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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
2/20/2023 Wes Ferguson Men's Track and Field
2/20/2023 Shiloh McCool Women's Basketball
2/13/2023 Meg Burns Women's Basketball
2/13/2023 Luke Stuckey Men's Track and Field
2/6/2023 Wes Ferguson Men's Track and Field
2/6/2023 Sarah Schmitt Women's Basketball
1/31/2023 Alex Goracke Men's Track and Field
1/31/2023 Meg Burns Women's Basketball
1/23/2023 Sean Evans Men's Basketball
1/23/2023 Shiloh McCool Women's Basketball
1/16/2023 Sarah Schmitt Women's Basketball
1/16/2023 Wes Ferguson Men's Track and Field
1/9/2023 Klaire Kirsch Women's Basketball
1/9/2023 Billy Higgins Wrestling
12/13/2022 Wes Ferguson Men's Track and Field
12/13/2022 Haley Schall Women's Track and Field
11/28/2022 Sarah Schmitt Women's Basketball
11/28/2022 Darrian Nebeker Men's Basketball
11/15/2022 Damien Cearns Football
11/15/2022 Karley Bennett Swimming
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