This season the ECNL will feature the college corner, a section highlighting standout ECNL alums who were named Players of the Week from their respective NCAA Division 1 conferences around the country. This week features four players who were outstanding on the field for their college teams.

Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Week
Alec Hughes - UMass
ECNL Club - FSA FC

Against 14th-ranked Vermont, Hughes scored the lone UMass goal while recording two shots, both on target, in 65 minutes of play, resulting in a 1-1 draw. Hughes, a forward from Glastonbury, Connecticut, recorded his 29th career goal in a 3-0 win versus George Washington. His 29 goals are good for 8th all-time in career goals at UMass. Hughes finished the game with seven shots, three on target, while playing 80 minutes.

Big South Freshman of the Week
Cooper Jennings - USC Upstate
ECNL Club - South Carolina Surf

Jennings combined for eight saves on 23 shots while posting one shutout in two matches for Upstate. In all, he allowed only one goal in 180 minutes and capped off the week with a strong .889 save percentage. Leading 1-0 early in Tuesday's match, the freshman denied a South Carolina penalty kick that would have evened the match prior to halftime. It was one of his four saves on the evening that ultimately helped preserve his clean sheet. Jennings then faced 11 shots at Winthrop on Saturday night, where he added another four saves to help the Spartans earn a point in a 1-1 draw.

CAA Rookie of the Week
T.J. Hastings - Delaware
ECNL Club - Sporting Delaware

Hastings contributed to both goals and a lockdown defensive performance in Delaware's midweek shutout of George Washington. The freshman from Delaware scored his first career goal and assisted on the other, while playing 76 minutes defensively and holding the Revolutionaries without a shot on goal.

WAC Goalkeeper of the Week
Stockton Short - Utah Tech
ECNL Club - La Roca

Short, a sophomore goalkeeper, earned his second weekly conference honor of the season after an impressive showing on the road in a 1-0 shutout of UTRGV on Oct. 1 to open the conference schedule for Utah Tech. Short was credited with five saves in the contest to earn his second solo clean sheet of the 2023 campaign.