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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
2/8/2021 Matt Malcom Wrestling
2/1/2021 Tiara Schmidt Women's Track and Field
2/1/2021 Blake Schroeder Men's Track and Field
1/25/2021 Wes Ferguson Men's Track and Field
1/25/2021 Elisa Backes Women's Basketball
1/18/2021 Shiloh McCool Women's Basketball
1/18/2021 Myles Arnold Men's Basketball
1/11/2021 Austin Luger Men's Basketball
1/11/2021 Klaire Kirsch Women's Basketball
12/21/2020 Klaire Kirsch Women's Basketball
12/21/2020 Jake Walker Men's Basketball
12/14/2020 Tiara Schmidt Women's Track and Field
12/14/2020 Austin Luger Men's Basketball
12/7/2020 Jake Walker Men's Basketball
12/7/2020 Darrian Nebeker Men's Basketball
11/23/2020 Cedric Johnson Men's Basketball
11/23/2020 Haley Simental Women's Basketball
11/16/2020 Destiny Reinke Women's Cross Country
11/16/2020 Justin Vrooman Men's Cross Country
11/9/2020 Jacey Nutter Football
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