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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
2/18/2019 Claire Nash Swimming
2/11/2019 Calvin Ochs Wrestling
2/11/2019 Destiny Reinke Women's Track and Field
2/4/2019 Jacob Bartling Men's Track and Field
2/4/2019 AJ Jackson Men's Basketball
1/28/2019 Tiara Schmidt Women's Track and Field
1/28/2019 Kanon Koster Men's Basketball
1/21/2019 Destiny Reinke Women's Track and Field
1/21/2019 Jarrod Hinrichs Wrestling
1/14/2019 Wesley Dawkins Wrestling
1/14/2019 Mackenzie Crowder Women's Track and Field
1/7/2019 Brooke Carlson Women's Basketball
1/7/2019 Matt Malcom Wrestling
12/30/2018 Josh Portillo Wrestling
12/30/2018 Elisa Backes Women's Basketball
12/17/2018 Matt Malcom Wrestling
12/17/2018 Brooke Carlson Women's Basketball
12/10/2018 Josh Portillo Wrestling
12/10/2018 Tiara Schmidt Women's Track and Field
12/3/2018 Corbin Hansen Men's Cross Country
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