Simone Ferrieri Award Rookie of the Week Week Of 8/24/2026 Sport Men's Soccer School UC Santa Barbara Year Senior Position Defender Hometown Frosinone, Italy High School IIS Bragaglia UC Santa Barbara's Simone Ferrieri delivered a goal to collect The Big West Rookie of the Week accolade. This is Ferrieri's first career weekly honor from the conference. On Friday night, the Gaucho defender scored the second goal in UC Santa Barbara's 3-0 home win over San Jose State. Ferrieri was strong on the defensive side as well, keeping a clean sheet as the right-most member of the Gauchos' back line. UC Santa Barbara is 1-0 to begin the season.