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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
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
1/12/2026 Joseph Airola Wrestling
1/12/2026 Kaden Hart Wrestling
1/5/2026 Jillian Aschoff Women's Basketball
1/5/2026 Jordan Sears Women's Basketball
12/22/2025 Jillian Aschoff Women's Basketball
12/22/2025 Tom Connelly Men's Basketball
12/15/2025 Nolan Studley Men's Track and Field
12/15/2025 Clayton Kelly Men's Track and Field
12/8/2025 Carly Purdy Volleyball
12/8/2025 Maggie Waddington Swimming
12/1/2025 Anthony Swift Men's Basketball
12/1/2025 Jillian Aschoff Women's Basketball
11/24/2025 Nick Abdalla Men's Cross Country
11/24/2025 Peyton Neff Volleyball
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