Michigan State, Ohio State and Michigan Score Women’s Soccer Weekly Awards

Offensive Player of the Week
Emerson Sargeant, Michigan State
R-Jr. – MF – Hartland, Mich,
• Knocked in the game-winner for the Spartans for a 2-1 road victory at Minnesota
• Chipped in a pair of goals in a 6-0 win over No. 20 Wisconsin
• Last Michigan State Offensive Player of the Week: Kennedy Bell (Sept. 23, 2025)

Defensive Player of the Week
Mirann Gacioch, Ohio State
Sr. – D – West Falls, N.Y.
• Led the Buckeyes to two shutouts at Northwestern and Illinois to extend the shutout streak to seven straight, the most in program history
• Crucial part of a defense that has allowed just three goals this season, the fewest through 11 matches in a season in OSU history
• The streak of 678:16 consecutive minutes without allowing a goal is the second-longest in program history
• Last Ohio State Defensive Player of the Week: Talani Barnett (Oct. 4, 2022) 

Goalkeeper of the Week
Sophie Homan, Michigan
Sr. – GK – Rochester, Mich.
• Totaled 15 saves across two Michigan wins with a .950 save percentage and one shutout
• Made a career-high nine saves to lift the Wolverines past Nebraska, 2-1
• Added her fourth clean sheet of the year against Minnesota, 1-0, behind six second-half saves
• Last Michigan Goalkeeper of the Week: Sophie Homan (Sept. 16, 2025) 

Freshman of the Week
Noelle Henning, Michigan State
GK – Milton, Ontario
• Recorded five saves and surrendered one goal in a 2-1 win at Minnesota
• Stopped both shots she faced in a 6-0 triumph over the No. 20 Badgers
• Last Michigan State Freshman of the Week: Kaleigh McPherson (Oct. 29, 2024) 

2025 Big Ten Women’s Soccer Players of the Week
Aug. 19
O: Gabrielle Prych, Jr., MICH
D: Jennie Immethun, Sr., UCLA
GK: Nyamma Nelson, Fr., NU
F: Liana Tarasco, IOWA

Aug. 26
O: Aubrey Kulpa, So., PSU
D: Hailey Baumann, Jr., WIS
GK: Bella Grust, Sr., USC
F: Hannah Jordan, PSU

Sept. 2
O: Freya Jupp, Sr., MINN
D: Kate Childers, Jr., MINN      
GK: Taylor Kane, Gr., IOWA
F: Payten Cooper, UCLA

Sept. 9
O: Kelli McGroarty, Gr., IOWA
D: Brooke Miller, Sr., NU
GK: Daphne Nakfoor, Fr., UCLA
F: Nyamma Nelson, NU

Sept. 16
O: Alex Buck, So., WASH
D: Kolo Suliafu, Sr., WASH
Co-GK: Sophie Homan, Sr., MICH
Co-GK: Emily Edwards, Jr., PUR
F: Cherry Yu, PUR

Sept. 23
O: Kennedy Bell, Jr., MSU
D: Ella Ottey, Jr., WIS
GK: Drew Stover, Sr., WIS
F: Mckinley Heaven, MD

Sept. 30
O: Emerson Sargeant, R-Jr., MSU
D: Mirann Gacioch, Sr., OSU
GK: Sophie Homan, Sr., MICH
F: Noelle Henning, MSU