WAYNESBURG, Pa. (Jan. 9) – Congratulations go out to the latest Waynesburg University Athletes of the Week, who were announced on Tuesday. Sophomore Kalista Friday (Woodsfield, Ohio / Monroe Central) and freshman Cole Homet (Waynesburg, Pa. / Waynesburg Central) earned this week's accolades after their first competition of 2024.
 
Friday put together solid all-around numbers for the 1-1 women's basketball team his past week. She averaged 11.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.5 steals per games for the Yellow Jackets. Friday just missed out on her first double-double as a Jacket when she tallied 13 points and nine rebounds in a 65-37 win over Franciscan on Wednesday. She followed with 10 points, eight rebounds, two steals and three assists in her first start at Waynesburg against Chatham.
 
Homet blew through the 149-pound bracket at Saturday's Fairmont State Invitational to the tune of a 4-0 run, with all four wins featuring bonus points in his debut with the team. Homet opened with a 13-0 major decision over Manchester's Jason Rooney, before tallying a 12-1 major decision over Armon Netty of Division II West Liberty. He rolled into the finals with an impressive 18-3 technical fall over Will Nix of Division II Belmont Abbey. The third-seeded Homet downed another West Liberty wrestler – fourth-seeded Brock Wygle – by way of a 12-1 major decision to clinch the crown.
 
The Jacket women return to action on Saturday, Jan. 13, when they travel to Thiel for a 1 p.m. matchup with the Tomcats. The Waynesburg mat men are next in action on Thursday, Jan. 11, when they open Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) competition at Saint Vincent. It is the first time the two schools have faced each other as conference rivals. Start time is scheduled for 7 p.m.