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Big Ten CommunicationsPublished: 9/9/2025, Last updated: 9/9/2025
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Indiana and Maryland Score Weekly Men’s Soccer Awards

Hoosiers’ Oduro, Minzey, and Brown join Terrapins’ Ritarita with weekly awards

Offensive Player of the Week
Collins Oduro, Indiana
Jr. – F – Bibiani, Ghana – The Phelps School

  • Scored both goals in a pair of 1-0 wins for the No. 4 Hoosiers
  • Seventh minute marker was the difference in a win over No. 16 Saint Louis
  • Collects his first Offensive Player of the Week award
  • Last Indiana Offensive Player of the Week: Jacopo Fedrizzi (Aug. 26, 2025)

Defensive Player of the Week 
Breckin Minzey, Indiana
R-Jr. – D – Granger, Ind. – Indiana University High School

  • Anchored a defensive effort that secured two shutout wins, extending Indiana’s shutout streak to 358 minutes of regulation
  • Contributed goal-saving block in shutout of Saint Louis, counted as a “team save”
  • Earns his first Defensive Player of the Week award
  • Last Indiana Defensive Player of the Week: Alex Barger (Nov. 5, 2024)

Goalkeeper of the Week 
Holden Brown, Indiana
Grad. – Zionsville, Ind. – Zionsville

  • Posted a pair of clean sheets in No. 4 Indiana’s two wins
  • Tallied six saves, including four in a 1-0 win over No. 16 Saint Louis
  • Earns his second consecutive Goalkeeper of the Week award
  • Last Indiana Goalkeeper of the Week: Holden Brown (Sept. 2, 2025)

 

Freshman of the Week 
Rocket Ritarita, Maryland
Fr. – F – Canton, Ga. – Charlotte FC Academy

  • Paired a goal and two assists in just 29 minutes in Maryland’s 4-0 win over Pacific
  • Earns his first Freshman of the Week award

 

2025 Big Ten Men’s Soccer Players of the Week
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

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