TRAFFORD, Pa. – Washington & Jefferson senior center Katie Kovalchick (Shelocta, Pa./Indiana Area) has been selected as the Presidents Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week, as announced by the conference on Monday (Nov. 9).
 
Kovalchick powered the receiving votes Presidents to a 2-0 start with victories over Transylvania (RV) and Case Western Reserve by averaging a double-double and earning Most Outstanding Player of W&J's Coach Vicki Staton Tipoff Classic. The senior center averaged 20.5 points and 12.5 rebounds per game, while adding in 5.5 assists and 1.5 blocks per game and shooting 54.5% from the field (18-for-33). In a 62-58 win over Transylvania, Kovalchick dropped 22 points with 14 rebounds and four assists and followed that with 19 points, 11 rebounds, seven assists and two blocks in a 65-59 win over Case Western Reserve, as W&J was the only team to go 2-0 for the weekend.
 
W&J welcomes Division's III reigning national champions, top ranked Denison University, to Salvitti Family Gymnasium on Wednesday, Nov. 11. The tip off time between the Presidents and Big Red is scheduled for 7 p.m.