FAIRMONT, W.Va. — The Mountain East Conference announced Monday the winners of this week’s Men’s Soccer Player of the Week awards. The MEC Player of the Week awards are presented by The Health Plan.
 
Wheeling’s Luis Yanes was selected as the MEC Offensive Player of the Week, while teammate Alberto Madail was named the MEC Defensive Player of the Week.
 
Yanes, a freshman midfielder from Madrid, Spain, helped the Cardinals go 2-0 this week with wins over Shawnee State and Salem. He finished the week with three goals taking five shots and putting four on the net for an .800 shooting percentage. 
 
Madail, a freshman goalkeeper from Maturin, Venezuel, helped the Cardinals go 2-0 this week picking up wins over Shawnee State and Salem. He added two more shutouts to his season and finished with five saves across the week on five shots faced putting together a 1.000 save percentage on the week. His best game came against Salem where he finished with four saves and put together his second shutout of the week. 
 
2026 MEC MEN’S SOCCER OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
8/31: Inzaghi Harmon, Frostburg State
9/7: Nate Kennedy, Frostburg State
9/14: Dominique Malhomme, Concord
9/21: Echarren Martin, Charleston
9/28: Johan Magaña, Davis & Elkins
10/5: Johan Magaña, Davis & Elkins
10/12: Luis Yanes, Wheeling
 
2026 MEC MEN’S SOCCER DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
8/31: Iori Tanaka, Concord 
9/7: Josiah Emerson, Frostburg State
9/14: Eduardo Peña, Shawnee State
9/21: Alberto Madail, Wheeling 
9/28: Eduardo Peña, Shawnee State
10/5: Charlie Phillips, Davis & Elkins 
10/12: Alberto Madail, Wheeling