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College Player of the Week

UNITED SOCCER COACHES PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

United Soccer Coaches Players of the Week are a weekly recognition of the on-field accomplishments of players competing at the intercollegiate level. United Soccer Coaches names one male and one female recipient at all three NCAA and Junior College divisions, selected from nominations submitted by sports information directors.

The United Soccer Coaches College Players of the Week are announced every Wednesday throughout the fall college regular season. Nominations open at 9AM CT on Thursdays and close at 10:15AM CT on Tuesdays.

NOMINATE PLAYERS HERE

Previous Winners

Below is a list of previous winners of the United Soccer Coaches Player of the Week award. In 2013, the program was expanded to include a men’s and women’s winner from all three NCAA divisions, and opened to Junior College divisions as well.

Previous Player of the Week Award Winners (2010-2021)

2022 Player of the Week Award winners

Date	NCAA Division I	NCAA Division II	NCAA Division III	Junior College
Aug. 24	M: n/a W: Katie Soderstorm (Butler)	M: n/a W: n/a	M: n/a W: n/a	M: n/a W: n/a
Aug. 31	M: Duncan McGuire (Creighton) W: Messiah Bright (TCU)	M: Ricardo Ceballos (Saint Leo University) W: Nicole Varano (Bloomsburg)	M: n/a W: n/a	M: n/a W: n/a
Sept. 7	M: Ilijah Paul (University of Washington) W: Kayza Massey (West Virginia University)	M: Henri Tophoven (Florida Southern) W: Brianna Garcia (Tusculum University)	M: Josh Kirkland (Mary Washington) W: Molly Bellmore (Plymouth State University)	M: n/a W: n/a
Sept. 14	M: Elias Katsaros (San Diego State University) W: Anna Podojil (University of Arkansas)	M: Kristoffer Brown (Chico State) W: Hannah Dunn (Catawba College)	M: Ander Castillo (Medaille University) W: Claire Grover (University of Rochester)	M: Flavio Espinoza (Whatcom Community College) W: Natalie Pacheco (Rock Valley College)
Sept. 21	M: Jackson Temple(Rutgers) W: Nia Christopher (Towson)	M: Aleksa Janjic (Wingate) W: Mercy Bell (UNC Pembroke)	M: Coleman Jennings (Birmingham-Southern) W: Mia Lopez (Fairleigh Dickinson-Florham)	M: Mario Carlos (El Camino College) W: n/a
Sept. 28	M: Palmer Ault (Butler) W: Michelle Cooper (Duke)	M: Sergio Del Castillo (Gannon) W: Andrea Fernandez (Flagler)	M: Evan Solley (Alvernia) W: Ryleigh O’Brien (Loras College)	M: Donovan Palomares (El Camino) W: Cynthia Ramirez (Allan Hancock College)
Oct. 5	M: Phil Horton (Virginia) W: Cayla White (Virginia)	M: Albert Escuin (Maryville) W:Blair Cowan (University of West Florida)	M: Colin Schulmeister (Wilkes) W: Emily Zeblisky (Farmingdale State)	M: Munier Hussen (Whatcom Community College) W: Whitni Newbill (Dallas College Brookhaven)
Oct.12	M: Eliot Goldthorp (Hofstra) W: Trinity Byars (Texas)	M: Billy Nzojyibwami (University of Illinois Springfield) W: Elin Hannson (Lenoir-Rhyne)	M: Mateo Marra (SUNY Cortland) W: Rachel Rouse (Stevens Institute of Technology)	M: n/a W: Bailey Clark (Dallas College Brookhaven)

2021 NAIA Players of the Week (selected by the NAIA)

Date	Offensive Player of the Week	Defensive Player of the Week
Feb. 23	M: John Sarna (Oregon Tech) W: Ainhoa Camara (Cumberlands, Ky.)	M: Jeremi Campagnolo (Campbellsville, Ky.) W: Jayleen Casillas (Vanguard, Calif.)
Mar. 2	M: Noe Favila (Corban, Ore.) W: Mari Kalvatn (USC Beaufort, S.C.)	M: Akililu Zambataro (Cumberlands, Ky.) W: Laura Vogt (Cumberlands, Ky.)
Mar. 9	M: Jake Totty (Columbia, Mo.) W: Yuki Watari (Martin Methodist, Tenn.)	M: Liam Gibbs (Columbia, Mo.) W: Megan Martin (Georgetown, Ky.)
Mar. 16	M: Santiago Morazzani (Carroll, Mont.) W: Adisa Amang (Martin Methodist, Tenn.)	M: Jens Keemers (John Brown, Ark.) W: Jena Vavasseur (Lyon, Ark.)
Mar. 23	M: Sam Kelly (Faulkner, Ala.) W: Adisa Amang (Martin Methodist, Tenn.)	M: Adam Persson (Martin Methodist, Tenn.) W: Maia Wetzel (Rocky Mountain, Mont.)
Mar. 30	M: Alioune Diop (Bethel, Tenn.) W: Ariana Mondiri (Northwestern, Ohio)	M: Luis Ramirez (Governors State, Ill.) W: Victoria Heus (Columbia, Mo.)
Apr. 6	M: Bakary Bagayoko (Cumberland, Tenn.) W: Shara Randez (Cumberlands, Ky.)	M: Jared Ireland (Aquinas, Mich.) W: Kylee Atkins (College of Idaho)
Apr. 13	M: Inaki Aldao (Bellevue, Neb.) W: Megan Verant (Madonna, Mich.)	M: Logan Johns (Cornerstone, Mich.) W: Makenna Hadaller (Bushnell, Ore.)