Chico State’s Nickolas Molina has earned the FloCollege/CCAA Men’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week award for the week of Sept. 7-13.

Molina faced a total of 21 shots in two games, helping the Wildcats to two shutout wins at home. Molina recorded six saves in the 1-0 shutout victory over Dominican last Thursday, and followed up his performance on Saturday, keeping Hawaii Pacific off the scoreboard.

The senior goalkeeper from Nogales, Ariz., played 90 minutes in both matches.

Chico State (3-3) is now on a three game winning streak heading into CCAA play this week, and will look to continue their stride as they host Cal State East Bay and Menlo College. Molina now ranks third in the CCAA shutouts per game (4), and fifth in saves per game (9). Click here to see the complete CCAA stats leaders.

This is Molina’s first career CCAA Athlete of the Week award, the first for Chico State this 2026 season. Click here to see a complete list of past award winners. 

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