DALLAS – No. 16 Kentucky’s Daniel Evans posted the biggest offensive performance of his career to clinch Kentucky’s spot in the Conference USA Men’s Soccer Championship and was named Offensive Player of the Week. Florida Atlantic’s Hagay Jalon was stout in goal in the Owls’ biggest victory of the season and was tabbed Defensive Player of the Week. All weekly awards are presented by Top of the World.
 
C-USA Offensive Player of the Week – Daniel Evans, Kentucky, So., The Colony, Texas
Evans recorded a brace and aimed all three of his shots on frame in Kentucky’s 4-0 rout of South Carolina. The win secured the Wildcats’ spot in the conference championship. The two goals brought his season total to a team-high six goals, tied for third in C-USA. It is also the most scored in a single game of his career.
 
C-USA Defensive Player of the Week – Hagay Jalon, Florida Atlantic, R-Sr., Hafia, Israel
Jalon played a huge role in Florida Atlantic’s 1-0 overtime upset victory over No. 15 Marshall. The redshirt senior tallied three saves for his second clean sheet of the season, both of which came over ranked opponents. He is now sixth all-time in career shutouts at Florida Atlantic. The match marked just the second time the Thundering Herd were held scoreless this season.
 
2019 C-USA Offensive Players of the Week
S2        Andrew Booth, FIU
S9        Teddy Chaouche, Charlotte
S16       Alessandro Campoy, FIU
S23       Caleb Franke, FIU
S30      Ivan Mykhailenko, Florida Atlantic
O7       Axel Sigurdarson, Charlotte
O14     Mohamed Conde, FIU
O21      Milo Yosef, Marshall
O28     Daniel Evans, Kentucky
 
2019 C-USA Defensive Players of the Week
S2        Hagay Jalon, Florida Atlantic
S9        Patrick Hogan, Charlotte
S16       Delasi Batse, Charlotte
S23      Nick O’Callaghan, FIU
S30      Daniel Gagliardi, FIU
O7       Illal Osmanu, Marshall
O14      Elliot Panicco, Charlotte
            Illal Osmanu, Marshall
O21     Paulo Pita, Marshall
O28     Hagay Jalon, Florida Atlantic