BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – Maddie Paulson was named the Ohio Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Week, the league announced Tuesday.
 
Paulson competed in all 180 minutes over the final two Southeast Missouri women's soccer non-conference games. SEMO went 1-1-0 this past week with a win against Evansville (1-0, Sept. 8) and a loss to Southern Illinois (0-1, Sept. 11) to conclude non-conference play with a 4-4 mark. 
 
Paulson, a junior from Jackson, Wisconsin, helped the Redhawk defense limit their opponents to just one goal and register a shutout.

Offensively, she paced the Redhawks with a career-best three shots against Southern Illinois on Sept. 11.
 
For Paulson, the OVC weekly honor is the first in her career. 
 
The Redhawks will next open OVC play Sunday against SIUE. First kick of SEMO's Meg Herndon Donate Life Game Presented By Mid-America Transplant is scheduled for 1 p.m., CT at Houck Field. 
 
Sunday's game will be played in honor of former Redhawk Meg Herndon who was tragically involved in a truck-scooter accident in 2012. SEMO will wear special green and blue uniforms to support organ and tissue donation.
 
Cindy Silvey, Meg Herndon's mother, will present a check to the Meg Herndon Scholarship Fund prior to the game Sunday. SEMO will also open the game with 10 players and a moment of silence to honor Meg Herndon.
 
Abby Tremain, who majored in nursing like Herndon, has been the recipient of the Meg Herndon Scholarship each of the past three seasons.  
 
OVC Players of the Week- September 13
Offensive - Megan Drake, UT Martin
Defensive - Maddie Paulson, Southeast Missouri
Goalkeeper - Maya Etienne, Southern Indiana