Little Rock Rangers forward Alex Guadron has been selected as the 12th National Premier Soccer League player of the week.

Guadron scored four goals in a 4-3 win over Demize NPSL.

“I am so happy to win this award, and also to be able to help the team to stay on track to finish the season strong,” he said. “I will keep working to do better things and give our team the best chance to win.”

Guadron, who last played at Arizona’s Yavapai College, is a newcomer to the Rangers. He has five goals from four starts and 355 minutes.

“Alex has worked really hard in training to become the goal scorer we all knew he was capable of becoming before the season started,” Little Rock Rangers head coach Will Montgomery said. “He had to get accustomed to the speed of play of the league, as well as our specific style of play. He scored the week before in St. Louis, so we were expecting him to have a breakout performance soon. However, we didn’t think it would be the very next game against the Demize NPSL. He is a pure goal scorer, with the ability to score goals with both of his feet. I’m confident he’ll continue to score many more in our upcoming games.”

The winner is determined by a vote of media members from across the country. It is awarded every week during the regular season.

Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered 13 World Cups (eight men, five women), seven Olympics and 25 MLS Cups. He has written about New York City FC, New York Cosmos, the New York Red Bulls and both U.S. national teams for Newsday and has penned a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has published ALIVE AND KICKING The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers. It is available at Amazon.com.