NEWTOWN, Pa. – Five Lebanon Valley College student-athletes were recognized for their production during the past week of competition, as the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) announced its weekly awards in a release on Tuesday, Oct. 27. Dutchmen Football earned a pair of weekly honors, while members of LVC's field hockey, men's soccer, and women's soccer teams each received an award.
 
Senior goalkeeper Ella Weidenhammer was named the MAC Freedom Defensive Player of the Week for her efforts in the last two games for Lebanon Valley's field hockey team. LVC's football team also collected two MAC weekly awards after defeating Widener University, as junior Jayden Stanfield was chosen as the Offensive Player of the Week as a running back, and sophomore Connor Hazel was selected as the Special Teams Player of the Week as a placekicker. 
 
Lebanon Valley's men's soccer team garnered recognition as well, as graduate student defender Logan Hicks earned MAC Freedom Defensive Player of the Week honors for his contributions to a pair of wins. Additionally, sophomore midfielder Ashlynn Newton was named the MAC Freedom Offensive Player of the Week after leading Dutchmen Women's Soccer to two victories. 
 
Weidenhammer made 24 saves in a 1-1 week for LVC's field hockey team. The goalkeeper recorded a game-high two stops during her eighth shutout of the year in a 1-0 win over Misericordia University on Wednesday, Oct. 21, which clinched Lebanon Valley's spot in the MAC Freedom Championship Tournament. She then made a career-high 22 saves on a season-high 25 shots in a 3-0 loss at Stevens Institute of Technology on Saturday, Oct. 24, in a battle for first place in the conference. This is Weidenhammer's second conference weekly honor of the year, as she was also recognized on Tuesday, Sept. 15. The goalkeeper has now been chosen as the MAC Freedom Defensive Player of the Week four times in her career. Furthermore, this is LVC's sixth weekly award of the campaign. 
 
Stanfield tied an LVC Football record with five touchdowns in a 45-2 win over Widener on Saturday, rushing for a career-high 206 yards and four touchdowns while adding three receptions for 26 yards and a receiving touchdown to lead the Dutchmen to their first win of the season. Stanfield scored LVC's first 35 points as he recorded touchdown runs of one yard and two yards in the first quarter, a six-yard touchdown run and a 17-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter, and then finished things off with a big 44-yard touchdown run early in the third quarter. This marks Stanfield's first career conference weekly award. The junior is the first LVC player to be named the Offensive Player of the Week since quarterback Logan Klitsch '26 on Nov. 18, 2025. 
 
Hazel accounted for nine of Dutchmen Football's 45 points in the victory over Widener, going 6-for-6 on extra points and making a season-long 43-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter. He also averaged 51.8 yards on eight kickoffs with one touchback for a total of 414 yards. This is Hazel's first conference weekly honor. The sophomore is also the first member of the Dutchmen to be selected as the Special Teams Player of the Week since kicker Brian Dym '26 on Sept. 23, 2025. Additionally, this marks Lebanon Valley's third MAC weekly award of the fall. 
 
Hicks anchored the defense for LVC's men's soccer team during a week in which the program tallied two key victories and allowed just one goal. He helped hold DeSales University to one shot on goal in Lebanon Valley's 4-0 win on Wednesday. Hicks then contributed to the Dutchmen limiting Delaware Valley University to two shots on target, while scoring a clutch game-winning goal in the 65th minute during the 2-1 victory on the day the program clinched a postseason spot. This marks the graduate student's first MAC Freedom Defensive Player of the Week award of the season, and the third of his career. Furthermore, the Flying Dutchmen collected their sixth conference weekly honor of the season. 
 
Newton totaled nine points on four goals and an assist in two wins for the LVC women's soccer team. The sophomore began the week by scoring her first career goal in the ninth minute, before netting the game-winning goal in the 57th minute for a game-high four points during the 3-1 victory over DeSales on Tuesday, Oct. 20. Newton then tallied a game-high and career-high five points, with the game-winning goal in the 11th minute and another goal in the 66th minute, while also dishing out an assist during the 6-0 win at Delaware Valley on Friday, Oct. 23. This marks the first time Newton has been named the MAC Freedom Offensive Player of the Week during her career. This is also Lebanon Valley's third conference weekly award of 2026. 
 
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Photo credits: Travis Boyd and Steve Kime (Center photo in top row)