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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
2/21/2022 David Simental Men's Basketball
2/21/2022 Andrew Schuller Men's Track and Field
2/14/2022 Melisa Becerra Women's Tennis
2/14/2022 Claire Nash Swimming
2/8/2022 Billy Higgins Wrestling
2/8/2022 Wes Ferguson Men's Track and Field
1/24/2022 Wes Ferguson Men's Track and Field
1/24/2022 David Simental Men's Basketball
1/17/2022 Myles Bach Men's Track and Field
1/17/2022 Wes Ferguson Men's Track and Field
1/11/2022 Parker Badding Men's Basketball
1/11/2022 Matt Malcom Wrestling
12/20/2021 David Simental Men's Basketball
12/20/2021 Elisa Backes Women's Basketball
12/13/2021 Andrew Schuller Men's Track and Field
12/13/2021 Shiloh McCool Women's Basketball
12/6/2021 Shiloh McCool Women's Basketball
12/6/2021 Emersen Cyza Volleyball
12/1/2021 Shiloh McCool Women's Basketball
12/1/2021 Brooke Carlson Women's Basketball
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