BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana men's soccer sophomore Jack Maher was named Big Ten Conference Defensive Player of the Week, the league announced Tuesday afternoon.
The weekly conference honor is the second of the season for Maher after he was also named to Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 4.
Maher, a MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List player, has anchored the Hoosier back line all season. He has been instrumental to a defensive unit that has surrendered only 15 goals in 17 matches this season and just seven goals in eight conference matches.