LANCASTER, Pa. - The Atlantic East Conference announced the Men’s Basketball weekly award winners on Monday, as Gwynedd Mercy’s Shawn Summers, Jr., and Marywood’s Michel Lofton won Player and Defensive Player of the Week honors respectively.
Player of the Week:
Name: Shawn Summers, Jr.
School: Gwynedd Mercy University
Class: Graduate Student
Position: Guard
Hometown: Montclair, N.J.
High School: Montclair
Brief Outlook of Week: Gwynedd Mercy University got revenge on their 78-72, January-15 Atlantic East Conference (AEC) loss to Marymount University (15-7, 8-1) and collected their 20th win of the 2024-2025 season with Wednesday night's 76-70 triumph. The Griffins held the lead for most of the first half, but faced a 41-37 (2:01) halftime deficit before wearing down the Saints down with solid defense (Marymount University: 23-of-52, .442 FG), offensive rebounds (13), and plenty of point points in the paint (42). Graduate guard Shawn Summers Jr was Gwynedd Mercy University's leading scorer with 23 points. He also recorded four rebounds, three assists, and a steal.
Defensive Player of the Week:
Name: Michel Loftin
School: Marywood University
Class: Sophomore
Position: Guard
Hometown: Atlanta, Ga.
High School: The Patrick School
Brief Outlook of Week: Loftin came off the bench to lead the Pacers defensively with 11 rebounds — six of which came off of the offensive glass. He added two steals in the Pacers' 63-62 thriller over Marymount. He added eight points.
Weekly Honor Roll:
Mekhi Davis (Pratt): Mekhi Davis was the leading scorer for Pratt last week finishing in double figures both contests and averaging 10.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game.
Mandon Seapoe (So., Immaculata): Mandon Seapoe scored a combined 41 points, with 11 rebounds, seven assists, and eight steals in helping lead Immaculata to a pair of Atlantic East Conference victories this week. Seapoe scored 17 points, with five rebounds, six assists, and five steals in the win over Pratt on February 13th. He scored 24 points shooting 9-15 (60%) from the field, with six rebounds, one assist, and three steals in the win over Centenary on Saturday.
Trevor Seitz (5th., Marywood): Seitz hit a game-winning shot from the center court logo to propel Marywood to a 63-62 victory over Marymount. With 17 seconds remaining, Seitz pulled up to take a long-distance 3-pointer that gave Marywood its only lead of the game. On the Saints' final possession, Seitz grabbed a defensive rebound to secure the win. He finished with 12 points — all on 3-pointers — in the Pacers' lone game of the week.
TJ Lewis (Sr., Neumann): TJ Lewis averaged 20.0 points in a 1-1 conference week for the Knights. He finished 14-for-16 from the line. In an 86-82 loss at Centenary, the senior scored 21 points with five rebounds, a block and a steal. He celebrated his senior day with 19 points in a 92-59 win over Pratt. Lewis went 7-for-7 from the line, grabbed four rebounds, two assists and a steal.
Lane Jasir (So., Centenary): Jasir totaled 19 points and 22 rebounds in a 1-1 week for the cyclones. He also tallied 3 assist, a block, and a steal. Jasir shot 64 percent from the field over those two game stretch and notched a double-double vs Immaculata.
John Proctor (Sr., Immaculata): John Proctor had a combined a combined 22 rebounds, 17 of those rebounds were defensive rounds, and had one steal along with 22 points in Immaculata's two wins this week. Proctor had 16 rebounds, including 11 defensive rebounds in the win over Pratt on Thursday night. He had six defensive rebounds in Saturday's win over Centenary.
Donte Dupriest (Jr., Neumann): Dupriest averaged 15.5 rebounds and 14.5 points in a 1-1 week for Neumann. The junior tallied 16 rebounds and eight points, in an 86-82 loss at Centenary. He added five assists and a block. Dupriest got back in the double-double column with 21 points and 15 boards in a 92-59 win over Pratt. The junior also had three steals in the win.
Previous Weekly Award Winners:
(11/11) - Player of the Week: Trevor Seitz, Marywood; Defensive Player of the Week: Shawn Summers, Gwynedd Mercy
(11/18) – Player of the Week: Isaac Harris, Marymount; Defensive Player of the Week: Miles Phillips, Marymount
(11/25) – Player of the Week: Brendan Franco, Marywood; Defensive Player of the Week: Marcus Stubbs, Marymount
(12/2) – Player of the Week: Nigel Burch, Neumann; Defensive Player of the Week: D.J. Johnson, Gwynedd Mercy
(12/9) – Player of the Week: Mandon Seapoe, Immaculata; Defensive Player of the Week: John Flood, Immaculata
(12/16) – Player of the Week: Aquil Stewart, Gwynedd Mercy; Defensive Player of the Week: Jalen Snead, Gwynedd Mercy
(12/23) – Player of the Week: Kenneth Rankin, Centenary; Defensive Player of the Week: Jalen Snead, Gwynedd Mercy
(1/6) – Player of the Week: Donte Dupriest, Neumann; Defensive Player of the Week: Dylan Crews, Immaculata.
(1/13) – Player of the Week: TJ Lewis, Neumann; Defensive Player of the Week: Donte Dupriest, Neumann.
(1/21) – Player of the Week: Jase Mosley, Marymount; Defensive Player of the Week: Donte Dupriest, Neumann
(1/27) – Player of the Week: Isaac Harris, Marymount; Defensive Player of the Week: Donte Dupriest, Neumann
(2/3) – Player of the Week: Bryan Etiene, Neumann; Defensive Player of the Week: Aquil Stewart, Gwynedd Mercy.
(2/10) – Player of the Week: Cameron Windt, Pratt; Defensive Player of the Week: Donte Dupriest, Neumann