Players of the Week - No. 8

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The eighth installment of the 2011 NAIA National Men’s Soccer Players of the Week were announced on Tuesday by the national office: Bill Jeffries of Lyon (Ark.) was named NAIA Offensive Player of the Week and Josh Putz of Mount Mercy (Iowa) was named NAIA Defensive Player of the Week. They were selected based on their performances from Oct. 17 – 23 and were chosen out of a pool of conference/independent/unaffiliated groupings.

Jeffries, a 5-foot-10 senior forward set two single-game school records in the win against NCCAA member Crowley’s Ridge (Ark.) on Oct. 22. The native of Kalundborg, Denmark, notched a program-record seven goals and two assists for a school-best 16 points. The goals and points output are both NAIA single-game highs this season.

Putz, a 6-foot-3 senior goalkeeper recorded 12 saves in 184 minutes with two wins over Clarke (Iowa) and No. 6 Grand View (Iowa). He started the week with four saves in the 3-0 victory over Clarke. In the 2-1 win against Grand View, he made eight saves and helped hand the Vikings their second loss of the season. The native of Swisher, Iowa, ranks 45th in goals against average (1.13).

Offensive Nominees: Mario Perez, Texas at Brownsville; Devon Strecker, Doane (Neb.); Cody Shelton, Biola (Calif.); Gordy Gurson, Robert Morris (Ill.); Danny Cawley, Taylor (Ind.); Oliver Gore, Rocky Mountain (Mont.); Alex Chavez, Kansas Wesleyan; Aaron Kinnes, Corban (Ore.); Juan Maffey, Mount Mercy (Iowa); Dylan Barduzzi, Columbia (Mo.); Domenico DeGrazia, Oklahoma Christian; Trent Popp, Asbury (Ky.); Marc Miller, Union (Ky.); Mayowa Tola-Isaac, Northwood (Fla.); Dominic O'Connor, Jamestown (N.D.); Rod Gaffoglio, Central Christian (Kan.); Joe Carver, Madonna (Mich.); Goffin Boyoko, Auburn Montgomery (Ala.); Paul Seddon, Houghton (N.Y.); Richard Isberner, Rio Grande (Ohio); Matheus Barbosa, Menlo (Calif.).

2011 Men’s Soccer Players of the Week (Offensive; Defensive)
Week 1: Billy Forbes, Lubbock Christian (Texas); Zack Schultze, Reinhardt (Ga.)
Week 2: Trent Remmich, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.); Sam Winstanley, Illinois Tech
Week 3: Lebogang Moloto, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.); Cody Poteat, Hastings (Neb.)
Week 4: Veit Couturier, Embry-Riddle (Fla.); Will Akers, Cal Maritime
Week 5: Eddy Campbell, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.); Collin Cone, Grace (Ind.)
Week 6: Paul Islas, Fresno Pacific (Calif.); Steven Waite, Fresno Pacific (Calif.)
Week 7: Nate Polak, Hastings (Neb.); Alex Palomarez, Menlo (Calif.)
Week 8: Bill Jeffries, Lyon (Ark.); Josh Putz, Mount Mercy (Iowa)

Defensive Nominees: Tom Luckey, Houghton (N.Y.); Dejan Milosevic, Texas Wesleyan; Aaron Carman, Doane (Neb.); Robert Hall, Lyon (Ark.); Aaron Reynolds, College of Idaho; Michael Mesle, Ottawa (Kan.); Josh Giuliano, Taylor (Ind.); Joachim Soderstrom, Rocky Mountain (Mont.); Scott Parkinson, Science & Arts (Okla.); Matt McKenna, Columbia (Mo.); Yuta Nomura, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.); Nils Carlson, Embry-Riddle (Fla.); Andrew Stewart, Milligan (Tenn.); Connor Whitham, Oklahoma Wesleyan; Reece Richardson, Indiana Tech; Vignir Johannesson, Auburn Montgomery (Ala.); Neil Thompson, Judson (Ill.); Cody Adams, Vanguard (Calif.); Alex Palomarez, Menlo (Calif.).