OU's Reyes, ORU's Techanchuk Earn Weekly Awards

OU's Reyes, ORU's Techanchuk Earn Weekly Awards

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OFFENSIVE

Michael Reyes, Oakland

Sr., F, Miami, Fla./Coral Park HS

Reyes earns Offensive Player of the Week honors after leading the Golden Grizzlies to a split last week, including a Summit League win over Centenary that kept Oakland undefeated in conference play. In a 4-0 win over the Gents, Reyes scored two goals and added an assist for a career-high five points in a single match. In a tough 2-1 loss against Ohio State, Reyes had two shots, one on goal, for the Golden Grizzlies. For the week, he averaged 2.5 points, 1.0 goal and 0.5 assists per game.

Also nominated: Brian Harris, UMKC; Gary Duran, Oral Roberts; Cosimo Patano, Western Illinois.

Previous winners: Oct. 8 - Louie Leger, IUPUI; Oct. 1 - Sebastian Harris, Oakland; Sept. 24 - Garret Guthrie, UMKC; Sept. 17 - Aaron Volanski, Centenary; Sept. 10 - Garret Guthrie, UMKC; Sept. 4 - Luke Greenwell, Western Illinois.

DEFENSIVE

Andrew Techanchuk, Oral Roberts

Fr., GK, Jenks, Okla./Jenks HS

Techanchuk claims Defensive Player of the Week honors after recording the first two shutouts of his career last week to lead Oral Roberts to a 2-0 record. The redshirt freshman steered away all five shots from Northeastern State in a 4-0 win in mid-week action. Techanchuk continued his solid play with a shutout against conference foe IPFW on Saturday. While blocking all five shots, Techanchuk gave the Golden Eagles their first league win of the season.

Also nominated: James Speed, Centenary; Ken Cooper, UMKC; Charlie Sales, Western Illinois.

Previous winners: Oct. 8 - Michael Knitter, IPFW; Oct. 1 - Steve Clark, Oakland; Sept. 24 - Tommy Apitz, Oral Roberts; Sept. 17 - Dan Heidari, IUPUI; Sept. 10 - Stephen Paterson, Western Illinois; Sept. 4 - Brandon Amaya, UMKC.