BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – Eastern Kentucky University senior soccer standout Katie Shaffer was voted the Ohio Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Week on Sunday.
 
Shaffer has now been named OVC Defensive Player of the Week four times in her decorated career, more than any player in EKU history.
 
The 2019 first-team All-OVC center back never left the field for Colonels in two big wins last week.
 
She played all 90 minutes of the 2-0 road shutout over Eastern Illinois on Tuesday, helping limit the Panthers to only two shots on frame.
 
Shaffer then played a key role in handing Southeast Missouri its first loss of the season on Saturday.
 
On Senior Day at EKU Soccer Field, Shaffer headed in the game-winning goal off a set piece in the 65^th minute to give the Colonels a 2-1 victory over the Redhawks.
 
The Monroe, Ohio native now has two goals and one assist on the year.
 
Shaffer anchored a defense that surrendered only one goal in 180 minutes of action over the week. That one goal came on a penalty kick in the fifth minute against SEMO.
 
The Colonels are set to play their final home game of the season against Belmont on Tuesday, March 30, at 3:30 p.m. ET.