Trio Named AMCC Athletes of the Week

ERIE, Pa. – Penn State Behrend men's basketball player Jacob Dunkle, and men's volleyball players Jack Wilcox and Lewis Rhodes were named the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Athletes of the Week.

Dunkle averaged 24.5 points and 9.5 rebounds per game for the Lions, while shooting 68.2 percent from the floor. He tied his season best with 26 against Pitt-Bradford, while also adding seven rebounds. Dunkle then led with 23 points, 12 rebounds, and two steals vs. Altoona. For the week, Dunkle went 19-for-25 from the free-throw line and pulled down 19 rebounds.

Wilcox earned Offensive Player of the Week for a second time this season. He averaged 3.89 kills, 2.11 digs and 1.22 blocks per set in a 3-0 week for the Lions. He tallied a double-double with 15 kills and 10 digs vs. Geneva, before knocking down 13 kills at Altoona. In two sets played at Mt. Aloysius, Wilcox tallied seven kills and three digs. For the week, he registered 35 kills, 19 digs and 11 blocks.

Rhodes was named Defensive Player of the Week registering 13 total blocks (10 assists, three solo), while producing a .647 attack percentage in three wins for the Lions. He knocked down 23 kills on 34 attempts with one error for week. Against Geneva, Rhodes tallied eight kills and seven digs. In the win over Mt. Aloysius, he posted eight kills, three blocks, three digs and two service aces.