(Logo courtesy of the Great Plains Athletic Conference)Sioux City, Iowa — A Dordt Defender has earned Great Plains Athletic Conferene Player-of-the-Week honors as announced by the GPAC Tuesday, September 8th.
Pablo Martin of Dordt University is this week’s GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Men’s Soccer Offensive Player-of-the-Week. Martin, a senior from Sevilla, Spain, accounted for four goals in leading the Defenders to a pair of wins last week.
He recorded a hat trick in the Defenders 7-0 win against Avila, becoming the first Defenders player to score three goals in a match since 2023. In the Defenders next match against Viterbo, Martin scored a goal to put his team up 2-0 in the second half. Martin totaled eight points on four goals for the week and leads the Defenders with 14 points (5 goals, 4 assists) this season.
