BOSTON - Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) announced its Players of the Week on Tuesday for games played between Nov. 10-16.
Two programs are represented for the second time in 2025-26, with two first-time honorees.
Forward: Katelyn Roberts, SR, Penn State (Chanhassen, Minn.)
Defenseman: Kendall Butze, SR, Penn State (Cleveland, Ohio)
Goaltender: Sophia Bellina, SR, RIT (Cleveland, Ohio)
Rookie: Riley Gramlich (D), RIT (Burstall, Saskatchewan)
Roberts received her first AHA Forward of the Week award after recording six points (3G-3A) in a series sweep against Syracuse, the most of her career through two games.
The Chanhassen, Minn. native recorded back-to-back multi-point games. Roberts also tied a career high after leading the Nittany Lions with four (2G-2A) in an 11-2 win over the Orange, tied for the most goals in a single game this season. Six points ties a single week AHA high and is the Penn State high in 2025-26.
Butze tallied five points (5A) to help the Nittany Lions move to 14-0 and remain the only Division I women's team with an undefeated record.
The Cleveland, Ohio native's five assists are the most by any AHA blueliner in any week this season.
The Penn State senior has two weekly AHA honors throughout her career.
Among AHA goaltenders last week (min. 33% team minutes played), Bellina led the conference with a 0.50 goals against average and the second-best save percentage in the conference at .988.
The Cleveland, Ohio native went 1-1-0 and allowed only one goal through two games at (RV) Mercyhurst. Bellina's 82 saves led AHA and finished second in the nation last week. Additionally, the netminder made a career high 46 saves in a 1-0 RIT victory on Saturday, Nov. 15, her second shutout of the season.
This is the RIT senior's fifth AHA weekly honor.
Gramlich netted her first Division I game-winner and became the first RIT blueliner to do so in 2025-26 when she scored the only goal in RIT's 1-0 victory at (RV) Mercyhurst on Saturday, Nov. 15.
The Burstall, Saskatchewan native is one of 10 freshmen defensemen in the nation (one of three in AHA) to pot a game-winning goal this season.
Nov. 3-9
Forward: Julia Schalin, SO, Mercyhurst (Espoo, Finland)
Defenseman: Emma Pickering, JR, RIT (Fishers, Ind.)
Goaltender: Magdalena Luggin, SO, Mercyhurst (Vienna, Austria)
Rookie: Michaela Paulinyova (F), FR, Lindenwood (Bratislava, Slovakia)
Oct. 27-Nov. 2
Forward: Addie Alvarez, JR, RIT (Rochester, N.Y.)
Defenseman: Holly VanNetten, FR, Mercyhurst (Simcoe, Ontario)
Goaltender: Katie DeSa, SR, Penn State (Pawcatuck, Conn.)
Rookie: Lexie Lonask (D), FR, Delaware (Chandler, Ariz.)
Oct. 20-26
Forward: Jessica MacKinnon, SO, Robert Morris (Clark's Harbour, Nova Scotia)
Defenseman: Kaitlyn Schooley, JR, Robert Morris (Moon Township, Pa.)
Goaltender: Ava Drabyk, FR, Syracuse (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)
Rookie: Matilde Fantin, F, FR, Penn State (Como, Italy)
Oct. 13-19
Forward: Tessa Janecke, SR, Penn State (Orangeville, Ill.)
Defenseman: Danica Maynard, FR, Penn State (Lake Country, British Columbia)
Goaltender: Katie DeSa, SR, Penn State (Pawcatuck, Conn.)
Rookie: Ava Drabyk, FR, Syracuse (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)
Oct. 6-12
Forward: Matilde Fantin, FR, Penn State (Como, Italy)
Defenseman: Danica Maynard, FR, Penn State (Lake Country, British Columbia)
Goaltender: Sophia Bellina, SR, RIT (Cleveland, Ohio)
Rookie: Tatiana Blichova (F), FR, Lindenwood (Presov, Slovakia)
Sept. 29-Oct. 5
Forward: Peyton Armstrong, SO, Syracuse (Bancroft, Ontario)
Defenseman: Leah Stecker, SR, Penn State (Randolph, N.J.)
Goaltender: Magdalena Luggin, SO, Mercyhurst (Vienna, Austria)
Rookie: Katelynn Charlton (F), FR, Delaware (Brampton, Ontario)
Sept. 22-28
Forward: Jessica MacKinnon, SO, Robert Morris (Clark Harbour, Nova Scotia)
Defenseman: Makayla Javier, SR, Mercyhurst (Abingdon, Md.)
Goaltender: Katie DeSa, SR, Penn State (Pawcatuck, Conn.)
Rookie: Linnea Misner (D), FR, Robert Morris (Springfield, Manitoba)
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