LOCK HAVEN, Pa. --- The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference announced its first set of Baseball Athletes of the Week, encompassing every game played so far in the 2025 season. In the East, Millersville''s Jeff Sabater (Athlete of the Week) and Shippensburg's J.T. Weaver (Pitcher of the Week) were selected. In the West, the Lock Haven duo of Nathan Wise (Athlete) and Matt Lingenfelter (Pitcher) earned the honors.
Eastern Division Athlete of the Week
Jeff Sabater
Millersville
Outfield
Senior
Lansdale, Pa. / North Penn
Sabater hit .462 with a .563 OBP, totaling six hits, five rounds, four RBIs, four steals and three walks in Millersville's season-opening series at Wingate. Sabater reached base at least twice, scored and drove in at least one run and stole at least one base in all three games. He game two, he went 3 for 4 with three runs and an RBI, and he drove in two runs and scored the game-winning run in the 11th inning of game three.
Eastern Division Pitcher of the Week
J.T. Weaver
Shippensburg
Pitcher
Junior
Lancaster, Pa. / Manheim Township
Weaver shut down then No. 3-ranked Catawba in a 14-8 Raider victory Feb. 8. The junior right-hander scattered five hits over five innings against the Indians and allowed just one earned run. He retired 10-of-11 batters from the second to the fifth, which allowed the Raiders to jump out to a 8-1 lead. He finished with two strikeouts.
Western Division Athlete of the Week
Nathan Wise
Lock Haven
Infield
Sophomore
Elizabethville, Pa./ Central Penn
Wise, a sophomore, has been on fire to begin the 2025 season. Against the Virginia State Trojans to open the season, Wise went 7-for-15 (.467 average) with two homeruns and a double. Wise also drove in six runs, scored three, and walked once.
Western Division Pitcher of the Week
Matt Lingenfelter
Lock Haven
Pitcher
Senior
State College, Pa. / State College
Lingenfelter went five shutout innings against Virgina State, getting the quality start and the victory. The righty struck out four Trojans while only allowing two base hits.