North Hills graduate Mike Czerwien was named the Presidents' Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week for Waynesburg College after his performance in a 23-16 victory against Thomas More.

Czerwien recorded seven tackles (six solo, one assist), three tackles for loss, and one sack. In the first half, the Yellow Jackets forced two fumbles, registered two sacks and held Thomas More to just 24 yards of total offense (50 passing, minus-26 rushing).

In five games, Czerwien leads the team with 28 solo tackles, 13 assists, 11 tackles for a loss, six sacks and one fumble recovery.

Killer performance for QV grad

Quaker Valley graduate Janette Schneider recorded a match-high 20 kills to lead Robert Morris University in its 3-1 win over West Virginia.

Schneider is a 6-foot-2 senior middle blocker has recorded 180 kills (3.0 per game) and 63 blocks (1.05 per game) for the season.

Pitt runner Bairs down

Shaler Area graduate Sam Bair ran his first race of the season for the Pitt men's cross country team on Sept. 29.

Bair, a junior, finished eighth at the Paul Short Invitational, which took place at Lehigh University, with a time of 24:32.00.

Bair placed 12th in the Big East Conference and ninth at the NCAA Regionals last year.on.