Bradley University Athletics

Wintermeyer Named National Player of the Week

Bradley Soccer junior forward Gerit Wintermeyer has become the third player in program history named the national player of the week

Bobby Parker, Associate AD for Communications Soccer 11/11/2019 3:27:00 PM

TALLAHASSEE, FL – Bradley junior forward Gerit Wintermeyer has become the third player in program history to earn national Player-of-the-Week honors, landing the distinction from College Soccer News Monday.

Wintermeyer joins former Braves Gavin Glinton and Bryan Gaul as Bradley Soccer national players of the week. Glinton was recognized by College Soccer News Nov. 9, 1998, as well as College Soccer Online the same week. Gaul was honored by College Soccer News Aug. 29, 2011 and received additional recognition from Soccer News Net and Top Drawer Soccer the same week.

As the national player of the week, Wintermeyer also appears on the College Soccer News National Team of the Week for the first time in his career. He follows senior defender Walid Kherat (Oct. 28) as a CSN National Team-of-the-Week selection this season and becomes the 18th Brave all-time to earn the national team-of-the-week recognition.

Bradley's active career scoring leader and 2019 scoring leader, Wintermeyer added to his totals with three goals, including both game-winners, leading the Braves to a pair of wins last week. He netted the game-winner with just 23 seconds remaining in regulation last Monday at Western Illinois, collecting a flank service with two defenders around him, but freeing himself enough to fire off a shot from 8 yards out to beat the Leathernecks keeper.

With a chance to climb into the No. 2 seed for the MVC Tournament, Wintermeyer helped the Braves rally for the 2-1 win Saturday against Evansville by burying a 19th-minute penalty kick and then scoring the game-winner in the 82nd minute by finishing at the far post. Wintermeyer's brace Saturday versus Evansville was the first by a Brave since he also scored a pair of goals in last year's regular-season finale versus the Purple Aces.

Leading the Braves with seven goals this season, Wintermeyer (21) became the ninth player in program history to total 20 career goals and he moved into a tie for sixth in Bradley history with his eighth career game-winning goal.

Bradley (7-6-4, 5-3-2) ended up third in the final Missouri Valley Conference standings with 17 points. The Braves will open against No. 6 seed Evansville in the second first-round game of the 2019 MVC Men's Soccer Championship Wednesday at Loyola Chicago's Loyola Soccer Park. The 4 p.m. first-round game will be broadcast on ESPN+.

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