the Week 6

Taegan Scheller, Penn State Shenango

First Year

New Castle, Pa.

Defensive specialist Taegan Scheller, a serving specialist, propelled her team to victory from the service line in a victory over Penn State Dubois. With the teams tied at 5, Scheller served during a 20-0 run, helping her team to a 25-5 decision that clinched the No. 1 seed in the PSUAC West.

	m	s	k	k/s	e	ta	pct	a	a/s	sta	sa	se	sa/s	r	re	rpt	digs	d/s	bs	ba	tot	b/s	pts	pts/s
Overall	2	6	3	0.50	2	12	.083	0	0.00	0	6	2	1.00	16	5	.688	5	0.83	0	1	1	0.17	9.5	1.6

Team of the Week 6
Penn State Greater Allegheny Men’s Soccer

Penn State Greater Allegheny blanked Penn State York, 3-0, and bested Penn State Mont Alto, 3-1, as it extended its winning streak to five games and evened its season record at 7-7. The team is 5-1 in conference play. Greater Allegheny aggressive offensive mindset has been important. The team leads the conference with 248 shots on goal.