LA JOLLA, Calif. – UC San Diego center back Katelyn Meyer was named Big West Defensive Player of the Week on Monday, becoming the first Triton to earn a women's soccer weekly honor from the conference office. The program is in the home stretch of its second Division I season.

Last week, Meyer anchored a back line that surrendered just one score over two matches: a scoreless draw at UC Santa Barbara Thursday night and a 3-1 victory over Hawai'i on Sunday afternoon. An All-Big West Honorable Mention selection in 2021, Meyer has proven to be a stalwart for UC San Diego on the back line. She has played all 1,350 minutes this season after playing all 1,589 minutes of the 2021 campaign.

Meyer will celebrate a birthday on Tuesday before she and her Triton teammates host first place Long Beach State on Thursday night at Triton Soccer Stadium. 

About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 83 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.