HADDONFIELD, N.J. - The Atlantic East Conference announced the Men’s Soccer weekly award winners on Monday, as Neumann’s Zion Atta-Krah was named Player of the Week and Marywood’s Jairo Salazar was named Defensive Player of the Week.
Player of the Week: Zion Atta-Krah
School: Neumann
Class: Sophomore
Position: Forward
Hometown: Accra, Ghana
High School: Smyrna
Brief Outlook of Week: The sophomore tallied 11 overall shots, with five on net, across two games. Attah-Krah scored two goals in a 5-1 win over Cairn to open the week, scoring the first goal of the game in the 20th minute. His second goal came in the 54th minute, putting the Knights up 3-0. In a 1-0 win over Eastern to wrap up the week, the sophomore notched seven shots, two of which found the target.
Defensive Player of the Week: Jairo Salazar
School: Marywood
Class: Junior
Position: Goalkeeper
Hometown: Amityville, N.Y.
High School: Amityville Memorial
Brief Outlook of Week: Salazar made nine saves to record his first career clean sheet on Saturday. The junior goalkeeper stopped eight second-half shots en route to a career-high nine total saves in a 3-0 victory over City College of New York.
Weekly Honor Roll:
AJ Henry, Neumann: Henry went 2-0 in net, not allowing a single goal in an undefeated week for the Knights. In a 5-1 win at Cairn, the senior played the first 70 minutes and did not face a shot. Henry went on to secure a 1-0 shutout win over Eastern, making five saves on the day.
Jonathan Ramirez Delgado, Saint Elizabeth: Ramirez Delgado was able to secure the shutout in his lone start this week, guiding the Eagles to a' 6-0 victory over York (N.Y.), making seven saves in his 90 minutes on the pitch.
Paul Piotrowski, Saint Elizabeth: Piotrowski played a large role for the Eagles against. York College (N.Y.), scoring two of the Eagles six goals on the day.
2025 AEC Men’s Soccer Weekly Award Winners:
AEC Player of the Week:
Sept. 2: Jordan Illian, Neumann
Sept. 8: Christian Trujilo, Centenary
Sept. 15: Jefferson Lopez Coreas, Marymount
Sept. 22: Erick Shoetter-Rojas, Marymount
Sept. 29: Zion Atta-Krah, Neumann
AEC Defensive Player of the Week:
Sept. 2: Dominic Petruzzelli, Neumann
Sept. 8: Jonathan Ramirez Delgado, Saint Elizabeth
Sept. 15: AJ Henry,. Neumann
Sept. 22: Bayron Banegas, Marymount
Sept. 29: Jairo Salazar, Marywood