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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
10/10/2016 Morgan Benesch Women's Cross Country
10/3/2016 Luke Quinn Football
10/3/2016 Kaitlynn Thomas Volleyball
9/26/2016 Tyke Kozeal Football
9/26/2016 Lindsey Smith Volleyball
9/19/2016 Jay Cottam Men's Golf
9/19/2016 Jahn Landrigan Men's Cross Country
9/5/2016 Annie Wolfe Volleyball
9/5/2016 Morgan Benesch Women's Cross Country
5/16/2016 Cole Wellnitz Men's Track and Field
5/16/2016 Kate Ruwe Softball
5/9/2016 Cole Wellnitz Men's Track and Field
5/9/2016 Paula Jimenez Women's Tennis
5/2/2016 Morgan Benesch Women's Track and Field
5/2/2016 John Watson Baseball
4/25/2016 Morgan Benesch Women's Track and Field
4/25/2016 Mohab El Zanaty Men's Tennis
4/18/2016 Dallas Schramm Baseball
4/18/2016 Emma Neil Women's Tennis
4/11/2016 Kate Ruwe Softball
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