KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Jayden Boelter of Cumberlands (Ky.) secured NAIA Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week honors, while Maria Ackerman of Carroll (Mont.) was named the NAIA Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week. The duo was selected based on their performances from August 5-25 and were chosen out of a pool of conference/Continental Athletic Conference (Independents)/unafilliated group nominees. 

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NAIA Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week

Jayden Boelter, Cumberlands (Ky.) - SR - Forward

• Notched seven goals over three games to start the season, including a pair of hat tricks.
• Recorded a .727 shot-on-goal percentage last week with 8-of-11 shots finding the frame.
• Boelter became the first player in Patriot Women's Soccer history to record a pair of hat tricks in the same season.

NAIA Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week

Maria Ackerman, Carroll (Mont.) - SO - Goalkeeper

• Over a three-game span to open the 2024 season, Ackerman tallied 22 total saves at a clip of 91.7%.
• Allowing only two goals over that same stretch, she has a .67 goals-against average.
• Recorded her first shutout victory of the year against the University of Lethbridge of Canada.

For a full archive of the 2024 NAIA Women's Soccer Players of the Week, click HERE