PITMAN, N.J. –  Following a pair of historic performances, TCNJ women's basketball's Amanda Baylock and TCNJ track and field's Maxim Rychkov were tabbed as their respective sport's NJAC Athlete of the Week, as announced by the conference this afternoon.
 
Baylock earns her first career Player of the Week nod following an outstanding stretch in which the sophomore averaged 21 points on .538/.500/1.000 splits along with 2.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists to guide the Lions to a pair of dominant NJAC wins.
 
The Scotch Plains, N.J. native opened her week hitting a trio of 3-pointers as part of a nine-point outing in TCNJ's 69-43 win over Stockton before erupting on the offensive end in the Lions' wire-to-wire victory over Kean. Playing just 25 minutes against the Cougars, Baylock set career highs in both points (33) and 3-pointers (7), both of which are the most by a TCNJ player since 2021. The sophomore now easily paces the conference and ranks fifth in Division III in 3-pointers made per game (3.4), converting at an impressive 38.6% clip.
 
Rychkov made history of his own in his 2025-26 debut en route to the sophomore's second Track Athlete of the Week honors. Competing at the TCNJ Indoor Open, Rychkov matched the school record in the 60-meter (6.77) before breaking the TCNJ and NJAC record – held by future Olympian Cheickna Traore – and setting the third-fastest finish in Division III history in the 300-meter with his time of 33.54.