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Athlete Awards

Athletes of the Week

Blake Cover

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    4/26/2010
  • Sport
    Baseball
  • Bio
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Cover had a pretty good week ...

* On Monday, he was named UNK's Male Senior Student-Athlete of the Year
* On Tuesday, his sixth inning homer at NW Missouri State marked his 180th run scored, breaking the school record (179, Mike Radcliff)
* On Wednesday, he was named the RMAC Academic Player of the Year (3.84 GPA in Business Administration)
* On Sunday, he became UNK's all-time leader in hits with a single to right field. The previous record was held by Travis Kerkman (252).

Cover finished the week batting .444, pushing his hit streak to 22 straight games. Finally, UNK has won nine in a row and 21 of its last 27 games.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
10/27/2025 Marty Mormino Football
10/27/2025 Ella Buhlke Women's Cross Country
10/20/2025 Carly Purdy Volleyball
10/20/2025 Peyton Neff Volleyball
10/13/2025 Ja'Mareion Gipson Football
10/13/2025 Jaden Jude Football
10/6/2025 Nick Abdalla Men's Cross Country
10/6/2025 Brynn Stowell Volleyball
9/29/2025 Ellie Spang Volleyball
9/29/2025 Daron Bryden Football
9/22/2025 Isaiah Harris Football
9/22/2025 Ella Buhlke Women's Cross Country
9/15/2025 Alex Jaulin Men's Tennis
9/15/2025 Peyton Neff Volleyball
9/8/2025 Emilee Lane Volleyball
9/8/2025 Ivan Melnik Men's Tennis
9/2/2025 Isaiah Harris Football
9/2/2025 Abram Scholting Football
5/26/2025 Lily Novacek Women's Track and Field
5/26/2025 Nolan Studley Men's Track and Field
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