Greenville, SC -- Just one day after receiving her second Sooner Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week award, Mid-America Christian University junior goalkeeper Kaitlyn Whitten has now been named the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week for the third time this season, the organization announced today (Oct. 21). 

Whitten recorded her fourth and fifth shutouts this past week, blanking Texas Wesleyan University on the road 2-0 and then Southwestern Christian University 4-0. 

The Houston, Texas native made eight saves in the victory at TWU and then five more stops against SCU. 

Whitten now has 49 saves on the season and ranks fourth in the Sooner Athletic Conference with an 0.92 goals-against-average.