ROSEMONT, Ill. - Michigan State graduate goalkeeper Kaitlyn Parks was named Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Week, as announced by the conference Tuesday.
Parks earns her first-career Big Ten weekly honor and MSU's first Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Week nod since Lauren Kozal on Oct. 25, 2022. She is the second Spartan to collect a player of the week award from the conference this season, following Justina Gaynor's Defensive Player of the Week selection on Aug. 20.
The Upper Marlboro, Maryland, native helped MSU to a pair of Big Ten victories last week as the Spartans defeated Nebraska, 4-1, at home on Sept. 19 before earning a 1-0 shutout at then-No. 9 Penn State on Sept. 22. Against Nebraska, she made one save in 90 minutes in goal before stopping a career-high 11 shots against the Nittany Lions to earn her fourth clean sheet of the season. Only MSU and Georgetown have held Penn State scoreless this season in 11 games.
Parks maintains a 0.75 goals-against average this season and has made 31 total saves.
The Spartans are back in action on Thursday, Sept. 26 at Ohio State. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. with streaming on B1G+.
Release courtesy of MSU Athletics.
