PSAC Women’s Basketball Athletes of the Week – 10
LOCK HAVEN, Pa. --- The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference office announced this week’s women’s basketball athletes of the week. From the PSAC East, Leah Johnson of West Chester University was named Athlete of the Week and Casey Remolde of Kutztown University earned the defensive honor. In the PSAC West, Makalyn Clapper of the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown and Rajah Fink of Indiana University of Pennsylvania were named co-Athletes of the Week and Dejah Terrell of California University of Pennsylvania was the Defensive Athlete of the Week.
EAST
Offensive Athlete of the Week
West Chester
Leah Johnson
Sophomore
Guard
Columbus, N.J. / Notre Dame
Leah Johnson registered two double-doubles in a 2-1 week for West Chester. She started off the week with 21 points, 10 total rebounds, and five assists in the win over East Stroudsburg. Against Lock Haven, Johnson matched her career high with 27 points while grabbing 13 rebounds and adding five assists. She tallied 24 points, eight rebounds, and four assists in the game at Mansfield. Johnson recorded 11 steals and two blocked shots across three games played.
Defensive Athlete of the Week
Kutztown
Casey Remolde
Junior
Forward
Philadelphia, Pa. / Saint Basel Academy
Casey Remolde helped Kutztown to a PSAC East victory over Mansfield. She blocked three shots, grabbed four steals, scored eight points, and pulled in 10 rebounds for the Golden Bears. Remolde ranks sixth among NCAA DII Women’s Basketball players with 51 blocks this season.
WEST
Co-Athlete of the Week
Pitt-Johnstown
Makalyn Clapper
Sophomore
Guard
Gallitzin, Pa. / Penn Cambria
Makalyn Clapper led Pitt-Johnstown to wins over two nationally ranked opponents this week. Against no. 21 IUP, she posted a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds in addition to five steals. In the win over no. 14 Gannon, Clapper tallied 17 points, four rebounds, two assists, and three steals.
Co-Athlete of the Week
IUP
Rajah Fink
Junior
Guard
Dover, Pa. / Dover
Rajah Fink posted two double-doubles for IUP this week. She posted 12 points, seven rebounds, seven assists, three steals, and a block at Pitt-Johnstown. Against Edinboro, she tied a career-high with 20 points and set a career high with 11 rebounds in addition to four assists, three blocks, and a steal. In the win over Mercyhurst, she bested her career high and recorded 21 points along with 10 rebounds, three assists, two steals, and a blocked shot.
Defensive Athlete of the Week
Cal U
Dejah Terrell
Junior
Forward
Reading, Pa. / Berks Catholic
Dejah Terrell helped Cal U to a 2-1 week in PSAC West play. Across three games, she blocked seven shots and grabbed seven steals. Against Gannon, she recorded a double-double with 19 points and 19 rebounds, the most rebounds for a Cal U player since the 2015-16 season. In the win over Seton Hill, Terrell scored 12 points, dished out two assists, and pulled in six rebounds. She scored her 1,000
th career point during a 15 point, eight rebound performance at Slippery Rock.
ABOUT THE PSAC
Headquartered in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference is an NCAA Division II Conference comprised of 18 institutions in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The member institutions are Bloomsburg University, California University of Pennsylvania, Clarion University, East Stroudsburg University, Edinboro University, Gannon University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Kutztown University, Lock Haven University, Mansfield University, Mercyhurst University, Millersville University, The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Seton Hill University, Shepherd University, Shippensburg University, Slippery Rock University and West Chester University.