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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
9/7/2015 Tyke Kozeal Football
5/11/2015 Morgan Benesch Women's Track and Field
5/11/2015 Cole Wellnitz Men's Track and Field
5/4/2015 Nick Knudson Men's Track and Field
5/4/2015 Kari Emery Women's Tennis
4/27/2015 Marissa Bongers Women's Track and Field
4/27/2015 Dillon Schrodt Men's Track and Field
4/21/2015 Dillon Schrodt Men's Track and Field
4/21/2015 Marissa Bongers Women's Track and Field
4/13/2015 Cassie Roessing Softball
4/13/2015 Dillon Schrodt Men's Track and Field
4/6/2015 Samantha Crawford Women's Golf
4/6/2015 Aaron Smith Baseball
3/30/2015 Cassie Roessing Softball
3/30/2015 Mohab El Zanaty Men's Tennis
3/24/2015 Kate Ruwe Softball
3/24/2015 Dillon Schroeder Baseball
3/17/2015 Romero Cotton Wrestling
3/17/2015 Daniel DeShazer Wrestling
3/10/2015 Chris Sievers Baseball
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