Fowler is the fourth straight Mountaineer to earn the conference’s weekly defensive honor following their 1-0-1 week. The Wheeling , W.Va. , native anchored a backline that did not allow a goal in two league contests.

Fowler and the Mountaineer defense held St. John’s to just two shots on-goal in 110 minutes of play in a 0-0 tie on Sept. 25. WVU held Syracuse without a shot on-goal and kept the Orange scoreless in an 8-0 win on Sept. 28. The Mountaineers earned their seventh and eighth shutouts of the season last week.

The weekly conference honor is the first of Fowler’s career. Other BIG EAST award winners this week were Notre Dame’s Kerri Hanks (Offensive) and Melissa Henderson (Rookie), and USF’s Mallori Lofton-Malachi (Goalkeeper).

            West Virginia (7-1-3, 2-0-1) resumes conference play with a two-game road trip, beginning with Seton Hall (4-5-1, 0-3-0) on Friday, Oct. 3. The Mountaineers battle Rutgers (7-3-0, 2-1-0) on Sunday, Oct. 5.