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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
1/30/2017 Kevin Barrett Wrestling
1/23/2017 Kevin Barrett Wrestling
1/23/2017 Morgan Benesch Women's Track and Field
1/16/2017 Calvin Ochs Wrestling
1/16/2017 Morgan Benesch Women's Track and Field
1/9/2017 Bryce Shoemaker Wrestling
1/9/2017 Trey Lansman Men's Basketball
1/2/2017 McKenzie Brown Women's Basketball
1/2/2017 Trey Lansman Men's Basketball
12/19/2016 Morgan Soucie Men's Basketball
12/19/2016 Sam Lorenzen Men's Basketball
12/12/2016 Emily Everitt Women's Track and Field
12/12/2016 Ty Danielson Men's Basketball
12/5/2016 Courtney Aitken Women's Basketball
12/5/2016 Jonathan Killingsworth Wrestling
11/28/2016 Trey Lansman Men's Basketball
11/28/2016 Michaela Barry Women's Basketball
11/22/2016 Vladyslav Kazakov Wrestling
11/22/2016 Kendall Schroer Volleyball
11/14/2016 Yashua Trent Men's Basketball
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