Albany's Yan Gbolo (Newburgh, N.Y./Newburgh Free Academy) earns America East Player of the Week honors, while Hartford's Kevin O'Donnell Shaw (Denny Stirlingshire, Scotland/St. Modans) collects America East Rookie of the Week acolades in men's soccer. The awards were announced on Monday (October 2).
Gbolo scored two goals including the game-winning goal in the Great Danes' 3-1 win over UMBC. He tallied the lone goal in a 1-0 win over Stony Brook. The senior forward has scored in four-straight games. UAlbany, 3-0-0, is off to its best-ever mark in America East play.
O'Donnell Shaw scored a pair of goals in the Hawks' 5-0 win over Maine. The win was Hartford's first conference win of the season.