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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
4/3/2017 Molly Stern Softball
3/27/2017 Maaika Mestl Women's Golf
3/27/2017 Bailey Stapleman Men's Track and Field
3/20/2017 Ana Royo Women's Tennis
3/20/2017 Jacob Richardson Baseball
3/13/2017 Samantha Crawford Women's Golf
3/13/2017 Keith Surber Wrestling
3/6/2017 Matt Salamon Baseball
3/6/2017 Mohab El Zanaty Men's Tennis
2/28/2017 Cole Wellnitz Men's Track and Field
2/27/2017 Keith Surber Wrestling
2/20/2017 Mitchell Robinson Baseball
2/20/2017 McKenzie Brown Women's Basketball
2/13/2017 Cole Wellnitz Men's Track and Field
2/13/2017 Kenzie Eubank Swimming
2/6/2017 Dallas Schramm Baseball
2/6/2017 Brooke Frederick Women's Track and Field
1/30/2017 Michaela Barry Women's Basketball
1/30/2017 Kevin Barrett Wrestling
1/23/2017 Kevin Barrett Wrestling
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