WESTERVILLE, Ohio - Wilmington College freshman goalkeeper Thomas Grimes has been the named the Midstream Lighting Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) Defensive Player of the Week, the league announced on Monday. 

Grimes, a freshman from St. Helena, California, tallied four saves and allowed just a single goal as the Fightin' Quakers went undefeated on the week by downing Capital University 2-1 at home on Wednesday and earning a 2-0 shutout on the road at Baldwin Wallace University on Saturday. On the season, Grimes has played over 800 minutes in net, tallied 35 saves and allowed 0.78 goals per game.

"I'm very excited for Thomas to pick up this award," Head Coach Cory Bucur said. "We were able to put solid pressure on teams this past week, but when that failed, our back line did a great job in limiting chances, and Thomas was great in saving the chances that got through. He is providing a lot of security in goal, and we believe he can continue to replicate these solid defensive performances!"

Wilmington (7-4-1, 2-1-0 OAC) hosts both Otterbein University (Wednesday) and Marietta College (Saturday) this weekend. Both games kickoff at 7 p.m.