PITTSBURGH – Point Park's Nicole Kuchinski and Luke McKenna were named the Moe's Southwest Grill Pioneer Athletes of the Month, the athletics department announced on Monday afternoon.
 
Kuchinski, a senior goalkeeper from Harrisburg, Pa., was named the Mountain East Conference Defensive Player of the Week for women's soccer twice last month, helping the Pioneers to a 9-3-1 record so far this season and currently sitting in second place in the MEC North Division.
 
Over the past four weeks, Kuchinski has led Point Park to seven shutouts in nine games, helping the Pioneers to a 7-1-1 mark over the stretch. Over the same stretch she allowed just two goals and turned away 38 saves.
 
McKenna, a senior from Lexington, Ky., was also a two-time MEC Runner of the Week for men's cross country, helping the Pioneers to a pair of first-place finishes to open the season.
 
McKenna won the Kutztown Challenge with an 8k time of 25:42.1. He followed up that performance with a third-place finish at the Atlantic Region Preview in North Carolina. In North Carolina he finished with a time of 25:47.1 in the 8k.
 
Following the start to the season, McKenna helped Point Park jump from sixth to second in the Atlantic Region.
 
As recipients of the award, Kuchinski and McKenna will both receive Moe's reward points to be used at Moe's Southwest Grill restaurants.
 
Point Park Athletics and Moe's Southwest Grill announced their partnership for the 2026-27 season on Sept. 1. As an official sponsor for Point Park Athletics, Moe's Southwest Grill will be the presenting sponsor for the "Moe's Southwest Grill Pioneer Athlete of the Month." Additional game day sponsorships will be announced at a later date.
 
The monthly award winner will be selected on the 10th of each month to honor the on-field success of a men's and women's student-athlete from one of Point Park's 20 athletics programs.