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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
3/23/2026 Alivia De La Cruz Softball
3/23/2026 Rylan Basart Men's Track and Field
3/16/2026 Otgonbayar Batsuuri Wrestling
3/16/2026 Lily Novacek Women's Track and Field
3/9/2026 Chloe Odle Softball
3/9/2026 Liz Lyons Women's Golf
3/2/2026 Crew Howard Wrestling
3/2/2026 Conner Wells Men's Track and Field
2/23/2026 Andy Brisdon Men's Tennis
2/23/2026 Jillian Aschoff Women's Basketball
2/16/2026 Maggie Waddington Swimming
2/16/2026 Kendrick Gilbert Men's Basketball
2/9/2026 Kassidy Stuckey Women's Track and Field
2/9/2026 Mitchell Deer Men's Track and Field
2/2/2026 Luke Brachle Men's Track and Field
2/2/2026 Zakayia Fredrick Softball
1/26/2026 Mitchell Deer Men's Track and Field
1/26/2026 Luke Brachle Men's Track and Field
1/19/2026 Kassidy Stuckey Women's Track and Field
1/19/2026 Joslynn Grace Swimming
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