ORANGE, Calif.— Four Chapman University athletes have been named SCIAC Athletes of the Week. Women's basketball guard Makena Nitao, football linebacker Jake Underwood, men's water polo goalkeeper David Yacoub and men's swimmer Cooper Na all earned the honors. 

Nitao was named the women's basketball Offensive Player of the Week. She opened up her senior season with 25 points in a win over Sewanee, and followed it up on Saturday with 16 points in a win over Stanton. She also added in seven steals in the win over Stanton. Underwood was named the football Defensive Athlete of the Week. He had a career-high three sacks resulting in a 26 yards for loss. Football finished out the SCIAC regular season undefeated with the win over Cal Lutheran.

Yacoub was named the men's water polo Defensive Athlete of the Week for second straight week. He had 17 saves in a comeback against Cal Lutheran on Saturday. Then on Wednesday against Occidental, Yacoub had another eight saves. In both games, Chapman went down by as many as five goals and Yacoub helped the Panthers crawl back into both games. Sprinting specialist Na was honored after recording the fastest 50 yard-freestyle in the SCIAC in 2026. He went a 20.60 in the race and led the men's program to a 200-point win over La Verne on Saturday.