LOCK HAVEN, Pa.- The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) released its final men's soccer Athletes of the Week of the 2026 season on Friday afternoon ahead of the PSAC Tournament getting underway this weekend, and West Chester swept the weekly honors as
Jaden Howard (Townsend, Del./Middletown) was named the PSAC East Defensive Athlete of the Week, while
Maksym Komperda (Whitehall, Pa./Allentown Central Catholic) earned Athlete of the Week honors. These final regular season honors come on the heels of a 3-0 victory over Shepherd on Wednesday in the regular-season finale, which lifted West Chester to a share of its first regular season title since 2018 and the second seed in the PSAC Tournament when Tournament action begins on Sunday.
Komperda became the first Golden Ram since Doug Goitia in 2018 to score a hat trick as he scored three first-half goals to lead the West Chester University men's soccer team to a dominant 3-0 win over Shepherd on Thursday afternoon in the regular-season finale. This win gave West Chester a share of the PSAC East Regular Season title for the first time since 2018.
Howard picked up his seventh win and eighth shutout of the season in goal for West Chester on Thursday as he made six saves to stymie the Shepherd offense throughout the afternoon. With this victory, Howard lowered his overall goals-against average to 0.69 and improved to 6-3-1 in conference matches with a 0.50 goals-against average and seven shutouts entering the PSAC Tournament.
West Chester will be back in action on Sunday in the PSAC Quarterfinals against Lock Haven beginning at 1 p.m. on Rockwell Field.
