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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
5/12/2025 Kassidy Stuckey Women's Track and Field
5/12/2025 Nick Abdalla Men's Track and Field
5/5/2025 Lily Novacek Women's Track and Field
5/5/2025 Madison Smith Women's Track and Field
4/28/2025 Daniella Morillas Softball
4/28/2025 Tanya Midzi Women's Tennis
4/21/2025 Kenyon Forest Men's Track and Field
4/21/2025 Will Kulhanek Men's Track and Field
4/14/2025 Alyssa Fortik Softball
4/14/2025 Madison Smith Women's Track and Field
4/7/2025 Nolan Studley Men's Track and Field
4/7/2025 Narindra Ranaivo Women's Tennis
3/31/2025 Lily Novacek Women's Track and Field
3/31/2025 Madeline Janssen Softball
3/24/2025 Mary Chvatal Softball
3/24/2025 Juliana Botero Molina Women's Golf
3/18/2025 Lily Novacek Women's Track and Field
3/17/2025 Nick James Wrestling
3/10/2025 Bailee Sobczak Women's Basketball
3/10/2025 Jip Mens Men's Tennis
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