Maryland, Northwestern Collect Weekly Men’s Soccer Honors
Terrapins’ Ndrenika, Kelp and Wildcats’ Ponce De Leon, O’Reilly garner weekly accolades
Offensive Player of the Week
Albi Ndrenika, Maryland
Sr. – M – Olney, Md. – Baltimore Armour
- Scored the lone goal in Maryland’s 1-0 win over Washington
- Ndrenika’s 83rd minute marker kept the Terps undefeated and moved them into first place in the Big Ten standings
- Collects his first Offensive Player of the Week award
- Last Maryland Offensive Player of the Week: Leon Koehl (Oct. 14, 2025)
Defensive Player of the Week
Lasse Kelp, Maryland
Sr. – D – Bonn, Germany – SC Fortuna Koln
- Anchored Maryland’s defensive effort in its 1-0 win over Washington
- The Terps’ defense held the Huskies to just two shots on target
- Earns his first Defensive Player of the Week award
- Last Maryland Defensive Player of the Week: Tristen Rose (Oct. 21, 2025)
Goalkeeper of the Week
Rafael Ponce de Leon, Northwestern
Sr. – Pennington, N.J. – Pennington School
- Notched six saves in Northwestern’s 2-0 victory over Indiana
- Assisted Aaron O‘Reilly’s goal, becoming the first Wildcat netminder to be credited with an assist since Miha Miskovic in 2019
- Garners first Goalkeeper of the Week award
Freshman of the Week
Aaron O’Reilly, Northwestern
F – Naperville, Ill. – Naperville Central
- Scored an insurance goal, as the Wildcats topped Indiana
- 65th minute goal gave O’Reilly a tie for the team lead with four
- Earns his second Freshman of the Week award
- Last Northwestern Freshman of the Week: Andrew Johnson (Oct. 14, 2025)
2025 Big Ten Men’s Soccer Players of the Week
Nov. 4
O: Albi Ndrenika, Maryland
D: Lasse Kelp, Maryland
GK: Rafael Ponce de Leon, Northwestern
F: Aaron O’Reilly, Northwestern
Oct. 28
P: Sergi Solans, UCLA
D: Egor Akulov, Washington
GK: Jadon Bowton, Washington
F: Ander Marticorena Saez, UCLA
Oct. 21
P: Palmer Ault, Indiana
D: Tristen Rose, Maryland
GK: Laurin Mack, Maryland
F: Judewellin Michel, Indiana
Oct. 14
O: Leon Koehl, Maryland
D: Nick Collins, Rutgers
GK: Laurin Mack, Maryland
F: Andew Johnson, Northwestern
Oct. 7
O: Alex Hall, Washington
D: Asher Hestad, Washington
GK: Matisse Hebert, Wisconsin
F: Jonathan Evans, Penn State
Sept. 30
O: Richie Aman, Washington
D: Harrison Bertos, Washington
GK: Zac Kelly, Michigan State
F: Peter Soudan, Michigan State
Sept. 23
O: Palmer Ault, Indiana
D: Josh Maher, Indiana
GK: Isaiah Goldson, Michigan
F: Aaron Hurge, Ohio State
Sept. 16
O: Charlie Kosakoff, Washington
D: Nick McHenry, Ohio State
GK: Ciaran Dalton, Rutgers
F: Kyle Pierson, Michigan
Sept. 9
O: Collins Oduro, Indiana
D: Breckin Minzey, Indiana
GK: Holden Brown, Indiana
F: Rocket Ritarita, Maryland
Sept. 2
O: Palmer Ault, Indiana & Joschi Schelb, Rutgers
D: Nick McHenry, Ohio State
GK: Holden Brown, Indiana
F: Luke Spadafora, Michigan State
Aug. 26
O: Jacopo Fedrizzi, Indiana
D: Fritz Volmar, Northwestern
GK: Laurin Mack, Maryland
F: Aaron O’Reilly, Northwestern