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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
9/30/2014 Tyke Kozeal Football
9/22/2014 Lucas Garces Men's Tennis
9/22/2014 Joey Richards Men's Tennis
9/15/2014 Katie Weber Volleyball
9/15/2014 Joey Richards Men's Tennis
9/8/2014 Davis Brendel Football
9/8/2014 Kelle Carver Volleyball
5/12/2014 Michael Colgate Men's Golf
5/12/2014 Nick Knudson Men's Track and Field
4/29/2014 Brooke Frederick Women's Track and Field
4/29/2014 Drew Butler Baseball
4/24/2014 Aaron Smith Baseball
4/24/2014 Michael Thalken Men's Track and Field
4/14/2014 Joe Smidt Baseball
4/14/2014 Michael Thalken Men's Track and Field
4/7/2014 Marissa Bongers Women's Track and Field
4/7/2014 Britni Norfolk Women's Tennis
3/31/2014 Jackie Ziemke Women's Track and Field
3/31/2014 Joe Smidt Baseball
3/25/2014 Dalton Cowen Baseball
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