Donnellan Named Men's Soccer CAA Rookie Of The Week For Second Consecutive Week

NEWARK, Del. - Delaware's men's soccer freshman was named CAA Rookie of the Week, as announced by the conference on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. Donnellan has now received the honor in back-to-back weeks, as he scored his fifth goal of the season against UNCW on Sept. 24 to help overcome a halftime deficit and force a tie.

Donnellan is the first CAA freshman to win two Rookie of the Week honors so far this season, and is the first Delaware player to receive back-to-back Rookie of the Weeks since Roberto Giménez in September 2011. This is also the second straight year a Delaware player has been named Rookie of the Week twice in the same season, as Einar Hardarson was awarded Rookie of the Week twice last season. Donnellan has scored five goals in his first nine career games, the first Blue Hen player to score five career goals since former All-American Guillermo Delgado did so in his first four games. Donnellan's five goals are already the most by a Delaware freshman since Fede Prieto had seven in 2016. Donnellan is currently tied with Harrison Coron of Drexel for the CAA lead in goals scored, and he is one of six freshmen this season to score at least five goals so far.

Delaware is back in action on Oct. 1 at 5:00 p.m. when they play Hofstra in Hempstead, N.Y.

Donnellan Named Men's Soccer CAA Rookie Of The Week For Second Consecutive Week

Players Mentioned

Guillermo Delgado

Roberto Giménez

Einar Hardarson

Fede Prieto

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