June 8, 2026
By Evan Lepler
Throughout the UFA season, there are typically dozens of noteworthy individual performances every week. But only seven special efforts can earn their way onto the weekly Honor Roll, highlighting the best of the best across the Association.
Players are listed alphabetically by last name.
Alex Atkins, New York Empire
Despite finishing the weekend with three throwaways—one more than he had in his first five games combined—Alex Atkins continued his First-Team All-UFA caliber season in helping to lead the Empire to a pair of four-goal road wins at Boston and Montreal. He threw nine assists, caught five goals, and completed 81 passes in the two victories, while also connecting on 6-of-8 hucks. Through seven weeks, only his former Colorado teammate Seth Faris has more huck completions than Atkins, and New York’s new gunslinger ranks second in the UFA in total yards, while also being third in total scores. There’s no doubt that Daan de Marree’s debut made life easier for everyone on the Empire O-line, but Atkins has been a focal point of the New York attack all season long, and surrounded by so much other talent, the 26-year-old Atkins is playing the best frisbee of his career.
Hunter May, Colorado Apex
Usually, players earn their way onto the "Honor Roll" as a result of consistent, sustained excellence. But occasionally, a single unforgettable play can elevate someone into the weekly elite. On Friday night in Utah, Hunter May’s game-winning buzzer-beating grab to surge Colorado past Salt Lake immediately became one of the most thrilling moments of the season. The 6’5” deep threat stunned the Shred with his gravity-defying heroics, skying above the pack to snare the disc with one hand and give the Apex the 23-22 victory. Of course, May was not just a one-play wonder either. He finished Friday with five scores and one block, then had four more goals and another block on Saturday against the Spiders. Collectively, the nine scores he delivered across two games this past weekend matched his output from the season’s first six games. But let’s be clear: May’s buzzer-beater was arguably the play of the weekend in the UFA, and Colorado’s road win could prove massively important in the still-developing West Division playoff picture.
Jacques Nissen, DC Breeze
For some reason—and truthfully, it’s probably my fault—it feels like Jacques Nissen’s superb season has been flying under the radar. But the 25-year-old Nissen, in his seventh season with the Breeze, is definitely in the midst of the best year of his career, a fact that has helped DC win six of its last seven games to remain right in the mix at the top of the East alongside New York and Boston. On Friday against Carolina, Nissen completed 51-of-52 passes, compiling four assists and six additional hockey assists in the Breeze’s 24-22 win over the Flyers. The lone miscue, if you’re curious, was Nissen’s first miss on a huck all season, which came early in the third quarter of a tie game—later in the point, he got the block and the Breeze still held. Even after that throwaway, he’s currently 10-of-11 on hucks for a 90.9 percent success rate. The only player in the league with a higher percentage on that many attempts is his phenomenal teammate, Miles Grovic, who’s now 11-for-12 on hucks this season. Furthermore, Nissen currently leads the league in both hockey assists and total yards. Sure, he’s played eight games already, a fact that’s helped him rise up the charts. But his steady production and consistent presence as a backbone of the offense is a huge factor in DC sitting at 6-2 instead of 4-4, or even worse.
John Randolph, New York Empire (Pictured)
It just works out that Nissen sits alongside his former college teammate, John Randolph, on the Week 7 "Honor Roll". On Friday in Boston, Randolph registered four blocks, including his second career Callahan, to help carry the Empire over the Glory in their highly-anticipated first showdown of the season at the top of the East Division. Whereas New York’s collective team pressure helped induce a number of seemingly ‘unforced’ errors from the Glory, Randolph was relentless at making big plays and ruthless when helping to punch in breaks. Adding in his Saturday production in Montreal, Randolph finished the weekend with five blocks, three assists, and three goals. Through seven weeks, he stands alone as the only player in the league with double-digit goals, assists, and blocks on the season.
Grayson Sanner, Carolina Flyers
A member of the Flyers since 2019, Grayson Sanner has really emerged as one of the team’s top cutters over the past three seasons. And this past weekend through DC and Pittsburgh, the 30-year-old speedster enjoyed the most prolific scoring weekend of his career. On Friday against the Breeze, he matched his career-best with five goals, adding two assists in a turnover-free plus-seven performance. The next night against the Thunderbirds, he shattered that career high, erupting for eight goals with three assists and no turns in the Steel City. Through the midway point of the season, only Austin’s Evan Swiatek, who caught nine goals in the Sol’s double-overtime season opening win against Atlanta, has more goals in a game than Sanner did on Saturday. While he only entered Carolina’s Week 7 doubleheader with 13 goals in his six previous games, Sanner doubled his season total with his huge performance this past weekend. Consequently, with 26 goals on the year, he presently sits atop the regular season leaderboard, one more than Oakland’s Daniel Ritthaler.
Evan Swiatek, Austin Sol
The aforementioned Sol star had a huge night in another dramatic one-goal win, helping Austin stay undefeated and improve to 7-0 at San Diego. Swiatek totaled five goals, four assists, and one block against the Growlers, completing 23-of-24 passes in the Sol’s 20-19 triumph. The soon-to-be 33-year-old hybrid sat out Saturday’s romp in Vegas, but his clutch playmaking on Friday earns him a spot in this week’s scintillating seven. By the end of the weekend, the Sol were also 7-0 for the second straight season, making Austin just the fourth team in UFA history—joining the 2013-14 Toronto Rush, the 2015-16 Madison Radicals, and the 2022-23 New York Empire—to begin back-to-back seasons with seven consecutive wins.
Max Zwerin, Oakland Spiders
Without a doubt, part of the Spiders’ collective superpower is the fact that a different person seems to be stepping into stardom every game. Along with Jason Vallee, Anton Orme, Chander Boyd-Fliegel, Carter Lankford, and Daniel Ritthaler, Max Zwerin becomes the sixth different Spider to earn his way onto the prestigious Honor Roll in just seven weeks of the season. If you aren’t too familiar with Zwerin, it’s not your fault. Saturday against the Apex was just his second pro game, and he played college frisbee at tiny Lewis and Clark College. But on a night when Colorado had five blocks against the Spiders, Zwerin had six. In fact, he was the first individual across the UFA all season to have more than five blocks in a game. Zwerin had at least one block in every quarter and set a new Spiders franchise record in the process, surpassing the likes of Lankford, Ashlin Joye, Matt Crawford, Evan Brydon, and Brandon Fein. All five of those names had registered five blocks in a game for the Spiders, but Zwerin now stands alone atop Spiders lore with six.
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