Smerick Debuck ATOW

Men's Basketball Bob Shreve, Assistant Director of Athletics Media Relations

Smerick, DeBuck Named Chick-fil-A Student-Athletes of the Week

ERIE, Pa. – Softball player Emma Smerick (Ford City, Pa./Armstrong) and men's basketball player Justin DeBuck (Broward County, Fla./Pembroke Pines Charter) have been selected as the Gannon University Student-Athletes of the Week for the week of March 23. The Gannon Student-Athlete of the Week Award is sponsored by Chick-fil-A of Erie.

Smerick enjoyed another strong week at the plate while helping Gannon split six games. The sophomore outfielder had 10 hits in 20 at bats for a .500 batting average. She scored nine runs and drove in seven, with two triples and a home run. She also stole five bases.
 
Smerick's top game was a 3-for-4 effort with three runs scored and three RBIs in the second game of Sunday's doubleheader at Pitt-Johnstown. She had a triple and a home run.
 
DeBuck concluded his lone season as a Golden Knight with a strong effort in a 101-90 loss to West Liberty in the Atlantic Regional Championship game. The 6-foot-1 graduate student was one of five Golden Knights in double figures with 14 points, making a pair of 3-pointers. He pulled down five rebounds and handed out six assists with a pair of steals.
 
2024-25 Gannon University Chick-fil-A Athlete of the Week Recipients

Week 1 (9/10/2024)
Jessie Watkins (Women's Soccer)
Luke Malena (Men's Cross Country)

Week 2 (9/17/2024)
Alexis Abbett (Women's Cross Country)
Alexandros Kotskar (Men's Water Polo)

Week 3 (9/24/2024)
Bengisu Arslan (Women's Volleyball)
Petar Markovic (Men's Water Polo)

Week 4 (10/1/2024)
Grace Emanuel (Women's Soccer)
Shota Toyama (Men's Soccer)

Week 5 (10/8/2024)
Emma Hall (Women's Volleyball)
Charles Calhoun (Football)

Week 6 (10/15/2024)
Alexandria LeCureux (Women's Golf)
Rasmus Seppanen (Men's Golf)

Week 7 (10/22/2024)
Hailey Koch (Women's Volleyball)
Mattia Parrini (Men's Golf)

Week 8 (10/29/2024)
Ditte Petersen (Women's Golf)
Jayden Whitaker (Football)

Week 9 (11/5/2024)
Carissa Dunham (Women's Basketball)
Dorian Crosby Men's Wrestling)

Week 10 (11/12/2024)
Bella Philips (Women's Wrestling)
Tasman Goodrick (Sydney, Australia/St. Joseph's College) (Men's Basketball)

Week 11 (11/19/2024)
Trinitee Harris (Women's Basketball)
Donell "Tank" Mason (Football)

Week 12 (11/26/2024)
Paige Taylor (Women's Soccer)
Eli Reese (Men's Wrestling)

Week 13 (1/6/2025)
Tori Mayes (Women's Basketball)
Jerry Echevarria (Men's Wrestling)
 
Week 14 (1/13/2025)
Nila Burgess (Women's Wrestling)
Ernest Shelton (Men's Basketball)
 
Week 15 (1/20/2025)
Kat Pendergrass (Women's Wrestling)
Logan Sallot (Men's Wrestling)
 
Week 16 (1/27/2025)
Maddy Wheatley (Women's Basketball)
Kuba Loboda (Men's Swimming)
 
Week 17 (2/2/2025)
Kate Ratliff (Women's Basketball)
Ethan Richner (Men's Wrestling)
 
Week 18 (2/9/2025)
Andrea Maibach (Women's Basketball)
Pace Prosser (Berlin, Pa./Berlin Brothersvalley) (Men's Basketball)
 
Week 19 (2/16/2025)
Peyton Oliver (Acrobatics & Tumbling)
Kenny Kiser (Men's Wrestling)
 
Week 20 (2/23/2025)
Lili Ujfalvi (Women's Wrestling)
Will Retsch (Men's Swimming)
 
Week 21 (3/3/2025)
Brigid Carmody (Women's Water Polo)
Patrick Jackson (Men's Wrestling)
 
Week 22 (3/10/2025)
Avrey Kirisits (Women's Lacrosse)
Wes Parker (Baseball)
 
Week 23 (3/17/2025)
Ella Todd (Women's Lacrosse)
Giovanni Delorenzi (Men's Golf)
 
Week 24 (3/24/2025)
Emma Smerick (Ford City, Pa./Armstrong) (Softball)
Justin DeBuck (Broward County, Fla./Pembroke Pines Charter) (Men's Basketball)
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Players Mentioned

Grace Emanuel

#24 Grace Emanuel

M
5' 3"
Sophomore
Jessie Watkins

#36 Jessie Watkins

F
5' 4"
Freshman
Giovanni Delorenzi

Giovanni Delorenzi

6' 1"
Junior
Environmental Health Engineering
Mattia Parrini

Mattia Parrini

Sophomore
Business/Management
Rasmus Seppanen

Rasmus Seppanen

Redshirt Sophomore
Computer Science
Justin DeBuck

#5 Justin DeBuck

G
6' 1"
Graduate Student
Pace Prosser

#22 Pace Prosser

G
6' 2"
Freshman
Tasman Goodrick

#23 Tasman Goodrick

F
6' 9"
Sophomore
Eli Reese

Eli Reese

197
Redshirt Junior
Avrey Kirisits

#5 Avrey Kirisits

A
5' 4"
Senior
International Management and Marketing

Players Mentioned

Grace Emanuel

#24 Grace Emanuel

5' 3"
Sophomore
M
Jessie Watkins

#36 Jessie Watkins

5' 4"
Freshman
F
Giovanni Delorenzi

Giovanni Delorenzi

6' 1"
Junior
Environmental Health Engineering
Mattia Parrini

Mattia Parrini

Sophomore
Business/Management
Rasmus Seppanen

Rasmus Seppanen

Redshirt Sophomore
Computer Science
Justin DeBuck

#5 Justin DeBuck

6' 1"
Graduate Student
G
Pace Prosser

#22 Pace Prosser

6' 2"
Freshman
G
Tasman Goodrick

#23 Tasman Goodrick

6' 9"
Sophomore
F
Eli Reese

Eli Reese

Redshirt Junior
197
Avrey Kirisits

#5 Avrey Kirisits

5' 4"
Senior
International Management and Marketing
A