BELLINGHAM, Wash. – For the second time this season Western Washington University men's soccer goalkeeper
Patrick Restum has been selected as the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week.
Restum recorded his seventh shutout of the season in Thursday's 2-0 win over Simon Fraser University, making a pair of saves. The senior from Okemos, Michigan also earned the GNAC defensive award for games played September 12-18.
In 14 starts this season, Restum has recorded a GNAC-best 0.93 goals against average and is tied for the conference lead with seven shutouts. Amongst NCAA Division II leaders, Restum ranked 38th nationally in goals against average and tied for 11th in shutouts.
With four regular-season games remaining the Vikings are 10-2-3 overall and in 2nd place in the GNAC with 18 points at 6-2-0 in conference play. WWU begins a string of three consecutive road games this week traveling to play at Montana State Billings on Thursday (2:30 pm MT) and rival Seattle Pacific on Saturday (7 pm). The complete 2022 schedule and season results can be viewed online via
wwuvikings.com/22_MSOC.
GNAC MEN'S SOCCER PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Here is a look at the weekly award winners for GNAC men's soccer in 2022:
| Dates |
Offense |
Defense |
| Aug. 22-28 |
Jimmy Koufidakis, Northwest Nazarene |
Lars Helleren, Seattle Pacific |
| Aug. 29-Sept. 4 |
Devin O'Hea, Simon Fraser |
Justyn Sandhu, Simon Fraser |
| Sept. 5-11 |
Sullivan Smith, Northwest Nazarene |
Lorenzo Valentini, Northwest Nazarene |
| Sept. 12-18 |
Andrew Tran, Seattle Pacific |
Patrick Restum, WWU |
| Sept. 19-25 |
Albin Jonsson, WWU |
Sawyer Price, Northwest Nazarene |
| Sept. 26-Oct. 2 |
Ethan Jud, Saint Martin's |
Niko Papakriakopoulos, Simon Fraser |
| Oct. 3-9 |
Jake Levine, Northwest Nazarene |
Braeden Anderson, Northwest Nazarene |
| Oct. 10-16 |
Jimmy Koufidakis, Northwest Nazarene |
Sawyer Price, Northwest Nazarene |
| Oct. 17-23 |
Jeremie Briquet, Montana State Billings |
Patrick Restum, WWU |
