PSAC Athletes of the Week - 2/8

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Men's Basketball: Eastern Division Athlete of the Week
6149 Josh Johnson
Kutztown (Jr. / Forward)
Norristown, Pa. / Norristown
 
Johnson posted two 20-point games and averaged 22.5 points in a 2-0 week for now-first-place Kutztown. He shot 51.9 percent from the field, made 16-of-18 free throws including a perfect 11-for-11 performance against Lock Haven. He nearly averaged a double-double with 9.5 rebounds per game and added 2.0 blocks and 1.5 steals per game. Against Lock Haven on Wednesday, Johnson notched his second straight and eighth double-double of the season with 24 points and 11 rebounds. Notably, Johnson was a perfect 11-for-11 from the free throw line, the seventh player in program history to make at least 11 free throws in a game without a miss. In a battle of top-four teams on Saturday against Shippensburg, he finished with 21 points, eight rebounds and two blocks. He scored the go-ahead bucket with 14 seconds left as KU ended the game on a 10-0 run to win.
 

Men's Basketball: Eastern Division Freshman of the Week
6335 Antonio Kellem
Shippensburg (Fr. / Guard)
Conway, Pa. / Lincoln Park
 
Kellem had a sensational week for the Raiders, especially on Saturday at Kutztown. He finished with a career-high 23 points on 10-of-11 shooting, including a three-pointer, and a 2-of-2 trip to the free-throw line. Kellem tied a career high with four assists, grabbed four rebounds, and had two steals in 35 minutes. He had 19 points, seven rebounds, two assists, two steals and two blocks in a win over Mansfield. He started with eight points, four rebounds, an assist and a steal in a big win over ESU. Kellem averaged 16.7 ppg in a 2-1 week, shot 66% (18-27) from the field, and averaged 5.0 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game this week. 
 

Men's Basketball: Western Division Co-Athlete of the Week
6064 A.J. Leahey
Pitt-Johnstown (Jr. / Forward)
Lilly, Pa. / Penn Cambria
 
Leahey helped the Mountain Cats to a 1-1 record last week. In the teams win against California, Leahey recorded 17 points on 7-of-13 shooting, including three 3-pointers. Leahey recorded a career-high 32 points in the teams overtime loss to Gannon Saturday. He also recorded three assists, two blocks, and a steal in the win. 
 

Men's Basketball: Western Division Co-Athlete fo the Week
6107 Kameron Taylor
Seton Hill (Sr. / Guard)
Landover, Md. / DeMatha Catholic
 
Kameron posted his 10th double-double of the season with a 27 point, 10 rebound performance in the Griffin win over Slippery Rock. He was 8-13 from the field and 11-14 from the line. He scored the Griffins last 8 points and hit the game winning free throws with 4 seconds to play in the game. He also added 4 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks
 

Men's Basketball: Western Division Freshman of the Week 
6225 Jacobo Diaz
IUP (Fr. / Forward)
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain / CBA Gran Canaria
 
Diaz tied a season-high with 20 points against Edinboro, shooting 8 of 10 field goals. It was his best shooting performance of season; eight field goals is a also a season-high for Diaz. Diaz's three assists against Edinboro tied his season-high.
 

Women's Basketball: Eastern Division Athlete of the Week
6326 Adreana Sadowski
Bloomsburg (Sr. / Forward)
Fleetwood, Pa. / Brandywine Heights
 
Sadowski averaged 18.0 points and 9.5 rebounds while shooting 15-of-22 from the field for the Huskies during the week. In Wednesday's loss to West Chester, Sadowski recorded her third double-double of the season with 16 points and 11 rebounds while adding two assists and two steals. She then posted her fourth 20-point outing of the season in Saturday's loss at Mansfield, leading the Huskies with 20 points and eight rebounds. She also blocked three shots and had two steals in the setback. Sadowski is averaging 14.8 points and 6.3 rebounds this season.
 

Women's Basketball: Eastern Divsion Freshman of the Week
6329 Jalyn Shelton-Burleigh
Lock Haven (Fr. / Guard/Forward)
State College, Pa. / State College
 
Shelton-Burleigh had a strong week last for the Bald Eagles, who went 1-1. Over the two-game span, Shelton-Burleigh averaged 10 points, netting 10 in each game. She also had nine rebounds last week, including seven in the game at Millersville. 
 

Women's Basketball: Western Division Co-Athlete of the Week
6330 Jenna Kaufman
Seton Hill (So. / Forward)
Damascus, Md. / Damascus
 
Kaufman posted her second double double of the season with a 24 point, 10 rebound performance in the Griffins win over Slippery Rock. She was 9-15 from the floor and 4-4 from the line. Kaufman also added 2 assists. It's her eighth straight double figure scoring performance.
 
