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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
10/12/2020 Gabriel Amegatcher Football
3/16/2020 Faviola Gonzalez Women's Golf
3/16/2020 Melissa Gellermann Softball
3/9/2020 Elisa Backes Women's Basketball
3/9/2020 Carlee Liesch Softball
3/2/2020 Josh Portillo Wrestling
3/2/2020 Nate Pierce Men's Track and Field
2/24/2020 Tiara Schmidt Women's Track and Field
2/24/2020 Brooke Carlson Women's Basketball
2/17/2020 Fidan Ibrahimova Women's Tennis
2/17/2020 Olivia Forrest Swimming
2/10/2020 Kaitlyn Johnson Softball
2/10/2020 Tiara Schmidt Women's Track and Field
2/3/2020 AJ Jackson Men's Basketball
2/3/2020 Brooke Carlson Women's Basketball
1/27/2020 Montrez Jackson Men's Track and Field
1/27/2020 Brooke Carlson Women's Basketball
1/20/2020 Maegan Holt Women's Basketball
1/20/2020 Olivia Forrest Swimming
1/13/2020 Wesley Dawkins Wrestling
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