Case Western Reserve University senior midfielder Jamie Goldfarb of the women's soccer team and junior Jacob Slater of the men's cross country team were each selected as the Athletes of the Week for their respective sports for the University Athletic Association following their standout performances during the first weekend of competition.
Goldfarb scored four goals across two games, including a hat trick, for the Spartans during a 2-0-0 opening weekend. Goldfarb and CWRU started the season with a statement win, defeating Franciscan 7-0 at home on Friday night. She scored three goals during the contest, all in the first half, to record her first career hat trick and multi-goal game. Goldfarb struck in the sixth-, 22nd-, and 42nd-minute against the Barons and totaled just four shots in the contest. On Sunday afternoon, during a 6-0 victory over Allegheny, she netted her fourth goal of the season in the 12th minute of play to put Case Western Reserve ahead 2-0. In 55 career matches, Goldfarb has 12 goals and four assists. Her four goals this season are already the most for her in any season.
This was the second career UAA Athlete of the Week honor for Goldfarb after she secured the award during the 2022 campaign. She is the first non-goalkeeper to win the weekly award since the 2022 season.
CWRU will play its next five matches on the road, beginning with a trip to University Heights, Ohio, on Wednesday, September 3, to play crosstown rival John Carroll at 7:05 p.m.
Slater set the men's 6K meet record at the 2025 Bill Sudeck Invitational at the University Farm in Hunting Valley, Ohio, on Friday afternoon. He was the top finisher among 35 runners in the season-opening race, crossing the finish line in a time of 18:59.45 to narrowly beat out sophomore teammate Donovan Crowley by 0.13 seconds. His time was a 55-second improvement on his previous personal-best time on the course and broke the previous meet-record time of 19:04.6 set by John Carroll's Barrett Schaetzle in 2022.
Slater's performance was a part of a dominating season-opening performance for the Spartans, who bested 28th-ranked John Carroll 15-50 at the meet. The Spartans will be off from intercollegiate competition for the next two weeks. CWRU will host its annual Alumni Meet on Saturday, September 13 at the University Farm, before taking part in a pair of meets the following weekend. The Spartans will be at the All-Ohio Classic on Friday, September 19, with the team's top runners heading to the Pre-National Meet in Spartanburg, South Carolina, on Saturday, September 20.
This was the first UAA Athlete of the Week honor of Slater's career.
The following CWRU Athletes have been named the UAA Athlete of the Week during the 2025-26 academic year:
Sep. 2: Jamie Goldfarb (Women's Soccer - Offense), Jacob Slater (Men's Cross Country)
