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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
1/22/2018 Bailey Stapleman Men's Track and Field
1/15/2018 McKenzie Brown Women's Basketball
1/15/2018 Jarrod Hinrichs Wrestling
1/8/2018 Trey Lansman Men's Basketball
1/8/2018 McKenzie Brown Women's Basketball
1/1/2018 Michaela Barry Women's Basketball
1/1/2018 Jarrod Hinrichs Wrestling
12/11/2017 Isaac Deaton Wrestling
12/11/2017 Tiara Schmidt Women's Track and Field
12/4/2017 Trey Lansman Men's Basketball
12/4/2017 Toni Lehr Swimming
11/27/2017 Michaela Barry Women's Basketball
11/27/2017 Yashua Trent Men's Basketball
11/20/2017 Tara Ziegelbein Volleyball
11/20/2017 Trey Lansman Men's Basketball
11/13/2017 Becca Shaw Swimming
11/13/2017 Trey Schlender Wrestling
11/6/2017 Corbin Hansen Men's Cross Country
11/6/2017 Morgan Stute Volleyball
10/30/2017 Marika Van Brocklin Women's Soccer
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