Fort Wayne Sweeps #SummitMSOC Weekly Awards
Fort Wayne Sweeps #SummitMSOC Weekly Awards
ELMHURST, Ill. – Fort Wayne forward Austin West earned The Summit League's men's soccer Offensive Player of the Week honor while teammate goalkeeper Raphael Kotzock was named Defensive Player of the Week following their performances Sept. 22-28.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Austin West, Fort Wayne
Jr. // F // Fort Wayne, Ind.
West earned his first career award after scoring The Summit League's first regular season hat trick since the 2011 season, and the first in a league match since 2010, in a victory over IUPUI. All three goals came in the first half, beginning with a marker at 14:58. West added a pair of unassisted goals within a five-minute spans with tallies at 21:57 and 26:49. West's hat trick vaulted him into a tie for second-place in the league for goals scored this season.
Also nominated: Brian Hoyt, Denver; Vance Rookwood, Omaha; Charlie Bales, Western Illinois
Previous recipients: 9/2 – Eric Kronenberg, Denver; 9/8 – Mark Moulton, Omaha; 9/15 – Jacob Bevan, Western Illinois; 9/22 – Mario Alvarez, Western Illinois
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Raphael Kotzock, Fort Wayne
So. // GK // Munich, Germany
Kotzock received his first honor after extending his shutout streak to 282 minutes with a shutout victory over IUPUI. His shutout lowered his season goals against average to 0.97.
Also nominated: Oliver Brown, Denver; Joseph Ghitis, Omaha; Yves Dietrich, Western Illinois
Previous recipients: 9/2 - Ben LaCourse, Oral Roberts; 9/8 – Nick Miller, Omaha; 9/15 – Felipe da Silva, Omaha; 9/22 – Jake Christensen, Omaha
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In its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 120,000 at nine institutions, including four located in top 60 U.S. metro populations and two land-grant universities. Member institutions include: Denver (University of Denver), Fort Wayne (Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), North Dakota State University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), Oral Roberts University, the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University and Western Illinois University. Previously known as the Mid-Continent Conference, The Summit League rebranded in 2007 and has since produced eight NCAA Champions along with over 65 All-Americans, 60 Academic All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. For more information about the league and to "See The Summit", visit www.thesummitleague.org, follow on Twitter @thesummitleague, download The Summit League's Front Row app, and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.
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