LATHAM, N.Y. - The United East conference has announced its Athletes of the Week for April 20, 2026. Today will include Players of the Week from women's flag football, men's lacrosse, women's lacrosse, baseball and softball awards.
This week’s selections included contests through Sunday, April 19. A total of 10 student-athletes from six different member institutions were recognized for their performances.
Women's Flag Football
Offensive Player of the Week
Citrine Lummer / SO / Gallaudet University / Frederick, Md.
Citrine Lummer made 16 catches for 269 yards and four touchdowns on her Senior Day for the Bison as GU locked up the No. 1 seed in the United East tournament. In the 15-0 win over Cedar Crest at home she led all receivers with 112 yards on eight catches and one score. Lummer caught eight passes, again, for 157 yards and three touchdowns in a 32-6 win over Keystone.
This is Lummer's fourth career United East weekly accolade in women's flag football, earning the distinction for the fourth time in as many weeks.
Defensive Player of the Week
Tayana Bibbins / FY / Keystone College / Lincoln, Del. / Sussex Technical
Bibbins was the defensive cornerstone as the Giants concluded their regular season this past week. The first year piled up 11 tackles on the week, including a career-best five in a game against Montclair State. She'd also collect three interceptions on the week. She'd also nab two receving touchdowns.
This is Bibbins' first career United East weekly accolade.
Baseball
Player of the Week
Donato Incollingo / JR / Penn State Abington / Huntingdon Valley, Pa. / Lower Moreland
Junior Donato Incollingo had a career week as Penn State Abington went 6-0, including 3-0 in conference contests. Incollingo batted .455 (10-22) to go along with four home runs, three doubles and one triple; the first of his career. He also scored seven times and drove in 15 RBI. He highlighted the week with a 3-for-4 performance in the win at Penn State Berks as he finished 3-for-4 with two home runs and five RBI. Incollingo followed that up with another five RBI performance against Mount Saint Vincent where he finished 2-for-4, including a grand slam. Incollingo, who leads the conference with 14 home runs, now has 27 in his career and sits second all-time in program history.
This is Incollingo's second career United East weekly accolade (03/30/26).
Pitcher of the Week
Jack Wright / JR / Penn State Abington / Telford, Pa. / Souderton
Junior Jack Wright went the distance in the team's 11-1 (7inn) victory against St. Mary's College (Md.). Wright scattered eight hits in seven innings of work while allowing just one run. He finished the game with four strikeouts on his way to his third victory of the season.
This is Wright's first career United East weekly accolade.
Softball
Pitcher of the Week
April Lewandowski / SR / Atco, N.J. / Hammonton
April Lewandowski went 3-0 with a no-hitter and two complete-game shutouts last week. She fired the first no-hitter of her career and matched a career high with 11 strikeouts in a win at Cedar Crest on Wednesday, yielding just one baserunner. Two days later, Lewandowski nearly matched that performance, allowing just one hit in a shutout of Lancaster Bible. She struck out six against LBC to become the first Brandywine softball player with 300 career strikeouts. Overall during the week, Lewandowski fanned 23 hitters, while allowing just nine hits and two runs in 17.0 innings.
This is Leiter's second career weekly United East accolade (03/10/25)
Player of the Week
Kaylee Mushinski / SR / Penn State Brandywine / Allentown, N.J. / Allentown
Kaylee Mushinski continued her torrid stretch at the plate by hitting .524 (11-21) with a 1.048 slugging percentage last week. She totaled three home runs, 15 RBI and eight runs scored in six games. Mushinski posted at least two RBI in each game and homered during all three of Brandywine's doubleheaders. She had a three-hit game at Delaware Valley, collected a pair of two-hit performances against Cedar Crest and drove in a total of six runs in a doubleheader vs. Lancaster Bible.
This is Mushinski's second United East weekly accolade of the season and her third in her career (04/13/26, 03/10/25)
Women’s Lacrosse
Offensive Player of the Week
Kylah Demarest / SR / Cedar Crest College / Vernon, N.J. / Vernon Township
Demarest tallied 11 points over two games in a 1-1 week for the Falcons. She had one goal, one ground ball, and three draw controls in a loss to Immaculata and then rounded out the regular season with 10 points on eight goals and two assists in a 19-5 win over NDMU to go along with two ground balls, one caused turnover, and one draw control.
This is Demarest's fourth ever United East weekly accolade (03/30/26, 03/09/26, 03/24/25)
Defensive Player of the Week
Audra Leiter / FY / Cedar Crest College / Vernon, N.J. / Vernon Township
Leiter collected nine ground balls, six caused turnovers, one draw control, three goals, and one assist in a 1-1 week for the Falcons.
This is Leiter's second career weekly United East accolade (03/23/26)
Men’s Lacrosse
Offensive Player of the Week
Elliot Dotson / SO / Penn College / Wilmington, Del. / Salesianum
Dotson led the Wildcats' offense with a combined 14 points in two victories against SUNY Brockport and Cairn on Friday and Saturday. Against the Golden Eagles on Friday, Dotson scored two goals and dished out four assists in a 19-11 victory. On Saturday against the Highlanders, Dotson matched his season-best eight points with four goals and four assists in a 25-8 conference victory.
This is Dotson's second weekly accolade of the season and the fifth of his career (02/23/26, 04/07/25, 02/24/25, 03/10/25)
Defensive Player of the Week
Ben Malarkey / SR / Penn College / Malvern, Pa. / West Chester East
Malarkey was a big part of the Wildcat defense that helped the team post back-to-back victories over SUNY Brockport and Cairn on Friday and Saturday. Malarkey combined to cause four turnovers and scoop seven ground balls across both games. In Friday's 19-11 victory against the Golden Eagles, Malarkey caused one turnover and scooped up three ground balls. On Saturday against the Highlanders, the senior defender posted season-highs with four ground balls and three caused turnovers on Senior Day.
This is Malarkey's first career United East Weekly Accolade.
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