Javier Bedolla Vera Award Rookie of the Week Week Of 8/31/2026 Sport Men's Soccer School UC Irvine Year Freshman Position Midfielder Hometown Newark, Calif. High School Newark Memorial HS UC Irvine's Javier Bedolla Vera scored a goal to be named The Big West Rookie of the Week. This is Bedolla Vera's first career weekly honor from the conference. The first-year Anteater recorded a goal in Sunday's 3-0 win at Pacific with a penalty in the 88th minute. Bedolla Vera made his collegiate debut in Monday's win over LMU. UC Irvine is 2-0-1 to begin the season.