IUPUI's Agaba, Oakland's Hildebrandt and WIU's Paterson Earn Final Season's Player of the Week Awards
ELMHURST, Ill. - IUPUI forward Perez Agaba, Oakland's Mitch
Hildebrandt and Western Illinois' Stephen Paterson named as The
Summit League's Men's Soccer Players of the Week for their
performances during the week of Nov. 1-7. The awards mark the final
weekly honors of the season.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Perez Agaba, So., IUPUI
F, So., Kampala, Uganda/King's College Budo
Agaba earned his second career Offensive Player of the
Week honor and first of the season after scoring the first goal in
IUPUI's 3-2 victory at Centenary Saturday. The sophomore forward
opened the scoring at 49:22 with a shot into the bottom right
corner of the goal. IUPUI went on to an overtime victory that moved
them into a tie for second-place in the league standings. Agaba has
11 points on four goals and three assists this season.
Also nominated: Bryan Perez, UMKC; Nathan Sanchez, Western
Illinois.
Previous Winners: Sept. 8 - Makesi Lewis, Oakland; Sept. 14
- David Sarabia, UMKC; Sept. 21 - Stefan St. Louis, Oakland; Sept.
28 - Johnny Dreshaj, Oakland; Oct. 5 - Bryan Perez, UMKC; Oct. 12 -
Makesi Lewis, Oakland/Jonathan Sandoval, Western Illinois; Oct. 19
- Bryan Perez, UMKC; Oct. 26 - Nate Ohmer, IUPUI; Nov. 2 - Martin
Browne, Jr., Western Illinois.
DEFENSIVE CO-PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Mitch Hildebrandt, Oakland
GK, So., Livonia, Mich./Livonia Stevenson
Hildebrandt collected his third Defensive Player of the
Week award of the season's after a double overtime shutout of
Western Illinois Saturday. The sophomore goalkeeper made six stops
to preserve a 0-0 tie against the league's second-place team.
Hildebrandt's shutout was his league-high seventh this season.
Stephen
Paterson, Western Illinois
GK, Sr., Thunder Bay, Ontario/Sir Winston Churchill
Paterson earned his fourth career Defensive Player of the
Week award and second of the year after a shutout of regular season
champion Oakland Saturday. The senior goalkeeper made four saves in
a 0-0 double overtime tie. The shutout was the 21st of
his career, establishing a new school record.
Also nominated: Brent Helton, IPFW, Yogi Snider,
IUPUI.
Previous Winners: Sept. 8 - Mitch Hildebrandt, Oakland;
Sept. 14 - Andrew Techanchuk, Oral Roberts; Sept. 21 - Ken Cooper,
UMKC; Sept. 28 - Tyler Keever, IUPUI; Oct. 5 - Mitch Hildebrandt,
Oakland; Oct. 12 - Stephen Paterson, Western Illinois; Oct. 19 -
Donovan Dowling, IPFW; Oct. 26 - Winston Henderson, Oakland; Nov. 2
- Jeff Cheslik, Oakland.
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