ARLINGTON, Texas — Utah Valley swept all three of the UCU WAC Player of the Week awards, with Omar Yehya, Tom Dobek-Pietrowski, and Ben Williams earning recognition from the league. It is the first time in program history the team has won all the Player of the Week awards in a single week.
Yehya, a redshirt senior from Redlands, Calif., earned his first Offensive Player of the Week honors for his efforts in the Wolverines' two wins last week at FAU and FGCU. Yehya contributed on all three of Utah Valley's goals, assisting on Isaac Emojong's game-winner on Thursday at FAU and netting a brace on Sunday at FGCU. Yehya is currently on a five-game point streak, with a goal contribution in each of the team's games thus far. Yehya's streak is the second-longest in program history, and the longest since Blake Frischknecht scored in seven straight games in 2019.
Dobek-Pietrowski, a graduate student from Düsseldorf, Germany, earned his second-straight Defensive Player of the Week honors and the third overall in his UVU career. Dobek-Pietrowski played all 180 minutes of the two games last week, and was instrumental in securing Utah Valley's first back-to-back road shutouts since 2017.
Williams, a junior from Lehi, Utah, earned Goalkeeper of the Week honors after he picked up the first two clean sheets of his Division I career, including an impressive seven-save effort against FAU on Thursday. Williams' seven saves were the most by a Wolverine since Joseph Wheelwright in 2021, and is tied for the sixth-most in a game in program history.
Utah Valley returns to action on Friday night at Clyde Field when the team hosts the Cal Poly Mustangs. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. MT, and the match will be streamed on ESPN+. Tickets are available at
GoUVU.com/MSOCtix.