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Big Ten CommunicationsPublished: 8/26/2025, Last updated: 8/26/2025
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Indiana, Maryland, Northwestern Score Weekly Men’s Soccer Awards

Hoosiers’ Fedrizzi, Terps’ Mack join Wildcats’ Volmar and O’Reilly with first weekly awards of 2025 season

Offensive Player of the Week
Jacopo Fedrizzi, Indiana
Jr. – F – Giulia, Italy – Liceo Scientifico Giovani Marinelli

  • Totaled three goals, as  Indiana opened the season 1-0-1
  • Scored the game-tying goal in the 81st minute of a 2-2 draw against No. 9 Clemson
  • Netted a brace with a pair of goals in a 3-2 win over San Francisco
  • Garners his first Offensive Player of the Week award
  • Last Indiana Offensive Player of the Week: Tommy Mihalic (Nov. 5, 2024)


Defensive Player of the Week 
Fritz Volmar, Northwestern
Jr. – D – Peoria, Ill. – Laurel Springs

  • Anchored a defensive effort that surrendered just one goal in a pair of victories
  • Played all 180 minutes for a defense that allowed just seven total shots in wins over Air Force and Eastern Illinois
  • Earns his first Defensive Player of the Week award
  • Last Northwestern Defensive Player of the Week: Jackson Weyman (Oct. 3, 2023)

Goalkeeper of the Week 
Laurin Mack, Maryland
So. – Emmendingen, Germany – SC Freiburg

  • Recorded a career-best six saves in Maryland’s 1-0 win at No. 25 Georgetown
  • Earns his first Goalkeeper of the Week award

Freshman of the Week 
Aaron O’Reilly, Northwestern
Fr. – F – Naperville, Ill. – Naperville Central

  • Paired a goal and an assist as Northwestern opened the season with a pair of victories
  • Notched an assist in a 2-0 win over Eastern Illinois in his collegiate debut
  • Scored the game-winning goal in a 2-1 win over Air Force
  • Earns his first Freshman of the Week award

2025 Big Ten Men’s Soccer Players of the Week

Aug. 26
O: Jacopo Fedrizzi, Indiana
D: Fritz Volmar, Northwestern
GK: Laurin Mack, Maryland
F: Aaron O’Reilly, Northwestern

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