Posted: Mar 18, 2025

Spring Break Highlights Player of the Week Selections

See who performed at their best this past week with our Players of the Week! Spring break has come and gone, and here are your Players of the Week for the week ending March 16, 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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Softball Pitcher of the Week

Brookelyn Kotch, Penn State New Kensington

First Year

North Huntingdon, Pa.

Brookelyn Kotch started two games and appeared in seven during Penn State New Kensington’s eight-game trip to Florida. She went 1-1, pitching 17 and a third innings and recording seven strikeouts with a 2.02 ERA and a .58 WHIP. She averaged 2.83 strikeouts per seven innings while allowing just three walks in her appearances.

Hitting	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	bb	k	sb	cs	avg	obp	slg
Overall	8	13	2	3	2	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	.231	.375	.385

Extended Hitting	g	hbp	sf	sh	tb	xbh	hdp	go	fo	go/fo	pa
Overall	8	0	0	0	5	2	0	1	5	0.20	16

Pitching	app	gs	w	l	sv	cg	ip	h	r	er	bb	k	k/7	hr	era	whip
Overall	7	2	1	1	0	1	17.1	7	7	5	3	7	2.83	0	2.02	.58

Fielding	g	tc	po	a	e	fpct	dp	sba	rcs	rcs%	pb	ci
Overall	8	16	9	6	1	.938	0	3	0	.000	0	0

Softball Hitter of the Week

Piper Zufall, Penn State New Kensington

Second Year

Latrobe, Pa.

Catcher Piper Zufall recorded 11 hits in 25 at-bats during the eight games Penn State New Kensington’s played in Florida. Zufall’s productivity included four doubles and five RBI. She was disciplined at the plate, drawing four walks, as she produced a .440 batting average and .533 on-base percentage.

Hitting	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	bb	k	sb	cs	avg	obp	slg
Overall	8	25	4	11	4	0	0	5	4	3	0	0	.440	.533	.600

Extended Hitting	g	hbp	sf	sh	tb	xbh	hdp	go	fo	go/fo	pa
Overall	8	1	0	0	15	4	0	5	5	1.00	30

Pitching	app	gs	w	l	sv	cg	ip	h	r	er	bb	k	k/7	hr	era	whip
Overall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0	0.00	-

Fielding	g	tc	po	a	e	fpct	dp	sba	rcs	rcs%	pb	ci
Overall	8	14	10	4	0	1.000	0	6	0	.000	6	0

Baseball Pitcher of the Week

Nate Evans, Penn State Shenango

Third Year

Holiday, Fla.

Nate Evans surrendered just one earned run as he appeared in two games, a total of 9 and a third innings of work, during Penn State Shenango’s trip to Myrtle Beach. He was 1-0, with that victory a complete-game victory of the PSUAC East’s best team last season, Penn State Schuylkill. For the week, Evans recorded eight strikeouts and compiled a 0.96 ERA and a .96 WHIP.

Hitting	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	bb	k	sb	cs	avg	obp	slg
Overall	7	16	3	3	0	0	1	2	1	3	2	0	.188	.235	.375

Extended Hitting	g	hbp	sf	sh	tb	xbh	hdp	go	fo	go/fo	pa
Overall	7	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	1	1.00	17

Pitching	app	gs	w	l	sv	cg	ip	h	r	er	bb	k	k/9	hr	era	whip
Overall	2	1	1	0	0	0	9.1	5	1	1	4	8	7.71	1	0.96	.96

Fielding	g	tc	po	a	e	fpct	dp	sba	rcs	rcs%	pb	ci
Overall	7	19	9	7	3	.842	2	2	1	.333	0	0

Baseball Hitter of the Week

Owen Zimmerman, Penn State Schuylkill

Fourth Year

Harrisburg, Pa.

Owen Zimmerman smacked 13 hits in 25 at bats during Penn State Schuylkill’s eight-game trip to Myrtle Beach. His productivity included six extra-base hits — three doubles, a triple and two home runs. He walked three times and struck out just once as he compiled a .500 batting average, a .533 on-base percentage and a .923 slugging percentage. He also scored five runs.

Hitting	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	bb	k	sb	cs	avg	obp	slg
Overall	8	26	5	13	3	1	2	9	3	1	0	0	.500	.533	.923

Extended Hitting	g	hbp	sf	sh	tb	xbh	hdp	go	fo	go/fo	pa
Overall	8	0	1	0	24	6	1	1	2	0.50	30

Pitching	app	gs	w	l	sv	cg	ip	h	r	er	bb	k	k/9	hr	era	whip
Overall	4	0	0	0	2	0	5.1	5	2	2	3	6	10.13	0	3.38	1.50

Fielding	g	tc	po	a	e	fpct	dp	sba	rcs	rcs%	pb	ci
Overall	8	28	27	1	0	1.000	1	2	0	.000	0	0

Rookie of the Week

Roman Cieless, Penn State Schuylkill

First Year

Morgantown, Pa.

Shortsop Roman Cieless appeared in all eight games during Penn State Schuylkill’s spring break trip to Myrtle Beach and helped the team at the plate and on the mount. He had 11 hits in 22 at bats (.500) with four doubles and seven RBI. He also scored five runs and stole five bases. As a pitcher, he made one appearance for two innings and was credited with the victory while striking out four batters and not allowing an earned run.

Hitting	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	bb	k	sb	cs	avg	obp	slg
Overall	8	22	5	11	4	0	0	7	1	3	5	0	.500	.556	.682

Extended Hitting	g	hbp	sf	sh	tb	xbh	hdp	go	fo	go/fo	pa
Overall	8	3	1	0	15	4	0	0	1	0.00	27

Pitching	app	gs	w	l	sv	cg	ip	h	r	er	bb	k	k/9	hr	era	whip
Overall	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	0	2	4	18.00	0	0.00	2.00

Fielding	g	tc	po	a	e	fpct	dp	sba	rcs	rcs%	pb	ci
Overall	8	22	15	4	3	.864	2	1	0	.000	0	0

Team of the Week

Penn State Schuylkill Men’s Basketball

The Penn State Schuylkill men’s basketball team advanced to the USCAA national championship before dropping a hard-fought, one-point loss to Miami-Hamilton, 53-52. Still, Schuylkill’s 21 victories were impressive — thanks to standouts like Isaac Lane, who was named PSUAC and USCAA Player of the Year, Dashawn Dixon, who reached 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds for his career, and Andrew Sepp, who earned USCAA Student-Athlete of the Year honors.