 

Women's Basketball: Western Division Co-Athlete of the Week
6331 Natalie Piaggesi
Mercyhurst (Jr. / Forward)
Bethel Park, Pa. / Seton-LaSalle
 
Piaggesi had another solid week, posting a double-double Wednesday at home against IUP, then, led the Lakers in scoring Saturday at Clarion. Piaggesi recorded 21 points on 9-of-10 shooting from the field and pulled down 10 rebounds to lead the Lakers over IUP, 75-55. It was her second double-double this season. Saturday, Piaggesi scored a team-high 17 points on 7-of-9 shooting and grabbed six rebounds in a 62-55 loss at Clarion.
 
 
 
Women's Basketball: Western Division Freshman of the Week 
6328 Emily Suckling
California (Fr. / Guard)
Cheltenham, Australia / Mentone Girls Secondary College
 
Suckling averaged 17.0 points off the bench last week, as Cal U won a pair of home games to seize sole possession of first place in the PSAC West standings. She shot a combined 8-of-14 (57.1 percent) from beyond the arc while playing an average of 20 minutes per game. Suckling finished with 12 points on five-of-eight shooting in an 84-66 win against Clarion on Wednesday. The Australia native then led the team with a career-high 22 points in just 21 minutes on Saturday in a 101-58 victory over Davis & Elkins. She made 8-of-13 attempts from the floor, including 6-of-10 from long range, and added three rebounds and two assists.
 

PSAC Wrestler of the Week 
6327 Austin Matthews
Edinboro (So.)
Greenville, Pa. / Reynolds
 
Matthews went 5-0 for the week while competing at 157 lbs. Won 6-1 decision over Lock Haven's Aaron McKinney, the PSAC champion. He won three matches at Edinboro Open before sitting down to prepare for Sunday's dual. He secured wins of 5-0, 14-0, and by fall at 2:03. On Sunday vs. #10 Virginia Tech, won 15-3 major decision over Jake Spengler. He is now 7-1 this season. 
 

Men's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week
6337 Steven Morgan
East Stroudsburg (Jr. / Hurdles)
Egg Harbor, N.J. / Egg Harbor Township
 
Morgan ran the 60m hurdles in a time of 8.14 (PSAC #1 time, NCAA DII #t-15) at the Armory Track Invitational on Friday. He then tied his season best in long jump (21-4 3/4), a PSAC qualifier, at ESU's DeSchriver Invitational on Saturday. Morgan is a 3x PSAC champion in the hurdles. He is a NCAA provisional qualifier for 4th time in 5 seasons of competition. 

Men's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week 
6159 Grant Smith
Shippensburg (Sr. / Throwing)
Jefferson, Md. / Brunswick
 
This is the third straight week Smith has improved his throws. At Susquehanna on Saturday, Smith won both throws once again. Smith, the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) pacesetter in the shot put, continues to climb the NCAA performance list – he is now fifth in the country after a Saturday winning throw of 58 feet, 5 ¾ inches. He also won the weight throw by improving to 58 feet, 10 ¾ inches, which ranks 17th on the Division II performance list.
 
Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week 
6314 Jasmine Bailey
Slippery Rock (Sr. / Sprints)
Butler, Pa. / Butler
 
Bailey shattered the all-time PSAC record in the 400m dash at the YSU National Invite with a time of 55.49 seconds. Her mark is 2.3 seconds faster than any other runner in the PSAC this year and makes her the only woman in PSAC history to run under 56.00 seconds indoors in the 400m. The time was almost a full second faster than her own SRU record in the event that she set one week earlier. She ranks ninth in the nation so far with the effort. To add to her outstanding day, she then anchored the SRU 4x400m relay team to a win in the event with a PSAC season-best of 3:52.95, more than 2.5 seconds better than the next fastest team in the PSAC. Bailey now owns the PSAC all-time records in both the 200m and 400m dashes indoors.
 

Women's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week 
6155 Sabrina Anderson
Slippery Rock (Jr. / Multi)
Warren, Pa. / Warren Area
 
Anderson broke her own school record in the pentathlon with a dominant win at the YSU National Invite last weekend. Her score of 3,774 points is the best in the PSAC by 590 points and currently ranks seventh in the nation. In addition to hitting the NCAA mark in pentathlon, she also reached the NCAA provisional standard in the high jump along the way (1.66m) and more impressively, hit the PSAC qualifying standard in all five events (high jump (#2 in PSAC), shot put, long jump (#8 in PSAC), 60m hurdles (#4 in PSAC), 800m).